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Adjectives & adverbs · CEFR B1 · Independent
The -ed form describes the person feeling it. The -ing form describes the thing causing it. Getting them backwards says the opposite of what you mean.
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I am very bored in this job.
-ed = how you feel · -ing = what causes it
Question 1 of 1
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Example 1 of 1
I am very bored in this job.
"Boring" would mean you bore other people — the feeling is "bored".
The shape
-ed = how you feel · -ing = what causes it
Never say "I am boring" about yourself again.
In Hindi
-ed वाला रूप महसूस करने वाले के लिए, -ing वाला उस चीज़ के लिए जो वह भाव पैदा करती है।
CoCap explains every structure in both languages, because a rule you understand in Hindi is a rule you can use in English.
The sentence Indian-English speakers actually produce, and the reason it is wrong.
| Commonly said | Correct English |
|---|---|
I am very boring in this job. | I am very bored in this job. "Boring" would mean you bore other people — the feeling is "bored". |
Where this structure sits in the ladder, and what surrounds it.
bored or boring? is a CEFR B1 structure — the independent band — and it belongs to adjectives & adverbs. CoCap’s syllabus files every structure this way so you can learn in order instead of jumping between whatever a search happened to return.
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