來自動詞的形容詞 -ed/-ing

分詞形容詞（participle adjectives）常讓學習者混淆：同一個動詞加上 -ed 或 -ing，意思卻不一樣。本篇帶你一次釐清 -ed 形容詞（描述人的感受）與 -ing 形容詞（描述引起感受的事物）之用法差異，並用常見字彙如 bored/boring、tired/tiring、surprised/surprising 來理解。

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單字結尾是 -ed 的形容詞

-ed 形容詞用來描述我們的感受。請看以下範例：

They’re tired.  他們累了。
I’m bored. Let’s play basketball. 我很無聊。 讓我們打籃球吧。
I was surprised to see Tom. 見到湯姆我很驚訝。

單字結尾是 -ing 的形容詞

-ing 形容詞用來談論產生這些感覺的事物。如以下範例：

Climbing is very tiring. 爬山很累。
This show is very boring. Let’s go home. 這個節目很無聊。 我們回家吧。
His visit was very surprising. We weren’t expecting him. 他的訪問非常令人驚訝。 我們沒料到他會來。

一些常用的來自動詞的形容詞

動詞現在分詞過去分詞
amazeamazingamazed
amuseamusingamused
annoyannoyingannoyed
astonishastonishingastonished
boreboringbored
confuseconfusingconfused
depressdepressingdepressed
devastatedevastatingdevastated
disappointdisappointingdisappointed
embarrassembarrassingembarrassed
exciteexcitingexcited
frightenfrighteningfrightened
interestinterestinginterested
irritateirritatingirritated
shockshockingshocked
surprisesurprisingsurprised
terrifyterrifyingterrified
tiretiringtired
worryworryingworried

來自動詞的形容詞 -ed/-ing – 練習題

1. I love skiing. It's an   feeling.

2. The robber was carrying a gun and wearing the mask of a clown. He was  .

3. She was very with him for not telling her the truth.

4. The students are very   about the exam results.

5. My teacher is very  . He speaks so slowly that we just want to sleep.

6. This year, all the presents that I got for Christmas were very  .

7. He's a very man. He's travelled all around the world.

8. I was so   to see her. She wasn't supposed to be there.

9. Teenagers get very   when they have to speak in public.

10. In the photo you can see the image of what seems to be a ghost.


 

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