English Grammar Written by Nguyen Dang Tung
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ADJECTIVES ENDING ‘-ING’ AND ‘-ED’
1. PHÂN BIỆT
Trong tiếng Anh, có nhiều tính từ xuất phát từ động từ và tận cùng bằng
‘ing’ hoặc ‘ed’. Tuy nhiên, 2 loại tính từ này có ý nghĩa rất khác nhau.
a. Present Participial Adjective ‘ing’
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 đã và đang làm cùng một công việc trong một thời gian dài. Mỗi ngày cô ấy cứ
làm đi làm lại chỉ cùng một công việc đó. Cô ấy không thích công việc đó nữa và muốn
làm một việc gì đó khác hơn)
 Jane’s job is boring.
(Công việc của Jane thật nhàm chán – tính chất công việc)
Tính từ tận cùng bằng ‘ing’ dùng để chỉ bản chất, tính chất của sự vật, sự
việc, hành động, có nghĩa tác động (lên đối tượng khác).
Động từ gốc thường là nội động từ (không có tân ngữ) và thời của động từ
là thời tiếp diễn.
The flower were blooming in the meadow. They created a rainbow of colors.
(Những bông hoa đang nở rộ trên đồng cỏ. Chúng tạo nên một dải cầu vồng đầy màu
sắc)
 The blooming flowers in the meadow created a rainbow of colors.
The crying baby woke Mr. Brown.
Tính từ tận cùng bằng ‘ing’ cũng thường được dùng khi danh từ mà nó bổ
nghĩa thực hiện hoặc chịu trách nhiệm về hành động.

b. Past Participial Adjective ‘ed’
Jane is bored with her job
. (Jane đang chán nản với công việc của mình)

pleased
astonishing
astonished
relaxing
relaxed
boring
bored
satisfying
satisfied
concerning
concerned
shocking
shocked
confusing
confused
stunning
stunned
embarrassing
embarrassed
surprising
surprised
encouraging
encouraged
terrifying
terrified
energizing
energized
tiring
tired
entertaining

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EXERCISES
1. Chọn dạng đúng của tính từ
1. My bath was_________. I feel _________now. (RELAX)
2. Joe is _________ because he had a _________day. (TIRE)
3. How to get the cheese was _________. The mouse was _________. (CONFUSE)
4. So much homework was _________. The student felt _________. (OVERWHELM)
5. Your jokes are _________. I am _________. (AMUSE)
6. I was so _________by the movie. The scenes in the movie were _________. (TOUCH)
7. The TV program was _________. I felt _________while watching it. (BORE)
8. My angry father's words were _________. I felt_________. (UPSET)
9. The nurse's big needle was _________. I felt _________when she walked over to me!
(FRIGHTEN)
10. Ted forgot to close his zipper. It was _________. Ted felt _________. (EMBARRASS)
11. Getting hit in the behind with an arrow was _________. Lancelot felt _________.
(HUMILIATE)
12. My alarm clock wouldn't stop ringing. I was _________. The sound was _________.
(ANNOY)
13. I was _________after reading the _________news headlines. (ALARM)
14. The movie, King Kong, was _________. The children who were watching it were
______. (TERRIFY)
15. I felt _________ after getting a _________ massage. (PLEASE)
16. Michael Phelps was _________. Michael Phelps' Olympic win was _________. (EXCITE)
17. I was _________. The painting called" Mona Piggy" was _________. (INTRIGUE)
18. He heard a strange sound and was _________. The strange sound was _________.
(CONCERN)
19. Her weight loss from the diet was _________. She was _________. (ENCOURAGE)
20. The taste was _________. I was _________. (SATISFY)
21. Hi, Jane. Have you had an _____ day? (INTEREST)

15. Their hamburgers are ________________. (disgusted / disgusting)
16. Dad always arrives home from work thoroughly ________________. (exhausted/
exhausting)
17. He's always showing off. It's really ________________. (annoyed / annoying)
18. I think Alex is one of the most ________________ people I've ever met. He can't keep
still for a second. (annoyed / annoying)
19. I walked into this restaurant and there was Andy with a strange woman. He seemed
really ________________. (embarrassed / embarrassing)
20. She kept talking about her boyfriend problems all night. It was rather
________________ . (embarrassed / embarrassing)