Adjectives Ending in -ed or -ing

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Adjective Endings

Adding -ing to a verb can make it an adjective that describes a noun.

Example:

Many surfers think the best surfing waves are in Hawaii.

Here, the verb "to surf" is being turned into an adjective (surfing) that describes the noun "waves."

Adding -ed to a verb can do two things: it can make it a simple past / regular form of the verb (e.g., walk, walked); or it makes the verb an adjective that describes how someone feels.

Example:

He was frustrated by his boss' changes to his proposal.

Here, the verb "to frustrate" has been changed with -ed to show that the man is frustrated with something; that is, we're describing his feeling. This is not the past tense form of "frustrate" in this context!

Note that –ed endings are usually associated with people, and –ing endings are usually associated with things.

1. David is bor with his job.

2. This job is bor . I never have anything interesting to do.

3. Robert thinks politics is very interest .

4. Robert is interest in politics.

5. I was surpris that our targets for the year were met.

6. It was surpris that our targets for the year were met.

7. The news was shock .

8. I was shock by the news.

9. The results of the survey were disappoint .

10. The boss was disappoint with the results of the survey.

11. Frank is very satisfi with his job.

12. Frank’s job is very satisfy .

13. This film is depress .

14. I was depress by the film.

15. Sue was tir when she finished the triathlon.

16. The triathlon was tir .

17. This software program is very confus .

18. I was confus by the software program.

19. The new product is excit .

20. We were excit about the new product.