- shut It's starting to rain. all of the windows
Where's my wallet? It! Did you take it?Indian art intmetn me.
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) I am interested in Indian art.~CORRECT: I am interesting in Indian art.
10-8 Participial adjectives: -ed vs -ing
(b) Indian art is inteksting.
INCORRECT: Indian an is intererted.
The news surprised Kate.
(c) Kate was arwed.
(d) The news was arrpridng.
(e) Did you hear the mrprkng news?
(f) Roberto fixed the hken window.
The past pamciple (-ed)* and the present participle
(-ink) can be used as adjectives.
In (a): The past participle (interested) describes how a
person feels.
In (b): The present participle (interestink) describes the
cause of the feeling. The cause of the interest is
Indian art.
In (c): surprised describes how Kate felt.
The past participle carries a passive meaning: Kate was
surprised by the news.
In (d): the news was the cause of the surprise.
Like other adjectives, participial adjectives may follow be,
as in examples (a) through (d), or come in front of nouns,
as in (e) and (f).
*The past pardciple of regular verbs ends in -ed Some verbs have irregular forms. See Chart 2-6, p. 32.EXERCISE 21. Participial adjectives. (Chart 10-8)
Directions: Complete the sentences with the -ed or -ing form of the verbs in italics.- Greg's classes interest him.
a. Greg's classes are ~htevestwi "
b. Greg is an thtevested smdent.
- Emily is going to Australia. The idea of going on this trip excites her.
a. Emily is about going on this trip.
b. She thinks it is going to be an trip. - I like to study sea life. The subject of marine biologyfascinares me.
a. I'm by marine biology.
b. Marine biology is a subject. - Mike heard some bad news. The bad news depressed him.
a. Mike is very sad. In other words, he is
b. The news made Mike feel sad. The news was