So this came up in a lesson today and I thought I would share it with you guys. Hopefully you’ll find this to be a helpful way to remember the difference between bored and boring, excited and exciting, etc. Here today I want to just show you a different way of looking at the topic.
- Words ending in ed represent feelings: bored, excited, interested, etc.
- Words ending in ing represent the reason or cause of those feelings: boring, exciting, interesting, etc.
Edward is a man’s name, and Ed is the nickname for Edward. Ed is a person. People have feelings, so Ed is a feeling. Words ending in ed are feelings.
Another way to practice this is to use both words in a sentence, using this pattern → [something] is ING, so I am ED
- The party is boring, so I am bored.
- The movie was interesting, so I am interested in it (remember, we say interested in something).
- The roller coaster is exciting, so I am excited to ride it.
Keep in mind the best way to remember this or any vocabulary in English is to take the word or phrase write it in a sentence that’s true for you or true in your world and then memorize your sentences.
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