-ing ve –ed ile biten birçok sıfat vardır. Örneğin boring ve bored.

-ing ve –ed ile biten birçok sıfat vardır. Örneğin boring ve bored.
Bu örnek üzerinde çalışalım:

Jane has been doing the same job for a very long time. Every day she does exactly the same thing again and again. She doesn't enjoy it any more and would like to do something different.


Jane's job is boring. (Jane’nin işi sıkıcıdır.)
Jane is bored (with her job). (Jane işinden sıkılmış.)

Somebody is bored if something (or somebody else ) is boring. Or, if something is boring, it makes you bored. So:

Jane is bored because her job is boring.
(Jane sıkılmış çünkü işi sıkıcı.)

Jane's job is boring, so Jane is bored. (not `Jane is boring')
(Jane’in işi sıkıcı, bundan dolayı Jane sıkılmış.)

If a, person is boring, this means that they make other people bored:

George always talks about the same things. He's really boring.
(George her zaman aynı şeyler hakkında konuşur durur. O gerçekten sıkıcı birisi)

B:
-ing ve –ed ile biten sıfatları karşılaştırın:
You can say:

My job is tiring/ boring/satisfying/ depressing/ interesting (etc.)

The -ing adjective tells you about the job.
(-ing takısı alan sıfatlar iş hakkında bir şeyler anlatır.)

You can say:

• I'm bored with my job.
• I'm not interested in my job any more.
• I'm always tired when I finish work.
• I'm not satisfied with my job.
• My job makes me depressed. (etc.)

The -ed adjective tells you how somebody feels (about the job).
(-ed takısı alan sıfatlar ise birisinin iş hakkında ne düşündüğünü anlatır.)

Compare these examples:(Bu örnekleri karşılaştırın)

interesting
Julia thinks politics is very interesting.

interested
Julia is very interested in politics. (not `interesting in politics')

interesting
Did you meet anyone interesting at the party?

interested
Are you interested in buying a car? I'm trying to sell mine.


surprising
It was quite surprising that he passed the examination.

surprised
Everybody was surprised that he passed the examination.


disappointing
The film was disappointing. I expected it to be much better.

disappointed
I was disappointed with the film. I expected it to be much better.

shocking
The news was shocking.

shocked
We were very shocked when we heard the news.


Alıştırmalar(cevaplar aşağıda)
A:
Cümleleri tamamlayın. Gerilen kelime + -ing ya da –ed kullanın.

1-- The film wasn't as good as we had expected. (disappoint-)
a -The film was ...disappointing…
b- We were ...disappointed... with the film.

2 --Diana teaches young children. It's a very hard job but she enjoys it. (exhaust-)
a- She enjoys her job but it's often ......
b- At the end of a day's work, she is often .......

3 -- It's been raining all day. I hate this weather. (depress-)
a -This weather is .........
b- This weather makes me .........
c- It's silly to get ..........because of the weather.

4--- Clare is going to the United States next month. She has never been there before. (excit-)
a-- It will be an .............experience for her.
b-- Going to new places is always ..............
c --She is really .............about going to the United States.

B:
Doğru kelimeyi seçin.

1--I was disappointig/ disappointed with the film. I had expected it to be better.

2 --Are you interesting / interested in football?

3-- The football match was quite exciting / excited. I enjoyed it.

4-- It's sometimes embarrassing / embarrassed when you have to ask people for money.

5-- Do you easily get embarrassing / embarrassed?

6 --I had never expected to get the job. I was really amazing / amazed when I was offered it.

7-- She has really learnt very fast. She has made astonishing / astonished progress.

8 --I didn't find the situation funny. I was not amusing / amused.

9-- It was a really terrifying / terrified experience. Afterwards everybody was very shocking / shocked.

10-- Why do you always look so boring / bored? Is your life really so boring / bored?

11-- He's one of the most boring / bored people I've ever met. He never stops talking and he never says anything interesting / interested.

C:
Kelimelerden birini seçerek cümleleri tamamlayın.

amusing / amused-- confusing / confused-- exhausting / exhausted

annoying / annoyed-- disgusting / disgusted-- interesting / interested

boring / bored-- exciting / excited-- surprising / surprised


1-- He works very hard. It's not ...surprising... that he's always tired.
2-- I've got nothing to do. I'm ...........
3-- The teacher's explanation was ...........Most of the students didn't understand it.
4 --The kitchen hadn't been cleaned for ages. It was really ………….
5 --I seldom visit art galleries. I'm not particularly .............in art.
6-- There's no need to get ..................just because I'm a few minutes late.
7 --The lecture was .......................... I fell asleep.
8 --I asked Emily if she wanted to come out with us but she wasn't .................
9-- I've been working very hard all day and now I'm ...................
10-- I'm starting a new job next week. I'm quite ......................about it.
11-- Tom is very good at telling funny stories. He can be very .....................
12-- Liz is a very .................person. She knows a lot, she's travelled a lot and she's done lots of different things.


Cevaplar:
A:
2
a exhausting
b exhausted

3
a depressing
b depressed
c depressed

4
a exciting
b exciting
c excited

B:
2 interested
3 exciting
4 embarrassing
5 embarrassed
6 amazed
7 astonishing
8 amused
9 terrifying ... shocked
10 bored ... boring
11 boring ... interesting

C:
2 bored--- 8 interested
3 confusing---- 9 exhausted
4disgusting---- 10 excited
5 interested---- 11 amusing
6 annoyed---- 12 interesting
7boring