2a. Read the comments below and match them with three of the photos.
Ask Ss to read the comments and then discuss in pairs which photos they match. Follow with a whole-class discussion.
1 C 2 A 3 D
2b. Look at the words in bold. When do we use adjectives ending in -ed or -ing, e.g. tired/tiring, amazed/amazing?
Ask Ss to read comment 2 again, then discuss in pairs the difference between annoying and annoyed. Clarify that a situation or activity is annoying and we feel annoyed because of that. Drill all the target adjectives chorally.
-ing adjectives describe a situation; -ed adjectives describe how we respond to that situation and how we feel.
Pronunciation checkpoint
Like regular past simple endings, -ed endings of adjectives are pronounced either /t/, /d/ or /ɪd/. The ending is not pronounced /ed/. The ending sound depends on the preceding consonant sound but you don't need to get too technical. Ss can learn the simple rule that words ending with the sound /t/ or /d/ will have the /ɪd/ ending (e.g. disappointed /tɪd/). Others will end with either a /d/ or /t/ sound (e.g. surprised /d/, relaxed /t/).
Optional extra activity
Use the list of -ed adjectives in the previous activity to conduct further pronunciation practice in pairs.
Student A says I was … -ed and Student B responds by saying Yes, it was … -ing.
Vocabulary checkpoint
Ss often simplify and suggest that -ed adjectives describe a person and -ing adjectives describes a thing: The delay is annoying, I am annoyed. While this is often true, it is not always true. People can be annoyed and annoying. They can also be amazing and amazed, and so on. One simple example to help them remember this is to think of a horror film character such as Dracula. He is frightening and we are frightened.
