Introduction
What do you like to do in your free time? How long have you been interested in (building plastic models)? Why do you find (playing the guitar) interesting?
Grammar 1
Today, we're going to look at adjectives ending in '-ing' and '-ed'.
(Adjectives ending in '-ing' describe something or someone.)
For example:
(Modern art is interesting.
Jennifer is boring. = She is not an interesting person.)
(Adjectives ending in '-ed' describe...
...how you feel about something or someone.)
For example: (I am interested in modern art. Not: I'm interesting in....
Jennifer makes me bored. Not: Jennifer makes me boring.)
(Adjectives ending in '-ed' are followed by prepositions.)
For example:
(I am interested in modern art.
I am bored by Jennifer.
I am disappointed about the weather.)
Note for instructors: Particular adjectives are followed by particular prepositions [i.e., in, to, for, of, about, with and by]; these combinations must be memorized. Keep things simple by focussing this lesson on the use of in, by, and about only.
Controlled Practice 1
Make sentences using adjectives ending in '-ing' and '-ed'.
Use the prepositions, in, by or about:
For example:
(I / disappoint / movie
> I am disappointed by the movie
> The movie was disappointing.)
I / excite / football game
he / bore / his job
she / embarrass / your behavior
everyone / shock / the news
they / confuse / the problem
my children / interest / soccer
Language in Use 1
Write down these words:
(bore — excite — embarrass — disappoint
confuse — surprise — amuse — frighten)
How you feel about the following?:
rollercoasters
long movies
difficult problems
comedies
food in your teeth
unexpected news
doing poorly in a job interview
earthquakes
Grammar 2
We use some adverbs to make adjectives stronger or weaker.
For example:
(I was very interested in the book.
The book was very interesting.)
Here are some more adverbs:
(extremely, terribly, very, quite
somewhat, a little, not very, not)
Controlled Practice 2
Write down the following words.
(excite — confuse — bore — annoy
— frighten — embarrass)
Use these words to make sentences with the following.
For example:
(this problem / extremely
> This problem is extremely confusing.) or
(I am extremely confused by this problem.)
horror movies / extremely
amusement parks / not very
puzzles / a little
classical music / somewhat
mosquitoes / terribly
singing in front of people / quite
Language in Use 2
Use adjectives ending in '-ed' and '-ing' to talk about how you might feel in the following situations. Remember to use adverbs to make the adjectives stronger or weaker.
Someone is giving you directions and they are speaking very quickly!
You didn't study at all for a test but you passed!
A friend tells you about a chance to work in another country.
Your boss asks you a question which you don't have the answer for.
You hear noise coming from downstairs, while in bed, in the middle of the night.
It's your day off and you have nothing to do.