Some

verbs that form adj. in

–ing / -ed:
amaze amazing
amuse armaused
annoy annoying/anoyed
appal(l) appaling/appaled
astonish
What shocking news! He was bored to death by He is interested in reading
He is shocked by the news. the boring exercise. interesting books. astonishing/astoneshed
bore boring/bored
confuse
confusing/confused
convince
Adj. in –ed describe people. convincing/convinced
They are PASSIVE. depress
Adj. in –ing (usually) depressing/depressed
describe things. They You are or can be: disgust
are ACTIVE. disgusting/disgusted
bored by/with the exercise embarrass
a boring exercise amused by the joke embarrassing/embarrassed
an amusing joke encourage
convinced by/of the evidence
encouraging/encouraged
convincing evidence excited by the news entertain
exciting news interested in the book entertainig/entertaned
an interesting book shocked by the event excite exciting/excited
a shocking event exhaust
exhausting/exhausted
However, people can be fascinate
boring, interesting, fascinating/fascinated
amusing, shocking, frighten frightened
...........too. frustrate frustrated
A brightly shining interest
star for you when interesting/interested
you have finished.
:D+
relax relaxed/relaxing
reward rewarning
satisfy satisfying/satisfied
scare scaring/scared
I am so delightful shock shocked
____________________ surprise surprised
to meet you. A dish-washer is a very using
________________ appliance. terrify terrifying
tire tiring/tired
thrill thrilled
BUT!! worry worried

delighted (He was delighted with the result.)
!! delightful (It was a delightful occasion.)

used ( He bought a used car.) BUT!!

!! useful (opp. = useless)
(......... some useful information about ...) some -ing adj. NOT derived from verbs
(NO –ed adj.)

appetising food (that smell/looks good)

balding elderly people (becoming bald)

JUFA
neighbouring town (near)