Common Participial Adjectives 

Some participles (like 'bored' or 'boring') can be used as adjectives. These are used in a slightly different way from normal adjectives. We usually use the past participle (ending in -ed) to talk about how someone feels:

• I was really bored during the flight (NOT: I was really boring during the flight).

We usually use the present participle (ending in -ing) to talk about the person, thing, or situation which has caused the feeling:

• It was such a long, boring flight (so I was bored).

Be careful! 'I'm boring' is very different from 'I'm bored'! 'I'm boring' means I cause other people to be bored. This is not good! Here are some examples of when one person causes a feeling in another person:

 These participle adjectives make their comparative by using 'more' (not -er) and their superlative by using 'most' (not -est):

• I was more frightened of dogs than spiders when I was a child.
• That book is more boring than this one.

-ed / -ing	-ed / -ing	-ed / -ing
alarmed - alarming amazed - amazing amused - amusing annoyed - annoying astonished - astonishing bored - boring confused - confusing depressed - depressing  disappointed - disappointing disgusted - disgusting distressed - distressing	disturbed - disturbing embarrassed - embarrassing  entertained - entertaining excited - exciting exhausted - exhausting fascinated - fascinating frightened - frightening horrified - horrifying inspired - inspiring interested - interesting irritated - irritating	moved - moving paralyzed - paralyzing pleased - pleasing relaxed - relaxing satisfied - satisfying shocked - shocking surprised - surprising terrified - terrifying fired - firing touched - touching troubled - troubling