Introduzione

Possiamo usare come aggettivi i participi presente e passato dei verbi che descrivono un effetto su qualcosa.

Usiamo il participio presente (che termina in "–ing") come aggettivo per descrivere come il soggetto causa l'effetto. Usiamo il participio passato (che termina in "–ed") come aggettivo per descrivere come il soggetto subisce l'effetto.

Esempi:

Dalla radice del verbo "surprise":

• "David is surprising."
  David causes surprise.
• "David is surprised."
  David experiences surprise.

Forma: -ed o -ing?

Ecco alcuni esempi di participi di verbi che possono essere usati come aggettivi:

Radice del verbo (descrive un effetto)	aggettivo "-ing" (participio presente)	aggettivo "–ed" (participio passato)
bore	boring	bored
disappoint	disappointing	disappointed
disgust	disgusting	disgusted
embarrass	embarrassing	embarrassed
exhaust	exhausting	exhausted
excite	exciting	excited
interest	interesting	interested
satisfy	satisfying	satisfied
shock	shocking	shocked
surprise	surprising	surprised
tire	tiring	tired

Esempi

Usiamo participi come aggettivi allo stesso modo di altri aggettivi, per esempio:

con "be":

• "The food is disappointing".
  The food causes disappointment.
• "We are disappointed by the food."
  We experience disappointment.

• "The race was exhausting".
  The race caused exhaustion.
• "They were exhausted after they finished the race."
  They experienced exhaustion.

prima di un sostantivo:

• "It was a satisfying meal."
  The meal caused satisfaction.
• "He was a satisfied customer."
  The customer experienced satisfaction.

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Pratica

Completa le frasi con l'aggettivo corretto dalla radice del verbo tra parentesi:

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1)

They enjoyed the film but the ending was    . (shock)

 

2)

The results of the experiment led to some    conclusions. (interest)

 

3)

She worked until late last night. She was very    this morning. (tire)

 

4)

I left the party because I was    . (bore)

 

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Ulteriore pratica

Scegli la risposta corretta per completare la frase: a, b, c o d.
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1)

I'm ____ about my holiday next week.
 

exciting

excited

excites

excite

 

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2)

She ____ with his answer.
 

isn't satisfied

wasn't satisfying

wasn't satisfy

isn't satisfying

 

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3)

His presentation was very ____.
 

interests

interest

interested

interesting

 

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4)

They ____ by the children's behaviour.
 

were disgusted

is disgusted

were disgusting

are disgusting

 

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5)

I don’t like to speak in public. It is ____.
 

embarrasses

embarrassed

embarrassing

embarrass

 

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6)

The end of year results ____.
 

is disappointing

is disappointed

are disappointing

are disappointed

 

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Please submit the missing answers shown in red
 

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