Participle adjectives
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Participial adjectives can be either present or past participles. The present participle conveys an active meaning and describes the cause of a feeling by referring to the actor. The past participle conveys a passive meaning and describes how a person feels by referring to the experiencer. Examples of participial adjectives that follow this pattern include amazed/amazing, amused/amusing, annoyed/annoying, and others.
Participle adjectives
- 1. PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES By : Lailatus Saadah Nurul Hasanah .A
- 2. Example The news surprised Kate. Kate was surprised The news was surprising
- 3. 1.The present participle conveys an active meaning. Describes the cause of the feeling. -Ing participle refers to the actor (the one/thing causing the emotion) example : a) The lesson interests Anne. The lesson is interesting (to Anne)
- 4. 2.The past participle conveys a passive meaning Describes how a person feels. ED participle refers to the experiencer (the one feeling the emotion) example : a) The lesson interests Anne Anne is interested in the lesson
- 5. Other participial adjectives of this type amazed amazing frustrated frustrating amused amusing interested Interesting annoyed annoying puzzled puzzling bored boring relaxed relaxing charmed charming satisfied satisfying confused confusing shocked shocking convincing convincing terrified terrifying damaged damaging tired tiring depressed depressing Thrilled thrilling disappointed disappointing embarrassed embarrassing excited exciting exhausted exhausting fascinated fascinating frightened frightening
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