1. Some adjectives have two forms. They can end with ~ing or with ~ed. For example. Interested and interesting bored and boring confused and confusing depressed and depressing Which do we use? Go to the next slide

2. Boring or bored? Bored I am so bored Boring Teletubbies is so boring It makes me feel bored

3. Adjective with ~ed is to say how we feel.. Eg. Bored, depressed, interested. Adjective with ~ing is to describe the thing that makes us feel like that. I was bored because the movie was boring. (the movie made me feel bored.) I was terrified because the earthquake was terrifying.

4. Terrified or terrifying?

5. 23 rd January 2011 Dear John, I don’t love you anymore. I’m leaving you forever. I’m taking the dog, your car and your credit cards. Goodbye. Your ex-wife Depressed or depressing? Depressed He is depressed because his wife has taken the dog.