Thursday, December 6th

A. Adjectives: description of feelings and things/people

Few, but common, adjectives end in either -ed or -ing:

worried/worrying, interested/interesting, excited/exciting

'-ed' adjectives

Adjectives that end in -ed are used to describe how people feel:
'He was surprised to find that he had been upgraded to first class.'
'I was confused by the findings of the report.'
'She felt tired after working hard all day.'

 '-ing' adjectives

Adjectives that end in -ing are used to describe things and situations. Compare these example sentences to the ones above:
'Being upgraded to first class is surprising.'
The findings of this report are confusing.'
'Working hard all day is tiring.'

 Example table:

-ed                        -ing
Feel '-ed'	describe '-ing'
annoyed	annoying
bored	boring
confused	confusing
depressed	depressing
excited	exciting
frustrated	frustrating
frightened	frightening
satisfied	satisfying
shocked	shocking

B. Extreme Adjectives

Adjectives consist of ordinary and extreme.

• Ordinary adjectives such as:

Example: Cold, hot, furious…

• Extreme adjectives such as:

Example: Freezing (very cold), boiling (very hot), furious (very angry)…

You should know how to emphasis an ordinary or extreme adjectives.

1-Most adjectives can be used with very, or really and in the comparative form with even for emphasis.

“Yesterday was very/really cold, but today is even colder.”

Note: Really is more informal than very.

2-Extreme adjectives can not be preceded by very or in the comparative form by even. If you want to emphasis them, you must use “absolutely “or “really”.

“I was absolutely/really furious.”

Today is absolutely freezing!

Note: you can not use absolutely with ordinary adjectives.

DON’T SAY: “Today is absolutely cold.”
SAY: “Today is absolutely freezing.”
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..List of some common extreme adjectives below:

• Hilarious (very funny)
• Boiling (very hot)
• Delicious (very tasty)
• Amazed (very shocking)
• Filthy (very dirty)
• Huge (very large)
• Terrified (very frightening)
• Delighted (very pleased)
• Freezing (very cold)
• Exhausted (very tired)
• Spotless (very clean)
• Furious (very angry)
• Terrible (very bad)
• Hideous (very ugly)
• Gorgeous (very beautiful)
• Spotless (very clean)
• Fascinating (very interesting)

C. Reading: How to deal with Boring meetings?

Read the following article (http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-06-22/m-and-ms-and-dirty-doodles-how-to-survive-a-boring-meeting#r=lr-fst) about BORING business meetings and how to deal with them.  Write a couple of paragraphs summarizing your thoughts about this topic after reading this article.  Agree, disagree, good idea, bad idea, does it happen to you often, all the times, you know someone who does this, etc, etc, etc.  There is a lot of interesting vocabulary in this article that you should note and bring up in class if you didn't understand the meaning.