English Notes : ‘-ed’ and ‘-ing’ adjectives

Inspired by this article, I will put some notes on English learning collected from various sources.

Today I learn about the different between adjectives ending with ‘-ed‘ and ‘-ing’ like ‘interesting’ and ‘interested’ from BBC sites.

-ing adjectives are used to describe things: ‘The lecture was boring.’
-ed adjectives are used to describe our feelings: ‘I felt very bored.’

More samples:

-ed form	-ing form
annoyed	annoying
bored	boring
confused	confusing
embarrased	embarassing
surprised	surprising
worried	worrying
interested	interesting

I’ve recently visit this web site for English learning references:

The Linguist and Plain English Campaign