-ed and -ing adjectives Khmer - participle adjectives easy uses, examples and practices with key

 

Participle Adjectives

-ed and -ing adjective can also be called participle adjectives. They come from the verb plus -ing and -ed and function like an adjective. -ing adjective is the present participle and -ed adjective is the past participle. -ing adjective is used to describe the thing that causes a person to feel a particular way while -ed adjective is used to describe a person's feeling about something. 

-ed and -ing adjective  ក៏យើងអាចហៅថា participle adjective ដែលពួកវាជាគុណនាម ដែលឡើងពីការថែម -ing និង -ed ទៅលើកិរិយាស័ព្ទ។ 

• -ing adjective​ : មានឈ្មោះថា Present Participle
• - ed adjective : មានឈ្មោះថា  Past Participle

Present Participle ( -ing Adjective) 

-ing adjective : used to describe something or somebody that makes us feel some ways.

-ing adjective ប្រើដើម្បីនិយាយអំពីអ្វីមួយ ឬនរណាម្នាក់ដែលធ្វើអោយើងមានអារម្មណ៍បែបណាមួយ។  សូមមើល ឧទាហរណ៍ខាងក្រោម៖ 

Ex. Grammar lesson is very boring.  មេរៀនទាក់ទងវេយ្យាករណ៍ គឺវាគួរអោយធុញទ្រាន់ណាស់។ 

boring : -ing adjective ក្នុងឧទាហរណ៍ខាងលើ គឺយើងកំពុងតែពិពត៍នាអំពីមេរៀន វេយ្យាករណ៍ ដែលវាធ្វើអោយយើងមានអារម្មណ៍ធុញ។  ដូចនេះហើយបានជាយើងត្រូវប្រើ គុណនា -ing។ 

Example

• The movie was boring, so we left early.
• It was an exciting football match!
• Running a marathon is very tiring.
• The ending of the story was surprising.
• The science experiment was interesting.

Past Participle ( -ed adjective) 

 -ed adjective : used to describe our feeling about something or somebody.

 -ed adjective  ប្រើដើម្បីនិយាយអំពីអារម្មណ៍របស់យើងចំពោះអ្វីមួយ ឬ នរណាម្នាក់។  សូមមើលឧទាហរណ៍ខាងក្រោម៖ 

Ex. I'm so bored because the game is boring. ខ្ញុំមានអរម្មណ៍ធុញណាស់ ពីព្រោះ ហ្គេមនេះវាគួរអោយធុញ។ 

ក្នុងឧទាហរណ៍ខាងលើ ខ្ញុំពិពត៍នាអំពីអារម្មណ៍របស់ខ្ញុំចំពោះហ្គេម ដូចនេះបានជាយើងប្រើគុណនាម -ed (bored) ហើយហ្គែមដែលវាធ្វើអោយខ្ញុំធុញ មានន័យថាវាធ្វើអោយប៉ះពាល់អារម្មណ៍ ខ្ញុំ ដូចនេះយើប្រើគុណនាម -ing ( boring) ។ 

Example

• I was bored during the long meeting.
• She felt excited about her birthday party.
• He looked tired after running the marathon.
• We were surprised by the sudden rain.
• The children were interested in the science experiment.

Tips to use -ed & -ing adjectives

• Something or somebody that make us feel some ways, use : -ing adjective
• Describe our feeling about something or somebody, used : -ed adjective

Common mistake

I'm so bored because my classmates are very noisy. 

The sentence above is not correct because I am describing my feeling about my noisy classmates so I have to -ed adjective. So we can correct the sentence above as below.

• I'm so bored because my classmates are so noisy. or
• I'm so bored because my classmates are so boring. 

Exercises

Participle Adjective - Multiple choice Questions

Choose one correct answer for each sentence below.

1. The movie was very ______.

A. bored

B. boring

C. bore

👉 Answer: B. boring

2. I feel so ______ after watching that long movie.

A. boring

B. bored

C. bore

👉 Answer: B. bored

3. This book is really ______. I can't stop reading it.

A. interested

B. interesting

C. interest

👉 Answer: B. interesting

4. She is ______ in learning English.

A. interesting

B. interested

C. interest

👉 Answer: B. interested

5. The lesson was very ______.

A. confused

B. confusing

C. confuse

👉 Answer: B. confusing

6. I am ______ because I don’t understand the lesson.

A. confusing

B. confused

C. confuse

👉 Answer: B. confused

7. That game is really ______ for kids.

A. excited

B. exciting

C. excite

👉 Answer: B. exciting

8. The children are very ______ about the trip.

A. exciting

B. excited

C. excite

👉 Answer: B. excited

9. The news was very ______.

A. surprised

B. surprising

C. surprise

👉 Answer: B. surprising

10. I was ______ when I heard the news.

A. surprising

B. surprised

C. surprise

👉 Answer: B. surprised