Adjetivos terminados en ‘ing’ o ‘ed’.

Adjectives ending in ‘ing’ or ‘ed’
¿Cuándo y por qué los usamos?

Hay una regla muy sencilla para usar los adjetivos terminando en ‘ing’ o ‘ed’ correctamente.

Por ejemplo, bored y boring.

Si tu profesor es aburrido – boring - , tú te sientes aburrido – bored -.

Adjetivos que terminan en ‘ing’ son la causa de adjetivos que terminan en ‘ed’.

  • Los adjetivos en ‘ing’ se utilizan para una situación o sentimiento generado por una persona, cosa o acción.
    Tom is bored because the class is boring, and the teacher is really boring.
    Como veis en esta frase los dos ‘ing’ se refieren a cualquier cosa (class) o persona (teacher) como adjetivos generales, pues ambos class y teacher provocan, en este caso, la situación “aburrida”.
  • Los adjetivos que terminan en ‘ed’ son un sentimiento sentido por personas, sólo personas, no cosas. Esta terminación es usada para describir precisamente esa sensación o sentimiento que una persona siente por esa situación. (Tú estás aburrido “bored”- porque ellos – class y teacher – son aburridos “boring”)

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH ONE OF THESE ADJECTIVES

  • excited – exciting
  • confused-confusing
  • bored – boring
  • upset – upsetting
  • worried-worrying
  • depressed – depressing
  • shocked-shocking
  • interested – interesting

A lot of women think that football on TV is really ____________________________.

My wife is _________________ if she is in the house all day.

The teacher’s explanation was __________________________. We didn’t understand the lesson.

Students are often ____________________, when teachers explain things badly.

My father is very _____________________ in watching documentaries.

There was a very __________________ documentary about marine life.

Everything is going wrong in my life. I’m really ___________________.

The news is so ____________________, earthquakes, floods, wars, etc.

Real Madrid 5, Milan 4. It is the most _____________________ match I have ever seen.

We were all _________________ by the news of my sister’s first baby.

When my 35 year old neighbor died, I was really ______________________.

It was _____________________ to see Madonna in that cafe.

The condition of the Turkish economy during 2002 and 2003 was quite_________________.

Daniel was quite ____________________ about his brother’s heart operation.

My wife was very ____________ when the cat broke the crystal vase.

My brother’s wife has left him. She wants a divorce. This is very ___________________ news for our family.

Si quieres que te lo corrijamos,envíanoslo a este email:
teachers@swiftenglishonline.com

COPYRIGHT
El contenido de este sitio está protegido por copyright y es propiedad de Swift English Online. Todos los derechos reservados. Queda prohibido reproducir, distribuir o almacenar, sin permiso previo, la información contenida en el sitio web.


Tambien te puede interesar:

Deja un comentario