participle Adjectives

Adjectives ending in -ing or -ed (bored/boring)

participle adjectives are formed from the verb and have suffixes -ed or -ing. Classic exmples include; "The lecture was boring." and I was so bored that I almost fell asleep.

These nouns often come after the noun. usually adjectives come before the noun. Another common form where the adjective follows the noun occurs with the verb to be.

There are many adjective ending in -ing or -ed. For Example bored and boring. Think about this situation:
You have been doing the same job for a very long time. Every day you do exactly the same thing. You don't enjoy it any more and would like to do something different.
Your job is boring. You are bored with your job. Somebody is bored if something (or someone else) is boring If something is boring then it makes you bored

Cause and affect -ing or -ed

  1. AFFECT – verb – to act upon, to change or to cause a change.
  2. AFFECTED – adjective – influenced by an outside force
  3. EFFECT – noun – result; consequence
  1. You are bored because your job is boring.
  2. Your job is boring ,so you are bored. (Not 'You are boring')
    If a person is boring, they make other people bored.
  3. Mark always talks about the same things. He's boring

Examples of participle adjectives

  1. I wrote to the person concerned.
  2. I got a rebate for tax paid.
  3. They worked through the night to repair the damage caused.
  4. I need to contact the people responsible.
  5. Did you receive the amount due?

One participle adjective per sentence

Each sentence may contain any number of verbs and adjectives, but only one word is a participle adjective.
past participle adjectives can usually be preceded by "It has been ..." Find the participle adjectives in these sentences

  1. Many kind carpenters offered to repair the broken window.
  2. Never kiss a smiling crocodile.
  3. My father prefers to drink filtered spring water.
  4. This isn't chocolate ice cream; it's frozen chocolate milk!
  5. The fallen leaves covered the new driveway.
  6. She was happy to find the translated version of the book.
  7. The sleeping dog's snoring was louder than a freight train.
  8. We pushed our way through the newly driven snow.
  9. I'd rather eat at a recently inspected restaurant.
  10. Are you just hoping it will happen or is it a done deal?
  11. Maria forgot to bring her new fishing pole.
  12. Sadly, as she aged, he became just another forgotten name.

Notice that the adjective comes after the noun.

It does not work before the noun. In these sentences, the relative clause is omitted and the participle becomes an adjective:

I wrote to the person (who is) concerned.

Sometimes, if the adjective is placed before the noun the meaning is totally different.
I wrote to the concerned person. (= another meaning of 'concerned').