Adjectives With -ing and -ed

The commonest -ing adjectives are:


If you say something is interesting, you mean it interests you:
I read a very interesting article in the newspaper today.

If you say something is terrifying, you mean it terrifies you:
That Dracula film was absolutely terrifying.

The commonest -ed adjectives are:


If something bores you, you can say you feel bored.
We had nothing to do. We were really bored.

If something terrifies you, you can say you are terrified.
I didn't really enjoy the Dracula film. Most of the time I was terrified.