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    ADJETIVOS ACABADOS EN ED/ ING

    En ingls existe un nmero considerable de adjetivos que tienen la alternancia -ed/- ingcomo

    terminacin.

    Bored Boring Excited Exciting

    Disappointed Disappointing Interested Interesting

    Tired Tiring Annoyed annoying

    Ej: The film was really interesting. Im interested in foreign languages

    Si buscamos, por ejemplo, la palabra aburrido en el diccionario, nos aparecer entre otros las

    palabras bored y boring. Cul de ellas escoger?. Las dos son adjetivos.

    El criterio o norma para utilizar edo inges el siguiente:

    ed : indica el estado en el que est una persona ( o muy puntualmente animal).

    She is excited about the new house( ella est emocionada con la casa nueva)

    ing: indica el efecto que algo o alguien produce.

    The story is exciting ( la historia es emocionante)

    La relacin entre uno y otro es de causa- efecto:

    a)Im interested in Music.

    b) Music is interesting

    c) Im interested in music because Music is interesting.

    Here are some more adjectives with both endings

    Surprised Surprising Amused Amusing

    Amazed Amazing Depressed Depressing

    Shocked Shocking Frightened Frightening

    Embarrassed embarrassing Horrified Horrifying.

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    PRACTICE.- .- Adjectives in - ed/-ing

    1.- Choose the right adjective. Example: I was disappointing/disappointed with

    the film. I had expected it to be better.1

    1 We were all horrifying/horrified when we heard about the disaster.

    2 It's sometimes embarrassing/embarrassed when you have to ask people for money.

    3 Are you interesting/interested in football?

    4 I enjoyed the football match. It was quite exciting/excited.

    5 It was a really terrifying/terrified experience. Afterwards everybody was very

    shocking/ shocked.

    6 I had never expected to be offered the job. I was really amazing/amazed when I

    was offered it.

    7 The kitchen hadn't been cleaned for ages. It was really disgusting/disgusted.

    8 Do you easily get embarrassing/embarrassed ?

    2.- - Answer the following questions

    Think of something that has been disappointing for you lately.

    _________________________________________________________________

    Write the last time that you found yourself in an embarrassing situation

    _________________________________________________________________

    Write one of the most annoying thing for you

    _________________________________________________________________

    Its really shocking when__________________________ (complete the sentence)

    1Exercise taken from English Grammar in Use, by Raymond Murphy. Cambridge University Press.