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  • Hey,

  • it's Annemarie with Speak Confident English and I'm so exciting because I... no,

  • sorry, I think... I'm so excited because tomorrow night I'm going to a concert.

  • Now, I'm so exciting or I'm so excited?

  • Do you know which one of those is correct or do you ever feel frustrated or

  • confused about when to use boring or bored,

  • relaxing or relaxed, thrilling or thrilled?

  • In English, we have a long list of these confusing word pairs.

  • They're adjectives that can end with an ing or an ed,

  • and if you're not sure which one to use today, I've got a quick,

  • easy fix for you so that you can use these correctly every time you speak in

  • English.

  • Then at the end I've got an opportunity for you to immediately practice this

  • quick trick so that you can make sure you understand it and know how to do it

  • correctly.

  • Let's start with adjectives that use the ing ending, words like:

  • exciting, relaxing, interesting, annoying,

  • embarrassing, or even confusing.

  • All of these ing adjectives describe what something is like;

  • it's quality or characteristic. As a result,

  • most of the time when we use the ing ending,

  • we use it with the pronoun it. For example,

  • I don't want to watch this movie because it's boring.

  • I love going to the beach because it's so relaxing.

  • Or last night my neighbors were blaring their music.

  • It was so annoying.

  • Blaring is when the volume of something is really loud.

  • So when we're talking about things like music,

  • the beach, a movie, or even a situation at work,

  • we use the ing form. Now, similar to talking about things,

  • we can also use the ing form to talk about people.

  • When we are describing what they're like. Again,

  • it's all about their qualities or characteristics. For example,

  • you might have a colleague at work who is annoying or maybe you have a friend

  • who's entertaining. She always makes you laugh.

  • If you have a child who always gets you to say yes when you should say no - for

  • example, if they want chocolate cake for dinner,

  • if they get you to say yes - you might say, my daughter is really convincing.

  • In all of those examples, again, I'm describing what someone is like,

  • their characteristics. But now let's switch a little bit.

  • Remember that example sentence where I said last night my neighbors were blaring

  • music and it was annoying.

  • If your neighbors are blaring their music all night long and you can't sleep,

  • how would you feel? When we're talking about how someone feels,

  • then we switch to the ed form.

  • So if your neighbors are partying all night long and you can't sleep,

  • you would probably feel tired, not tiring.

  • You would feel frustrated, not frustrating,

  • and of course you might feel annoyed.

  • And that is the key difference between using the ing ending and the ed ending of

  • those confusing adjective pairs.

  • If you're talking about how you or someone else feels,

  • then we use that ed form.

  • But if we're talking about the quality or characteristic of something or

  • someone, then we use the ing.

  • Now because we use those ed adjectives to talk about how someone feels,

  • we really only use them with people.

  • And let's be honest,

  • sometimes we imagine how animals might feel.

  • The truth is we don't really know how animals feel.

  • But if you're a dog person like me and you have a dog in your family,

  • you might think that sometimes your dog is annoyed with you.

  • Or if you've got a cat,

  • maybe you think your cat is sometimes frustrated with you.

  • So we can definitely use those ed adjectives like frustrated,

  • tired, relaxed,

  • thrilled with people and with animals.

  • But we can't use them with things. For example,

  • a movie doesn't have feelings.

  • So we can't say that a movie is frustrated. It doesn't feel,

  • but it can have a quality or characteristic that is frustrating and it makes you

  • feel frustrated. In other words,

  • those ing adjectives cause those ed feelings.

  • So if you can remember this simple sentence structure,

  • it will help you get this right, every time.

  • It was boring so I feel bored.

  • It was exciting so I feel excited.

  • It was tiring so I feel tired.

  • Now you might be wondering,

  • does it really matter if you mix up these adjectives?

  • The truth is those little mistakes are obvious mistakes to native speakers.

  • And there are some times where mixing up those two adjectives can cause some

  • real confusion. For example,

  • remember we said that using the ing form talks about somebody's quality.

  • So if you say, I'm really annoying,

  • that means you make other people feel annoyed.

  • And I don't know if that's that you want to say.

  • A similar example would be if you said something like, I'm really insulting.

  • Maybe what you wanted to say is that you felt insulted.

  • Someone said something rude or offensive to you. But if you say,

  • I'm really insulting,

  • it means that you often say or do things that are rude or offensive to other

  • people.

  • So those are situations when we want to be really careful about making the right

  • choice. So let's test your knowledge. In this example,

  • which adjective do you think is correct?

  • Hopefully you chose that hike was exhausting and as a result,

  • how do you feel? You might feel exhausted.

  • Let's try another one. How about in this example?

  • Which adjective would you choose?

  • Hopefully you chose, I feel so relaxed after my two week vacation.

  • Now the truth is,

  • the best way to get this quick fix into your mind is to practice it.

  • And I've got a couple of ways for you to do that. Number one,

  • I have more example questions that you can find in my online lesson to get some

  • additional practice and I'll leave a link to that just below this video.

  • And number two, as you can see,

  • we have a really long list of these adjective pairs in English.

  • I'm going to leave the full list down below this video and in my online lesson,

  • I want you to choose a couple of word pairs and use them in your own example

  • sentences. Then share those examples with me,

  • and you can do that just below this video. Now,

  • if you found this lesson useful to you,

  • be sure to give it a thumbs up and subscribe to this channel so you never miss a

  • future lesson.

  • I've also got a playlist for you with other examples of quick grammar fixes to

  • help you with some of the most challenging parts of English. And with that,

  • thank you so much for joining me.

  • Have a fantastic week and I look forward to seeing you next time.

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