Unit 6.6

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Today's goals

After today's lesson, you can 

form adjectives from verbs and nouns with -ed and -ing

Listening practice (Sb p. 81 ex. 2) 

-ED / -ING

We use adjectives ending in -ed to describe how we feel and -ing to describe the things that make us feel this way

When we add -ed / -ing to a verb that ends in a consonant + e: the e is dropped

challenge -> challeged -> challenging

-ED

frightened

frustrated

irritated

shocked

surprised

challenged

relaxed

satisfied

-ING

frightening 

frustrating

irritating

shocking

surprising

challenging

relaxing

satisfying

Compare the difference:

My girlfriend is bored. 

My girlfriend is boring. 

I was shocked by how shocking the accident was last night.

They were frightened by the frightening roller-coaster ride!

he is an ....... person

1. interesting
2. interested

this is so .....

1. bored
2. boring

She was so ..... to hear the news

1. shocking
2. shocked

The news was so .....

1. shocking
2. shocked

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To work!

Choose 3 out of these 5 exercises

Sb p. 81; ex. 3 & 5

Sb p. 149 ex. 1, 2 & 3