Прилагательных, оканчивающихся на -ing и -ed очень много, например: boring и bored. Изучите следующую ситуацию:

Somebody is bored if something (or somebody else) is boring. Or, if something is boring, it makes you bored. Т.е.:

• Jane is bored because her job is boring.
  Джейн скучно, потому что ее работа – скучная.
• Jane’s job is boring, so Jane is bored. (not Jane is boring)
  Работа Джейн – скучная, поэтому Джейн скучно. (не Джейн – скучная)

Если человек – boring, это означает, что другим людям будет от него bored:

• George always talks about the same things. He’s really boring.
  Джордж всегда говорит одно и то же. Он очень скучный.

Сравните прилагательные, оканчивающиеся на -ing и -ed:

Сравните эти примеры:

Упражнения

1. Закончите предложения для каждой ситуации. Используйте слово в скобках + -ing или -ed.

1. The film wasn’t as good as we had expected. (disappoint...)
   a. The film was .
   b. We were with the film.
2. Donna teaches young children. It’s a very hard job, but she enjoys it. (exhaust...)
   a. She enjoys her job, but it’s often exhausting exhausted .
   b. At the end of a day’s work, she is often exhausting exhausted .
3. It’s been raining all day. I hate this weather. (depress...)
   a. This weather is depressing depressed .
   b. This weather makes me depressing depressed .
   c. It’s silly to get depressing depressed because of the weather.
4. Clare is going to Mexico next month. She has never been there before. (excit...)
   a. It will be an exciting excited experience for her.
   b. Going to new places is always exciting excited .
   c. She is really exciting excited about going to Mexico.

2. Отметьте галочкой правильное слово.

1. I was disappointing / disappointed with the film. I had expected it to be better. (disappointed – правильно)
2. Are you interesting / interested in football?
3. The football match was very exciting / excited, I enjoyed it.
4. It’s sometimes embarrassing / embarrassed when you have to ask people for money.
5. Do you easily get embarrassing / embarrassed?
6. I had never expected to get the job. I was really amazing / amazed when I was offered it.

7. She has really learnt very fast. She has made astonishing / astonished progress.
8. I didn’t find the situation funny. I was not amusing / amused.
9. It was a really terrifying / terrified experience. Afterwards everybody was very shocking / shocked.
10. Why do you always look so boring / bored? Is your life really so boring / bored?
11. He’s one of the most boring / bored people I’ve ever met. He never stops talking and he never says anything interesting / interested.

3. Закончите каждое предложение, используя слово из рамочки.

1. He works very hard. It’s not that he’s always tired.
2. I’ve got nothing to do. I’m .
3. The teacher’s explanation was . Most of the students didn’t understand it.
4. The kitchen hadn’t been cleaned for ages. It was really .
5. I seldom visit art galleries. I’m not particularly in art.
6. There’s no need to get just because I’m a few minutes late.

7. The lecture was . I fell asleep.
8. I’ve been working very hard all day and now I’m .
9. I’m starting a new job next week. I’m very about it.
10. Steve is very good at telling funny stories. He can be very .
11. Liz is a very person. She knows a lot, she’s travelled a lot and she’s done lots of different things.