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2004

Bored vs Boring

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Bored vs Boring

with DaniofBerlin

5. Advanced

Adjectives change based on their endings. Learn the difference between bored and boring and other adjective pairs that end with -ed and -ing.

Are you bored or are you boring?

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Do you know the difference between "bored" and "boring"?

- ed -> bored

Describes a feeling or emotion. It's how you feel about something.

-ing -> boring

Describes a characteristic of a person, thing, or situation. It causes a feeling.

- ed -> bored

Describes a feeling or emotion. It's how you feel about something.

-ing -> boring

Describes a characteristic of a person, thing, or situation. It causes a feeling.

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The passengers were ___ by the shaking plane.

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The journey was ___! Twelve hours by bus.

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It’s so ___! No matter how much I study I can’t seem to remember this vocabulary.

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I was ___ by his comments.

Surprised vs Surprising

I felt surprised that I got so many birthday gifts. It was surprising to see them act that way.

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I was (surprise) ___ by his awful behavior.

disappointed vs disappointing

I feel disappointed. Losing the match was disappointing.

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The rainy vacation was (disappoint) ___.

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I find the instructions from IKEA to be very ____.

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I feel so ____ for not bringing any gifts to the party.

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Do you ever feel EXHAUSTED after a meeting/English lesson? What makes it so EXHAUSTING?

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Full Video Duration: 19 minutes
Aired: almost 3 years ago

Are you bored or are you boring?

- ed -> bored

-ing -> boring

- ed -> bored

-ing -> boring

Surprised vs Surprising

disappointed vs disappointing

JUST BEFORE WE GO

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