{"id":872,"date":"2020-02-17T00:00:28","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T00:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tutor.engoo.com\/blog\/?p=872"},"modified":"2020-07-06T10:41:47","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T10:41:47","slug":"boring-bored-adjective-participle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tutor.engoo.com\/blog\/teaching-grammar\/boring-bored-adjective-participle\/","title":{"rendered":"\"I'm Boring\": An Easy Way to End the \"Boring\/Bored\" Madness Once and for All"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/tutor.engoo.com\/blog\/teaching-grammar\/boring-bored-adjective-participle\/#Anchor\" >Anchor<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/tutor.engoo.com\/blog\/teaching-grammar\/boring-bored-adjective-participle\/#Explain\" >Explain<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/tutor.engoo.com\/blog\/teaching-grammar\/boring-bored-adjective-participle\/#Practice_Practice_Practice\" >Practice, Practice, Practice<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/tutor.engoo.com\/blog\/teaching-grammar\/boring-bored-adjective-participle\/#%F0%9F%93%8C_Takeaways\" >\ud83d\udccc Takeaways<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>If we got a dollar every time a student said \u201cI\u2019m boring\u201d or \u201cI\u2019m exciting\u201d instead of \u201cI\u2019m bored\/excited,\u201d we\u2019d all be multi-millionaires. \ud83d\udcb8\ud83d\udcb8\ud83d\udcb8<\/p>\n<p>This mistake happens because students tend to learn words like \u201cboring\/bored\u201d and \u201cexciting\/excited\u201d at the same time and then confuse them for the rest of their lives. Luckily, there are ways to fix this nightmare of a grammar mistake \u2026 once and for all!<\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Anchor\"><\/span>Anchor<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>When explaining difficult concepts, it helps to link them to something students already know. A word that students learn early on can help: \u201ctired.\u201d Most students don\u2019t know that it has an -ing form (<em>tiring<\/em>) until much later, so you\u2019ve probably never heard a student say \u201cI\u2019m tiring.\u201d Well, we can use this to our advantage.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/02\/06023228\/correction.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"262\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/02\/06023228\/correction.png 624w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/02\/06023228\/correction-300x126.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><br \/>\nSome intermediate students who watch a lot of English TV will also know the word \u201camazing\u201d without knowing \u201camazed,\u201d so you can provide this as an example as well.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you chose <em>tired<\/em> or <em>amazing<\/em>, you\u2019ve now given students an example they can anchor themselves to. Then, next time a student confuses <em>-ed<\/em> and <em>-ing<\/em>, we can remind them of their anchor: \u201c\u2018I\u2019m exciting is incorrect. You mean \u2018I\u2019m excited.\u2019 It\u2019s like \u2018I\u2019m tired.\u2019\u201d<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/02\/06023058\/anchor-bored-boring.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"428\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/02\/06023058\/anchor-bored-boring.png 624w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/02\/06023058\/anchor-bored-boring-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><br \/>\nAnd for most beginners, this explanation is more than enough. If necessary, you can further reinforce the concept with this memory trick: \u201c<em>-ing<\/em> is for things.\u201d<\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Explain\"><\/span>Explain<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>If you have an intermediate or advanced student, you can explain the actual differences between <em>-ed<\/em> and <em>-ing<\/em> adjectives. An easy way to do this is to say that <em>-ed<\/em> adjectives describe how someone feels while <em>-ing<\/em> adjectives describe the cause of the feeling.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>English grammar is <strong>confusing<\/strong>. I\u2019m <strong>confused<\/strong> by all the rules.<\/li>\n<li>English grammar is <strong>boring<\/strong>. Learning grammar makes me <strong>bored<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For students who are familiar with grammar terms, you can explain the difference using the concept of passive and active voice. Generally, <em>-ed<\/em> makes a verb passive, e.g. \u201cI was chased by a dog.\u201d On the other hand, <em>-ing<\/em> means that the verb is active, e.g. \u201cThe dog is chasing me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So when we say \u201cI\u2019m confused,\u201d it means \u201cI\u2019m confused (by grammar rules).\u201d And when we say \u201cgrammar is confusing,\u201d we mean \u201cgrammar is confusing (me).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This explanation is more comprehensive than the \u201cuse <em>-ed<\/em> for yourself and <em>-ing<\/em> for things\u201d rule ,  since it also explains why you can say things like \u201cI\u2019m amazing\u201d or \u201cHe\u2019s boring.\u201d A person can also be the cause of feelings. For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I went on a date with Bryan. He was boring. (<em>= He was boring me.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>My little sister is annoying. (<em>= She is annoying me.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can also send students this video after the lesson if they want a more in-depth explanation:<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-responsive\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bored or Boring? Learn about -ED and -ING adjectives in English\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4J9vt7dbdvs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Practice_Practice_Practice\"><\/span>Practice, Practice, Practice<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Finally, give your students lots of practice hearing this grammar point in action. For example, when listening to your student share a story, you can respond using the following words:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>surprising\/surprised (e.g. \u201cThat\u2019s surprising!\u201d \u201cI\u2019m not surprised to hear that.\u201d)<\/li>\n<li>annoying\/annoyed (e.g. \u201cThat sounds so annoying.\u201d \u201cYou must have been annoyed.\u201d)<\/li>\n<li>fascinating\/fascinated (e.g. \u201cThat\u2019s fascinating! Tell me more!\u201d \u201cI\u2019m fascinated by this story.\u201d)<\/li>\n<li>embarrassing\/embarrassed (e.g. \u201cThat must have been an embarrassing moment for them!\u201d \u201cThey must have been so embarrassed!\u201d)<\/li>\n<li>tiring\/tired (e.g. \u201cIt\u2019s tiring cleaning the house!\u201d \u201cYou must have been very tired!\u201d)<\/li>\n<li>confusing\/confused (e.g. \u201cSounds like it was a confusing lecture!\u201d \u201cYou must have been confused by it\u201d)<\/li>\n<li>exciting\/excited (e.g. \u201cIt\u2019s exciting to see them live!\u201d \u201cYou must have been so excited!\u201d)<\/li>\n<li>frightening\/frightened (e.g. \u201cThat storm sounds frightening!\u201d \u201cYou must have been very frightened!\u201d)<\/li>\n<li>terrifying\/terrified (e.g. \u201cThat sounds terrifying!\u201d \u201cYou must have been terrified!\u201d)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can also encourage your student to practice with <a href=\"https:\/\/engoo.com\/app\/lessons\/grammar-grammar-adjectival-usage-of-the-participle-im-amazed-thats-amazing\/_wo3dGAkEee6fXv23nGRUg?category_id=6r1fXsYHEeimuzOlcF_9gA&amp;course_id=1llXaMYPEeiWI9-YoYwf4A#exercise-3\">this grammar lesson<\/a>:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/02\/06023220\/boring-bored-grammar-lesson.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"855\" height=\"482\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/02\/06023220\/boring-bored-grammar-lesson.png 855w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/02\/06023220\/boring-bored-grammar-lesson-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/assets.blog.engoo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/02\/06023220\/boring-bored-grammar-lesson-768x433.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\" \/><br \/>\nAnd try to have them make example sentences related to their life. A lot of these words apply to English learning, so it shouldn\u2019t be too hard for them (e.g. \u201clearning English is frustrating\u201d). If you need more contexts to help you make example sentences, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/tutor.engoo.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/11\/how-to-make-example-sentences-that-students-will-love-and-actually-learn-from\/\">this post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%F0%9F%93%8C_Takeaways\"><\/span>\ud83d\udccc Takeaways<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>To sum up,<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Anchor: Point out to the student that they already know an easy word (\u201ctired\u201d) that follows the -ed\/-ing rule.<\/li>\n<li>Explain: explain that -ed words are passive (as in \u201cI was chased by a dog.\u201d) and -ing words are active (\u201cA dog was chasing me.\u201d) and that this applies to boring vs. bored as well: \u201cThe class was boring (me)\u201d vs. \u201cI was bored (by the class).\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Practice: give the student lots of practice hearing and using this new grammar rule.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Don\u2019t be surprised if the student still makes mistakes by the end of the lesson. They\u2019ve probably been doing this years, and we all know that old habits die hard. But know that you\u2019ve done humankind a deed by putting them on the right path!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If we got a dollar every time a student said \u201cI\u2019m boring\u201d or \u201cI\u2019m exciting\u201d instead of \u201cI\u2019m bored\/excited,\u201d we\u2019d all be multi-millionaires. \ud83d\udcb8\ud83d\udcb8\ud83d\udcb8 This mistake happens because students tend to learn words like \u201cboring\/bored\u201d...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":874,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"unified_meta_tagline_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-teaching-grammar"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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