Participial Adjectives 1 -ed / -ing

source of feeling or emotion

receiver of feeling or emotion

PRESENT PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVE -ING	PAST PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVE -ED
Cause or source (agent) of the feeling or emotion – The present participle serves as an adjective formed from an active verb.	Receiver of the feeling or emotion – The past participle serves as an adjective formed from the passive form of the verb.

The clown was entertaining the family. (active verb)	The family was entertained by the clown. (passive verb)
The clown was entertaining. (present participial adjective )	The family was entertained. (past participial adjective )

sheep on the road

ERROR	FIX
I was surprising to see sheep walking on the road. Pop-Q 5/25/08	I was surprised to see sheep walking on the road.

PRESENT PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVE -ING	PAST PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVE -ED
Cause of the feeling or emotion – The present participle serves as an adjective formed from an active verb.	Receiver of the feeling or emotion – The past participle serves as an adjective formed from the passive form of the verb.
an amusing ride The ride causes the amusement.	an amused child The child receives the feeling of amusement.
Interesting people will will speak during the 2-day class. (People cause others to feel interest.)	Interested people can sign up for the 2-day class. (The people feel interest in the subject.)
Boring speakers put their attendees to sleep. (The speaker causes others to be bored.)	Bored speakers should find something exciting to say. (The speaker feels boredom while speaking!)
Amusing short films are shown at the animated film festival. (The films cause the amusement.)	Amused viewers enjoy the short films. (The viewers feel the amusement.)
Overwhelming amounts of work are given to University students. (The amount of work causes the overwhelming.)	Overwhelmed students end up dropping a course or two . (The students feel overwhelmed.)

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#	IMAGE	YOUR RESPONSE
1.		My bath was . I feel now.
2.		Joe is because he had a day.
3.		How to get the cheese was . The mouse was .
4.		So much homework was . The student felt .
5.		Your jokes are . I am .
6.		I was so by the movie. The scenes in the movie were .
7.		The TV program was . I felt while watching it.
8.		My angry father's words were . I felt
9.		The nurse's big needle was . I felt when she walked over to me!
10.		Ted forgot to close his zipper. It was . Ted felt .
11.		Getting hit in the behind with an arrow was . Lancelot felt .
12.		My alarm clock wouldn't stop ringing. I was . The sound was .
13.		I was after reading the news headlines .
14.		The movie, King Kong, was . The children who were watching it were .
15.		I felt after getting a massage.
16.		Michael Phelps was . Michael Phelps' Olympic win was .
17.		I was . The painting called" Mona Piggy" was . intrigue = interest
18.		He heard a strange sound and was . The strange sound was .
19.		Her weight loss from the diet was . She was .
20.	t	The taste was . I was .