Do you have problems with adjectives like these two and when to use them?
Do you confuse "I am bored" and "I am boring"?
"I am interested" "I am interesting"?
Do you know what the difference is?
Well in this video I'm gonna explain the difference between these two and how to remember when
to use them.
So make sure you stay until the end because I'm also gonna give you another teeny tiny
test.
I'm gonna start calling them teeny tiny tests from now on because I say that in almost all my videos [laughs]
Hello everyone and welcome back to Pronunciation with Emma.
So, as I said in the intro I'm gonna be talking about adjectives which have either an -ed
ending or an -ing ending.
So a lot of students have problems with when to use them both, so, that's what I'm gonna
be talking about.
So let's start with -ed adjectives first.
Now when we're talking about -ed adjectives we're talking about an emotion, a temporary
emotion.
"I'm bored", "I'm interested", "I'm tired".
Now with the -ing adjectives we're talking about a characteristic of something, not a
feeling.
So, let's say I have a book, I could say "this book is really interesting".
I can't say this book is really interested because the book is a book.
It's an inanimate object, it cannot have feeling.
Therefore I use the -ing, "interesting".
So as a quick recap I can say, "I am bored" - it's an emotion.
"I am boring" - I'm describing my personality, my characteristics.
So now we're going to do a little test just to see how much you've learnt in this video.
I'm gonna do five questions, let's see how you do.
While you're doing this test, I'd like you to write your answers in the comments because
I'm curious to know how much you've learnt from this video, and if you've learnt anything from this video.
Let me know in the comments.
Let me give you this sentence.
What do we think?
Why is it boring?
Because remember with -ing adjectives we're talking about characteristics.
A TV show does not have emotion.
It cannot feel anything.
It's not human, it's not a living thing.
So I cannot use bored.
I have to use boring.
How about this one?
Because I'm talking about my emotion.
"I'm really annoying" means it's my personality, I'm annoying.
I make other people feel annoyed.
So in this case I am annoyed.
How about this one?
Any idea?
It's "interesting" because it's a characteristic about an inanimate object, this inanimate
object cannot have feeling or emotion, therefore I cannot use "interested".
So, "interesting" in the answer.
How about this one?
This one's a bit trickier 'cause we've got two this time.
So with this one I can say [reads sentence].
So when we're talking about the inspiring part we're not talking about emotion.
So we're using -ing.
We're talking about characteristics.
While with the other one, with motivated, I'm talking about my feeling.
I feel motivated.
We're not using -ing, it's not a characteristic, it's an emotion.
And this is the last one, I've thrown in two more again, just for... fun.
What do you think?
Have a look.
What do we think?
So with this one I can say [reads sentence].
So that first one, so tiring, I'm describing my job, I'm not describing myself and my feeling,
I'm describing a characteristic.
And the second one, so annoyed, I get annoyed, I feel annoyed.
I'm talking about emotion.
So again I'm using -ed.
That's it for this video everyone.
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