Grammar point 2 –Modal (Can) review

Formation: can + bare infinitive: can do/can play/can be outside

Can is a modal verb and it adds meaning to the main verb.

“Can do it with my friends” –means that you are able to do something with your friends.

 

 

Grammar point 3: Participle adjectives: “ed” vs “-ing”

· We use “ed” when describing how we or someone else feels about something:

I am interested/She is tired/I am bored

· We use “ing” when describing how something makes us feel:

That book is interesting/Playing sports is exciting/doing homework is boring!

Note these adjectives can also be used to describe nouns:

This is an interesting book/Soccer is an exciting sport.

 

 

Practice 1:

Students circle the correct adjective:

1. Soccer is excited/exciting.

2. I am interested/interesting in this book.

3. Winning a soccer match is satisfying/satisfied.

4. I am boring/bored.

5. Drawing is so relaxing/relaxed

6. I am excited/exciting about running in a marathon.

7. Watching soccer is so interested/interesting..

8. I am satisfied/satisfying with my art show.

9. Cooking is so boring/bored.

10. Hiking in the woods is relaxed/relaxing.

 

 

Practice 2:

Participial adjectives:  “-ed” vs. “-ing”:  Students look at the following examples and explain when one uses adjectives with “-ed” endings and when one uses adjectives with “-ing” endings.

 

 

Example:

I am bored with this game. –expresses how you feel

This game is boring. –expresses how you feel about something