What’s the difference between excited and exciting? Interested and interesting?
In English, adjectives with -ed describe your feelings and adjectives with -ing describe the thing that causes your feeling.
For example:
I was so excited when I was watching the movie! – Use “excited” because it is your feeling.
The movie was so exciting! – Use “exciting” because the movie causes your feeling.
Exercises:
Check your answers at the bottom of the page.
- Relaxing or relaxed?
- Exhausting or exhausted?
- Frightening or frightened?
- Exciting or excited?
- Boring or bored?
Answers:
- Relaxed
- Exhausted
- Frightening
- Exciting
- Bored
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