Boring and Bored Jane has been doing the same job for a very long time. Everyday she does exactly the same thing again and again. She doesnt enjoy it anymore and would like to do something different. Janes job is boring. Jane is bored (with her job) Someone is ed/ Something (or someone) is -ing
Jane is bored because her job is boring.
Janes job is boring, so Jane is bored (not Jane is boring) Someone is interested because something (or someone) is interesting:
Tom is interested in politics (not interesting in politics). Tom finds politics interesting. Are you interested in buying a car? Did you meet anyone interesting at the party?
Someone is surprised because something is surprising:
Everyone was surprised that he passed the examination.
It was quite surprising that he passed the examination. Someone is disappointed because something is disappointing:
I was disappointed with the film. I expected it to be much better.
The film was disappointing. I expected it much to be much better. Someone is tired because something is tiring:
He is always very tired when he gets home from work.
He has a very tiring job. Other pairs of adjectives ending in ing and ed are: Excite Amuse Annoy Satisfy Horrify Terrify Embarrass Confused Depress Astonish Fascinate Amaze Frighten Shock exhaust Disgust Worry
Adjectives: word order Sometimes we use two or more adjectives together: 1. Tom lives in a nice new house. 2. In the kitchen there was a beautiful large round wooden table.
New/ large/ round/ wooden are fact adjectives. They give us objective information about something (age, size, colour, etc.).
Nice/ beautiful are opinion adjectives. They tell us what someone thinks of something. Opinion adjectives usually go before fact adjectives.
Other examples: - An intelligent young girl. - A delicious hot soup. - A nice sunny day. Adjectives of size and length (big/small/tall/ short/long etc.) usually go before adjectives of shape and width (round/fat/thin/slim/wide etc.) A large round table. A tall thin girl. A long narrow street. Adjectives after some verbs Especially get/ be/ become Are you tired? Be careful! Im getting hungry
We also use adjective after feel/ smell/ taste/ sound/ seem/ look. Do you feel tired? The dinner smells good. Tom sounded angry when i spoke to him on the phone. But after other verbs you must use an adverb - Drive carefully! (not drive careful) - Susan plays the piano very well. (not plays ... very good) - Tom shouthed at me angrily (not shouted ... angry)
We use an adjective after look: Tom looked sad when I saw him.
We use an adverb after look at: Tom looked at me sadly. ADJECTIVE and ADVERB An adjective tells us more about a noun. We use adjectives before nouns and after a few verbs (especially be) - Tom is a careful driver. - Be quiet, please! - We didnt go out because of the heavy rain. - I was disappointed that my exam results were so bad. An adverb tells us more about a verb. An adverb tell us in what way someone does something or in what way something happens. - Tom drove carefully along the narrow road (not drove careful) - Speak quietly, please! (not speak quiet) - We didnt go out because it was raining heavily (not raining heavy) - I was disappointed that I did so badly in the exam (not did so bad)
Compare: she speaks perfect english (adj + noun) She speaks English perfectly (verb + object + adv)
Exercises 1. Do you easily get embarrassing/ embarrased? 2. The kitchen hadnt been cleaned for ages. It was really disgusting/ disgusted. 3. An ring unusual gold 4. French interesting old an painting 5. A nose large red 6. This soup tastes nice/ nicely. 7. Please shut the door quiet/ quietly. Exercises 1. I waited nervous in the waiting-room before the interview. 2. Why were you so unfriendly when I saw you yesterday? 3. It rained continuously for three days. 4. Sue is terrible upset about loosing her job. 5. I had little difficulty finding a flat. I found one quite easy.