Participles as Adjectives
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We can often make an adjective from a verb. We do this by using the -ing and -ed participles:
| verb | -ed participle | -ing participle |
| interest | interested | interesting |
| bore | bored | boring |
We use the -ed participle as a subject adjective; it describes how the subject of a sentence feels:
She was interested in the program.
The disappointed candidate felt cheated by the result.
We use the -ing participle as an object adjective; it describes the object of the sentence:
The program was interesting (for her).
The candidate objected to the disappointing result.
