Hi everyone! Today we're going to talk about some pairs of adjectives that are
very confusing - for example, BORED and BORING. The main difference between these
adjectives is that one of each pair has an ED, like bored, and one ends with ING,
like boring. The ones that end with ED are usually used to describe feelings, so
I feel BORED or I feel TIRED. These are feelings someone has. A feeling goes with ED.
And the adjective that ends in ING is usually describing the thing or the
situation or sometimes the person who is causing the feeling.
So for example, if Misha is BORED, it's because the movie she's watching
or the book she's reading, or the person she's listening to is BORING.
So we're going to show you some situations and then we'll use these adjectives to describe what is happening.
Yesterday I went to the grocery store, the one that's near my house. It's kind of close to my house,
and I wanted to find some apples, but I was hoping the apples would be on sale...
So in that situation I was feeling very BORED because her story was so BORING.
Yesterday I went to the grocery store, the one that's near my house.
It's kind of close to my house, and I wanted to find...
But we're not usually like that!
No, we're both usually very INTERESTING. Interesting - do we have an example for that?
Let's try it
What?! Did you see that?
In this situation, we were watching a movie that was INTERESTING.
What was happening on screen was INTERESTING, and Larissa and I felt INTERESTED in it.
Misha, I'm planning a surprise party for our friend (Oh my gosh!) and it's gonna be tomorrow
and you need to come. (Yes!) We're gonna have a band... (Oh my gosh!)
I'm totally coming. Yeah, good.
So this time the information I was giving about the party was very EXCITING
and Misha felt EXCITED to hear about it and to think about the party. Yeah, I love parties.
Hey Larissa. Yeah. Do you know what I heard yesterday? No. You know Cindy's pregnant. Yeah.
It's triplets. What!? I know. I can't believe it! She's going to have three babies! Wow.
In this situation, I told Larissa something that was SURPRISING,
and she made a very SURPRISED expression.
...Because I was SURPRISED. Yeah, that is SURPRISING news.
You don't hear that every day. No. Good thing.
Hey Larissa. Oh, hey Misha. What's going on?
I'm trying to figure out these circuits. Ugh. They're not really making much sense.
No, I don't get it.Oh my gosh.
When I was reading that circuit book I was feeling very CONFUSED because the
information was so CONFUSING to me. Me too.
Hey Larissa. Larissa. Hey, Larissa. I'm just reading. Larissa. Larissa. Hey Larissa. LARISSA!
In that example, I was being very ANNOYING and Larissa was feeling ANNOYED.
I was! Yeah. Sorry. Thanks for not doing that in real life. I try not to.
So we hope that helps clear this up. These words can be awfully tricky,
especially for English language learners. But keep in mind that if the adjective
ends in ED, it's gonna be describing a feeling and therefore describing a person
because only people have feelings. If it ends at ING, then it can be
describing a situation, or a person, or a thing, but it's the cause of the feeling.
So for example, I could say that my job is really TIRING.
My job is a thing and it's TIRING, and at the end of the day I feel TIRED.
If you want to make it even more dramatic, you can say your job is EXHAUSTING
and you feel EXHAUSTED at the end of the day. Exactly. I'm EXHAUSTED.
Thanks for watching. We hope you didn't find this video BORING. No, we hope that you're
EXCITED to watch more videos and you can do that by clicking on any of these.
Yesterday I went to the... [Larissa laughing]. I'm funny.
[mumbles] ENTERTAINING.
Sorry, sorry. You have to look BORED. Bored, yeah.