Adjectives with “ing” & “ed”

Do you know the difference between bored and boring?
Adjectives that end in -ed (e.g. bored, interested) and adjectives that end in -ing (e.g. boring, interesting) are often confused.

“-ed” adjectives

Adjectives that end in –ed generally describe emotions – they tell us how people feel.
Examples:

I was so bored in that lesson, I almost fell asleep.
He was surprised to see Jessica after all those years.
She was really tired so she went to bed early.

“-ing” adjectives

Adjectives that end in -ing generally describe the thing that causes the emotion – a boring lesson makes you feel bored.
Examples:

Have you seen that film? It’s really frightening.
I could listen to her for hours. She’s so interesting.
I can’t sleep! That noise is really annoying!

Here are some adjectives that can have both an -ed and an -ing form.