Participles
such as interesting, frightening, bored,
boring, etc. can be used as
adjectives.
Read
the following examples:
-ED
participles say how people feel
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-ING
participles describe the people or things that cause the feelings
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I was very tired after the long journey.
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It was a very tiring journey.
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The children were really excited.
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What an exciting adventure it was!
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If you are so bored, why don’t you go to
bed?
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It’s the most boring film I have ever
watched.
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I’m not interested in water sports.
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Doing voluntary work is an interesting
experience.
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She sounded a bit confused.
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It’s a very confusing text.
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Everybody was terrified.
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It was a terrifying story.
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I felt relaxed and confident.
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I had a relaxing bath.
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Be very careful in cases where you use only one adjective in Spanish: “cansado”
and “aburrido” can mean two very different things, depending on whether you
mean ESTAR o SER.
Don’t say “-ED for people, -ING for things” because people can be
both boring and bored, tiring and tired.
If you are not sure whether to use -ED or –ING, remember the following rule:
Usamos –ED para ESTAR: alguien ESTÁ
cansado / emocionado / aburrido / interesado / confundido / aterrado / relajado.
Usamos –ING para SER: algo o
alguien ES cansado (=agotador) / emocionante / aburrido (=pesado)/ interesante
/ confuso / terrorífico.
