Al momento de expresar nuestras emociones o cuando damos una descripción de algo es donde ponemos en práctica los participial adjectives y estos pueden ser de dos formas:
- Present participle (ing)
- Past participle (ed)
Para que tengas una mejor idea de cómo utilizarlos, a continuación, te daremos una explicación detallada con una serie de ejemplos claros para que formen parte de tu vocabulario diario y así mejorar tu fluidez de una forma extraordinaria, o como diríamos en inglés, “you’ll be amazed at how amazing your vocabulary will be!”
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Los present participial adjectives o mejor dicho los que terminan en “ing”, son los que utilizamos al momento de describir a alguien o algo, algunos ejemplos son:
- I had an amazing trip.
- Mexico city was certainly exciting.
- I am reading an interesting book.
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Los past participial adjectives o, mejor dicho, los adjetivos que terminan en “ed” son los que utilizamos específicamente para expresar un sentimiento, algunos ejemplos son:
- I was so bored at the conference
- I felt amazed in the roller coaster
- The meeting always makes me feel stressed
Básicamente, los adjetivos terminados en “ing” (present participle adjectives) son la causa y los adjetivos terminados en “ed”(past participle adjectives) son el efecto. Para que tengas una mejor y clara idea te presentamos un texto completo en donde ambos tipos de adjetivos se ponen en práctica:
MY BIGGEST FEAR
Traveling by plane is one of the most terrifying experiences since I am always terrified when I do it. Last week I heard some shocking news, a plane had to have an emergency landing since one of the engines stopped working, I was absolutely shocked.
Next week I am going to travel to Brazil. I am very excited because the carnivals there are so exciting but still, I am a little worried about the flight.
I am relieved because my brother is going to travel with me, it is always relieving to be next to him as he always makes me laugh.
I will have so many stories to tell when I get back home and will tell my friends all the amazing experiences, they will be amazed for sure.
¿Notaste como ahora es mucho más fácil identificar cada uno y usarlos para construir tus propias oraciones? Para que sea incluso mucho más fácil, a continuación, te mostramos una lista de los past participial y present participial adjectives más comunes:
Alarmed - Alarming
Aggravated - Aggravating
Amused - Amusing
Annoyed - Annoying
Astonished - Astonishing
Astounded - Astounding
Bored - Boring
Captivated - Captivating
Challenged - Challenging
Charmed - Charming
Comforted - Comforting
Confused - Confusing
Convinced - Convincing
Depressed - Depressing
Disappointed - Disappointing
Discouraged - Discouraging
Disgusted - Disgusting
Distressed - Distressing
Disturbed - Disturbing
Embarrassed - Embarrassing
Encouraged - Encouraging
Entertained - Entertaining
Excited - Exciting
Exhausted - Exhausting
Fascinated - Fascinating
Frightened - Frightening
Frustrated - Frustrating
Fulfilled - Fulfilling
Gratified - Gratifying
Inspired - Inspiring
Insulted - Insulting
Interested - Interesting
Moved - Moving
Overwhelmed - Overwhelming
Perplexed - Perplexing
Pleased - Pleasing
Relaxed - Relaxing
Relieved - Relieving
Satisfied - Satisfying
Shocked - Shocking
Sickened - Sickening
Soothed - Soothing
Surprised - Surprising
Tempted - Tempting
Terrified - Terrifying
Threatened - Threatening
Thrilled - Thrilling
Tired - Tiring
Touched - Touching
Troubled - Troubling
Unsettled - Unsettling
Worried - Worrying