2165 - You Won’t Be Disappointed By This English Grammar

hello Lindsay how are you today hey there  Aubrey I'm feeling good I'm feeling good what are we getting into today on allers English  start with a question that definitely has to do with what we're talking about today  would you rather be disappointed or disappointing that's a toughy that's a tough  question I would say I hate to disappoint people so I would rather be disappointed by someone else  rather than be disappointing to someone else that same y I am exactly the same I would prefer  some

one else disappoint me I would rather be disappointed than be disappointing yeah that's  interesting it's funny when we talk about be disappointing I mostly think about like parents  like am I a disappointment to my parents am I disappointing to them oh my gosh there's nothing  I remember when I was growing up um it was the worst thing in the world like my dad's sign face  of disappointment he wouldn't like yell he wasn't a y Yeller he wasn't a screamer um it was more  like he just looked sad an

d disappointed there's nothing worse same same my dad was quiet but if he  ever said I'm disappointed in you or just even in his face you could just see the disappointment  nothing was there's nothing worse he wanted to make him proud of you of course of course I feel  like a lot of people would say but maybe other people would have different opinions I maybe will  ask that in a question for a poll today right yes stick around till the end we'll share the poll  you can find those in Spotify we l

ove when you guys answer our polls so that we can interact  with you find out your opinion about what we're chatting about here yeah we love that so guys go  ahead and hit follow right now right here wherever you are listening so you don't miss a single  episode of all ears English this is going to be a great one for anyone at the intermediate to  advanced level B1 B2 C1 this episode is for you guys okay right we got a great question here  about difficult grammar because these words disappointed

disappoint pointing we used them  both as adjectives here but they can also be participles present or past participles they can  be verbs so what really is tricky can be really confusing is if you start to think of a word as  just a verb or just an adjective English is going to burn you because so many words can be a verb  an adjective a noun it gets complicated right so let's not get burned by these adjectives right  um let's do it right and also you know for my days I'm sure for you too for m

y days teaching  English in New York and Japan more so New York City having students at that intermediate to  advanced level I got this question all the time we worked on this stuff a lot very very common  if you can nail this it's going to be a big boost for your fluency guys should I read the question  then should I we have some Pro tips today such great advice and this was all sparked by a very  good question yeah Lindsay if you could read it that'd be awesome yeah this is a great question  f

rom Sebastian alarz from Mexico here we go hey good day Lindsay and Company I hope you have a  great day here's my question I'm confused about adjectives ending with Ed adjectives ending with  ing the past simple Ed and the past continuous was plus ing for example I'm so tired after a long day  at work this example is an adjective ending with e d I just heard the exciting news congratulations  this is an adjective ending with ing last year he always played football on Saturdays this is  an examp

le of past simple tense Sam was eating popcorn at the movie theater right oh my gosh  Aubrey it's a lot it's a lot where when and how can we use the ones mentioned above I'm stuck  and I'm trying to figure it out but I can't I don't know what to do hope you have a nice day  thanks in advance Sebastian alcaraz from Mexico nice I love this question thank you for sending it  Sebastian but I also really love reading um where he's saying I'm stuck trying to figure it out  out I don't know what to do

because this makes me feel like I'm so excited we can help we can  break this down because this is the kind of thing that no amount of Googling would really make it  simple and and break it down for you whereas we can take this one quick episode and by the end you  guys are going to be really clear on how to use these I'm excited exactly exactly so we're going  to break it down really clearly for you guys here let's start with why it's confusing Opera yeah I  think that helps if you start to thi

nk of every word that ends in Ed as a past tense verb right  you see parked or jumped and you imagine okay past tense verb then this will confuse you because  they can also be adjectives words that end in ed they're called part participial adjectives yes yes  or also ing words right if you think of words that end in ing as verbs no they can be adjectives they  can be nouns as jirens so this is one trap that listener that Learners fall into is to Target  that Ed and Ing and feel like oh that's a

verb not necessarily and it seems like we could end up  in that trap if we're not looking at the context right exactly that's exactly right yeah so like I  said these are part participial adjectives it's a kind of a tricky word to say what that means is  they're in the same form as a past participle or a present participle which is that past tense verb  right so Sebastian used a couple examples here and he said you know this is a past simple a verb in  past simple tense right played played footb

all and he and he's explain he's showing that this can  be confusing if it's also used as an adjective now not every word can be a participial adjective  right there is quite a list there are hundreds but it's not every verb so that makes it tricky  too you can't take the the verb played and turn that into an adjective right played or playing  that one doesn't exist as an adjective but there are a lot of participles that are also adjectives  all right so let's give some examples and compare a fe

w shall we go into it Aubrey absolutely yeah  so we're going to start we're going to start with ED words that end in ed and then we'll we're  separating and we'll go into ing next all right okay so shall I give the example first for the  first one the Ed yeah so we're first we're talking about these Ed verbs that can be adjectives so  let's first start with the the examples of verbs right sentences that have a verb that ends in Ed  these are in simple past they're past participles okay here we g

o so the lesson bored him so verb  right to to bore to exactly here bored is a verb it's in simple past tense he the lesson is doing  the action it is boring him the lesson bored him right simple past tense or he surprised her when  he showed up okay so surprise is the verb in the simple past right exactly now we use these when  we're talking about actions in the past but both of these participles bored and surprised can  also be adjectives adjectives that end in ed now these generally describe

emotions they tell  us how people feel so we're going to take these exact two sentences and change them so that now  that participle is used as an adjective give us the first one Lindsay yeah and I before we do that  I would just say this is linked to what we talked about at the beginning of the show disappointed  right my dad was dis disappointed you know that was the worst thing to see disappointed face so  here it is I was bored during the lesson right here Bor is an adjective it's describing

me right  was is a linking verb Bor is an adjective so you can see how the lesson bored him oh it's a verb  there I was bored an adjective describing me and how I feel tion I like how you highlighted that  emotions how we feel how we react to something like right it's always going to describe a person  when a participial adjective is used in a sentence right or when has to be an emotion how something  feels a person or an animal feels and usually an emotion is a result of something else so it's

like  a response to something most of the time right exactly right so the lesson is boring you you were  bored you are bored by the lesson or the noise surprised you you were surprised by the noise  right so she was surprised when he showed up right mhm was surprised when he showed up now surprised  is a participial adjective ends in Ed but it's an adjective describing her she was surprised yes  all right okay Aubrey let's go into the other side let's flip over to the ing verbs and the  adjecti

ves that also you find ing in there so let's do it exactly and everything's very similar  as Ed these just end ing so we have verbs that end in ing these are also participles but they're  either present or past continuous so for example give us the first one all right here we go he was  annoying her with his passive aggressive behavior all right so annoying is a verb here right he was  annoying her he is doing this action so annoy is a verb it can be an action okay or what's the  next one disapp

ointed we're going back to the yes she disappointed her parents when she broke  curfew here is a verb it's an action she's doing she is disappointing someone okay now let's look  at adjectives where we use the same core of the word but totally different exactly it's the same  participle but now it's a participial adjective it's used as an adjective ends in ing and these  always describe the thing that causes the emotion so it's not going to describe a person it's going  to describe whatever that

is the lesson the thing that causes a person to feel that emotion okay  important difference between what we said how a person feels at the top and we talked about the Ed  surprised bored different right exactly so boring lesson makes you feel bored right the thing the  thing here is the lesson that's what's causing the emotion exactly all right so should I give the  first example for this so these are those same the same two examples where we had the verb now  we we'll have them with the adjec

tive same word okay that noise is really annoying right okay  yes so instead of you know the annoying noise and there it's an adjective right that noise is  really annoying all right or her parents told her that her actions were disappointing oh the worst  exactly right and here we have disappointing is an adjective so it's interesting how the meaning  is really the same it's just how you say it right if you diagram a sentence it's like okay  she disappointed her parents disappointed a verb yes

um her actions were disappointing o  disappointing is an adjective same word yes you know for our listeners I have a suspicion that  many of them have had this lesson before right we've taught this lesson over years and years  we've heard it but Aubrey how can we solidify I think this may be something that doesn't seem  to catch on that for some reason we're not able to get traction it is I mean it's complicated  right you guys might want to listen to this whole discussion again come back to the

blog so  we have it written out but we have a pro tip that might really help solidify this in your brain  and this is an Aubrey Carter original I came up with this so it may not be perfect but I kind  of like it here's my Pro tip in for things and Ed for Fred like Fred's the name of a person right so  if it's an adjective that ends in ing that's going to be describing a thing a thing that causes an  emotion okay and then Ed if it ends in Ed Ed for Fred Ed is going to describe how a person feels

a  person's emotions or feelings I love that I love that that's good love the pro tips especially  when they're Originals so good um like what can I do that has some alliteration that'll be meem  you know memory for things and Ed for Fred love it guys write that down now let's get into a  role play because this is really the context we need right to start to look at the words not  as just words on a list but in the context of what are we even talking about here who's feeling  something what's t

he thing that's getting impacted okay how do work a conversation yeah yeah so  what are we doing in this conversation so here you and I are discussing our homework maybe  we're college students here and we're going to use new participial adjectives because there  are hundreds so these are ones that we haven't covered yet in the episode all right here we go so  all right I'll start us out I'm confused are you confused yes these instructions are so confusing  it's an interesting class but the home

work is so frustrating exactly the lesson really interested  me but then the teacher confused me when he explained his homework the homework yes it really  frustrated me when he was unclear oh yes so many words okay so the first half of the roleplay all  adjectives and then the second half are all verbs so let's go through hopefully that will help you  guys as you listen to the sentences here oh okay interesting yeah this is another way to break it  up right so I'm confused again adjective right

exactly I'm describing my emotions how I feel I'm  confused and then I ask you are you confused both of these are adjectives ending in Ed and then  another kind of adjective ending in ing I said yes these instructions are confusing okay so it's  the thing that's making me feel confused right exactly in for things right what's confusing the  instructions so adjectives describe nouns and here confusing isn't an emotion you could never say  I feel confusing that wouldn't be that wouldn't really ma

ke sense that would then you'd say like  I I am being confusing sorry that's yeah and and go ahead I was going to say the famous kind of  mistake that can can lead to laughter right is when you say I'm boring right instead of I'm bored  yes exactly if you accidentally say I'm boring or I'm not interesting when you mean to say I'm not  interested right that's what then when you need this in for things Ed for frad right don't use in  verbs or in adjectives to describe how you feel that will be inc

orrect exactly all right let's  keep going so you said then it's what it's yeah so I use two more adjectives ending in ing here  it's an interesting class but the homework is so frustrating so these are describing things the  class is interesting the homework is frustrating right okay and here now we're going to verbs right  so exactly I said exactly the lesson interested me and this is an interesting use of Interest as a  verb I would tend not to use this quite as much right uh in this way but

it it makes sense and  it works interest is a verb to draw my interest exactly to draw my interest or to interest me but  you're right native English speakers often would instead instead say um the lesson was interesting  instead of saying the lesson interested me or we could give our listeners as a bonus another  option the lesson really caught my interest caught my interest Drew my interest or caught  my interest you're right it's interesting how it's interesting we'll we'll change that it jus

t  sort of sounds more to use like a more informal verb yeah I mean you can do it it's correct it's  just not very natural to for some reason sounds a little more formal a little more formal than than  what you would use in Daily conversations for sure and then I said but then the teacher confused  me when he explained the homework just simple past verbs and this is where it does get tricky  when if you're trying to break down a sentence and it's like okay the teacher confused me oh is  that an

adjective I'm I'm talking about how I felt I was confused but in this sentence if you look  at it the teacher is doing the action the teacher is confusing someone the teacher confused me so  this I think we should dive into a pro tip here we just had that one last one frustrated me as  a past tense verb again it really frustrated me when he was unclear it's still a verb in this  sentence it's what the teacher was doing right the lesson frustrated me but what can really  be confusing is if you're

trying to diagram sentences these are difficult it's difficult to  look at confused and and okay is it being used as a verb or an adjective there and that doesn't  really help your fluency so what's the answer Aubrey what should be our our connection mindset  how do we I mean we're not diagramming sentences anymore right we're not in school anymore thank  goodness right if your goal is fluency you want to do what is going to give you the most benefit  and instead of trying to figure out if a wo

rd is a verb or an adjective in a sentence though  that is interesting for you know just to know and for grammar teachers is it helping you move  toward your goal of what of connection right of connection ultim fluency connection exactly yes a  lot of these as you listen to us talk about these one will sound correct because you're taking in a  lot of English you're hearing these adjectives and verbs used correctly so the main thing to keep  in mind is that very common error that you were talking

about Lindsay is accidentally describing  yourself or describing a person's emotions with a word that ends in ing and saying like I'm  not interesting or I'm boring that's a mistake you want to avoid that's unclear and you're  accidentally saying something you know unkind about yourself and that's not what you mean yeah  yeah totally I love this this has been a really good breakdown of the differences here right now  your job guys is to go out into the world Listen to English and then identify

when are we seeing  a verb when are we seeing an adjective with the Ed or with the ing then we can start to use these  and produce them correctly right absolutely yes this is a lot I read that question it's such a  good question like you said Lindsay so many of our students have this question and it is one of  the most confusing things about English so couple of pro tips here definitely don't see a word  that ends in Ed and think past tense verb 100% no other option right don't be robotic in the

way  you think look at it in context it's all about the situation good stuff Aubrey we are going to come  back we're going to do lots of good grammar stuff this year in 2024 so guys hit that follow button  on all ears English to get every single episode we publish all right awesome thanks Lindsay I will  see you next time take care bye bye [Music] oh