It can sometimes be difficult to decide which form of the adjective to use: -ed or -ing. Do I say boring or bored? Here are the rules:
- ed describes someone's feelings:
I'm bored. Let's do something else. (I feel bored).
You seem bored. Would you like to go to the cinema? (I think you feel bored).
We use -ed for people only.
- ing describes a quality that someone or something has:
Our history professor is so old and boring! (He makes us feel bored).
That book was really boring. (The quality of the story).
We use -ing for both people and things.
Lesson by Nasreen, English teacher at EC Cape Town
Now choose the correct form of the adjective to complete these pairs of sentences:
