Bored or Boring - Learn the Difference and How to Use them
- 1. Are you bored or boring? Are you scared or scary?
- 2. • What is happening in this picture? • What is Tom thinking? Bob? Tom Bob Blah, blah, blah… Mmmmmmm…
- 3. I’m so exciting! Wow, I’m so interesting! He loves me! Tom Bob I am not interested! He is so boring! Would someone please help me?! Is your friend like Bob? I’m so bored!
- 4. Emotion Verbs Adjectives • There are many verbs about emotions or feelings e.g. excite interest amaze irritate horrify • You can change these to make adjectives.
- 5. -ing and –ed pairs These are pairs of adjectives you can make from verbs … worrying worried interesting interested amazing amazed irritating irritated horrifying horrified Naughty Naughty: scary scared Can you think of any others?
- 6. What’s the difference? When we talk about emotions or feelings, we have: • The person talking or thing you see and • The person listening or watching
- 7. The thing you see/person talking • Us –ing The circus show was amazing. The man was so boring.
- 8. The person watching/listening • How does the person feel? • Use –ed excited bored scared amazed
- 9. The children are amazed by the contortionist. The contortionist is amazing!
- 10. excite What is so ___________? These people are really _________!
- 11. excite What is so _exciting ? These people are really __excited !
- 12. bore The teacher is ________. The students are _________.
- 13. bore The teacher is boring . The students are bored .
- 14. Of course, maybe the teacher is bored, too!
- 15. amaze The monkey is amazed . The alien is amazing !
- 16. scare The man is so ___________. The ghost is so ___________. Naught Naughty
- 17. scare The man is so __scared__. The ghost is so __scary__. Naught Naughty
- 18. frighten The movie is ________________. The girls are ________________.
- 19. frighten • The movie is frightening . • The girls are frightened .
- 20. amuse This family is ________________. The TV show is ______________.
- 21. amuse This family is amused . The TV show is amusing .
- 22. fascinate Julian Beever’s street art is ____________. I am ________ by Julian Beever’s street art.
- 23. fascinate Julian Beever’s street art is fascinating . I am fascinated by Julian Beever’s street art.
- 24. frustrate The woman is _______________. The computer is _____________.
- 25. frustrate The woman is frustrated . The computer is frustrating .
- 26. Your turn Make up a pair of sentences using this verb and picture: relax
- 27. Your turn Make up a pair of sentences using this verb and picture: terrify
Editor's Notes
- #1: For a review of spelling rules addressing how to add –ed and –ing to verbs, see eslprintables PowerPoints http://www.eslprintables.com/powerpoint.asp?id=15583#thetop And http://www.eslprintables.com/powerpoint.asp?id=15342#thetop
- #5: Additional possibilities: excite bore confuse terrify alarm annoy astonish bewilder concern convince depress disappoint disgust embarrass encourage entertain exhaust humiliate inspire intrigue overwhelm perplex please puzzle relax satisfy shock surprise tire
- #22: For more info on Julian Beever: http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Beever http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbYgmGzVooI http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4806282165812861319# http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfn8Dz_13Ms