初中grammar系列(3) - ed/ing形容詞
很多英語的形容詞都有-ed或-ing結尾的形式,且看以下的例子:
bored/boring, interested/interesting, tired/tiring, satisfied/satisfying…
以-ed結尾的形容詞,指出某人的感受
以-ing結尾的形容詞,指出為某人帶來該感受的人或事
看看以下例子就清楚了:
The roller coaster was exciting (使人覺得刺激). We felt excited (感到刺激) on the roller coaster ride.
Playing football is tiring (使人覺得累).
We often get tired (感到累) playing football.
Horror movies are frightening (使人覺得驚恐).
We feel frightened (覺得驚恐) when we watch horror movies.
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試用以上原則完成下面的題目:
- The textbook is really (bored/boring).
- I feel (bored/boring) reading the textbook.
- His job is (satisfied/satisfying).
- He is not (satisfied/satisfying) with his job.
- The news was (shocked/shocking).
- We were (shocked/shocking) when we heard the news.
- The results were (disappointed/disappointing).
- We were (disappointed/disappointing) with the results.
- The football was (excited/exciting).
- We felt (excited/exciting) during the football match.
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- boring
- bored
- satisfying
- satisfied
- shocking
- shocked
- disappointing
- disappointed
- exciting
- excited