Participial Adjectives Essay

• Participles as adjectives

The participial adjectives are a dominant class of adjectives. You can recognize them by their –ed or-ing endings. They are called participial adjectives because they have the same endings as verb participles. As any other adjective their function is to describe people, places or things.

The (-ing) is used to describe something or someone.
• This exam is so confusing!
• The new superhero movie is amazing, you should see it.

The (-ed) is used to describe how people feel about something or someone.
• I’m tired of working late. Maybe I should change my schedule. (I feel tired)
• As a child, I used to be scared of the dark. (I felt scared)

A: Read the sentence and decide the ending of each participle adjectives.

The students were alarm_____ by the surprise quiz notice.
2. The surprise quiz was alarm_____ to the students.
3. The cartoon character’s voice is annoy_____.
4. Jeffrey was annoy____ by the cartoon character’s voice.
5. I was confus____ by the unclear instructions.
6. The unclear instructions confus____ me.
7. Edward is a fascinat ____ person. He has so many interesting stories to share.
8. I was fascinat ____ by Edward’s stories.
9. Sarah was mov____ by her daughter’s sweet gesture.
10. Sarah’s daughter gesture was really mov___.

B: Use these participles given to write another version of the sentence:

1. I 'm tired of eating the same stuff with this diet the doctor prescribed me.
(excited about)_________________________________________________________________
2. I 'm surprised she is still wearing that old ugly hat.
(embarrassing) _________________________________________________________________
3.She will be excited to hear that Emma is finally pregnant.
(shoking)_______________________________________________________________________
4. Hey; that joke is embarrassing!
(tired) __________________________________________________________________________

Unit 1

A: Albert and Sarah are talking after school. Complete the dialog from the phrases in the chart. Follow the example.

you had already left
I was at your house last
I was using my tablet is your telephone working
I got it last week
How long have you had a tablet
I’ve had it time did you call
I called you more than two times last night

Sarah: Albert, is your telephone working?
Albert: Yes, it is: Why do you ask?
Sarah: _____________________________________________, but I couldn’t reach you.
Albert: What ______________________________________________________________?
Sarah: I called you when I arrived home at 6:00 and I tried again every fifteen minutes or so.
Albert: Oh! You couldn’t reach me because ______________________________________________.
Sarah: Really? __________________________________________________________________________?
Albert: Let see… _____________________________________________________________, so.
__________________________________________________________________ for 5 days now: It is really something special.
Sarah: Last week? ____________________________________________ Saturday. Why didn’t you tell me?
Albert: Sorry, dear, by the time my we finished doing our