PARTICIPAL ADJECTIVES

PARTICIPAL ADJECTIVES

1. Most present and past participle forms of verbs that describe emotion or feelings can be used as adjectives

2. the meanings of the participles are not the same.

3. The present participle (-ing form of the verb) refers to something or somebody that causes the feeling.

4. The past participle (-ed form of the verb) is used to express how a person is affected by something.

5. Note that you cannot use the past participle/–ed form with things because things do not have emotions.

6. The following are some of the most common verbs expressing feelings and emotions and their present and past particpial forms.