Past and Present Participial Adjectives M.G 4 U 3

Past and Present Participial Adjectives M.G 4 U 3

FORM & USE

• The past participle and the present participle forms of a verb can be used as adjectives.

• Past participles generally end in -ed (but can also end in -d, -t, -en, or -n) and describe how someone feels.

• The mice were frightened of the cat.

  Present participles always end in -ing and describe what causes the feeling.

  The cat was frightening.

PLACE

• Participial adjectives can appear after be or in front of nouns.

  
  

• My grandfather’s stories about his childhood are amusing.

  My grandfather tells amusing stories about his childhood.

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Get + Adjective; Get + Past Participle

• Get before an adjective or past participle suggests that something is changing or starting to happen.

  Get can be followed by an adjective

• The grasshopper and the snail got impatient waiting for the centipede.

  It’s almost time for me to give my presentation. I am getting nervous

PLACE

• Get can also be followed by a past participle which functions as an adjective.

  
  

• You should put on sunscreen. You’re getting sunburned.

  My mother gets worried if I’m not home by 10:00.

The...The Comparatives

• The…the is used with two comparatives to say that the first thing has an effect on the second.

  
  

• The longer the telephone call, the bigger the telephone bill.

  The funnier the joke, the harder the audience laughs.

  The more I get to know my classmates, the better I like them.