Unit Five - Period Three -

(“ing” and “ed” adjectives)

Omar Abu Hammad Rula Farouq Al Farr’a

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Objective:

Students are expected to:

•Use present participle form as an adjective for active

sentences.

•Use past participle form as an adjective for passive

sentences.

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Pre-requisite

What is adjectives:

Adjectives are words that modify nouns.

Look at these examples in the box:

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Comparing between:• Present participle:

Use: Present participle is a category that we use to express continuing actions and also we can use it for describing subjects "active actions”.

Form: Verb + ing

ex1: she is watching T.V now.

(Express continuing action)

Ex2: The boy watching the film is my brother.

(Describe a subject)

• Past participle:

Use: Past participle is a category that we use to express completed actions and we can use it for describing object” passive actions

Form: ”. Verb + ed or en as an example

ex1: The book is written.

(Express a completed action)

Ex2: The book written by Ali was amazing

(Describe an object)

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Using “ing” form – Present participle

We can use “ing” form to express an adjective for active actions.

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Look at these examples then find out the rule!

1. Be clear, but don’t be a demanding person.

2. Here are the top five tips for turning someone you know into a lasting friend.

So we can say that by adding (ing) to the verb it becomes adjective.

1 - Many adjectives are made from the -ing forms of verbs.

2 - When -ing forms are used as adjectives, the meaning is active.

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Let’s do more exercises

1. The largest ............ thing on Earth is a tree that grows in

North America.

2. It was ....................... book because I expected it to be

much better.

3. She’s a very ................ person who always thinks of other people.

Now try to do this one!

I think you’ll find this is quite a demanding / demanded job.

The answer is: .......................demanding

living

a disappointing

caring

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Using “ed” form – Past participle

We can use “ed” form to express an adjective for passive actions.

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Look at these examples then find out the rule!

1. Here are some tried and tested pieces of advice.

2. It was quite expensive to repair the broken window.

So we can say that by using (past participle) it becomes adjective expressing passive action.

1. These adjectives are made from the past participle forms of verbs.

2. When past participles are used as adjectives, the meaning is passive.

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Notice this?

• Do you think all past participle end with “ed” ?

Sure Not!!

We have to save the past participle of irregular verbs to modify.

We use “ed” in regular verbs just

Ex: go – went - gone

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Let’s do more exercises

1. Some ................ food nowadays is almost as good as fresh food.

2. I usually try to buy local food rather than .................... products.

Now try to do this one!

You need to send a writing / written application with your CV.

The answer is: ....................written

Dear students try to answer the test under the video to evaluate yourself

imported

frozen

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