Adjectives Ending With

-ed and -ing Rules

January 30, 2024

Adjectives from Nouns
Music  music + al = musical
Medicine  medical
Voice  vocal
Careful  carefulness (นาม)
Care  caring / careless ไม่กงั วล ไม่ระมัดระวัง / caress กอดด้วยความรัก

al / ive / ice / ic /ous

ness / less / tion / sion / ment /
Nervous  nerve (n) I am nervous.
Worry (v)  worried / worrying  I am worried about….
Adjectives with -ed
• Adjectives ending in -ed describe the feelings or
emotions of someone or something.

For example, you can use an -ed adjective to describe

a person who is exhausted or a situation that is
frightening.
Adjectives with -ing
• Adjectives with -ing are used to describe the state
or condition of something. They usually describe an
action that is happening or has just happened.

For example, you can use an -ing adjective to

describe a person who is running or a situation that
is exciting.
• Generally, -ING adjectives are used to describe the state or
condition of something, while -ED adjectives are used to
describe feelings or emotions.
• For example, you can use the -ING adjective "confusing" to
describe a quiz, and the -ED adjective "confused" to describe
how someone feels about the quiz.
 Quiz
• The lecture was _________
boring A. bored B. boring
• bored during the lecture.
I felt _________ A. bored B. boring
• exciting
The movie was _________. A. excited B. exciting
• excited to see the movie.
I was ________ A. excited B. exciting
• terrifying
The roller coaster ride was ________ A. terrified. B. terrifying
• terrified when the roller coaster went upside down.
I was __________ A. terrified. B. terrifying
• challenging
The competition was ___________ A. challenged B. challenging
• challenged by the competition.
I felt _____________ A. challenged B. challenging
• depressing
His speech was __________. A. depressed B. depressing
• depressed after hearing his speech.
Everyone was ___________ A. depressed B. depressing

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