Introduction

On peut utiliser les participes présent et passé de verbes qui décrivent un effet sur quelque chose comme adjectifs.

On utilise le participe présent (avec la terminaison "–ing") comme adjectif pour décrire comment le sujet provoque l'effet. On utilise le participe passé (avec la terminaison "–ed") comme adjectif pour décrire comment le sujet subit l'effet.

Exemples:

Avec la racine du verbe "surprise":

• "David is surprising."
  David causes surprise.
• "David is surprised."
  David experiences surprise.

Forme: -ed ou -ing?

Voici quelques exemples de participes présent et passé qui peuvent être utilisés comme adjectifs:

Racine du verbe (décrit un effet)	adjectif "-ing" (participe présent)	adjectif "–ed" (participe passé)
bore	boring	bored
disappoint	disappointing	disappointed
disgust	disgusting	disgusted
embarrass	embarrassing	embarrassed
exhaust	exhausting	exhausted
excite	exciting	excited
interest	interesting	interested
satisfy	satisfying	satisfied
shock	shocking	shocked
surprise	surprising	surprised
tire	tiring	tired

Exemples

On utilise les participes comme adjectifs de la même façon que d'autres adjectifs, par exemple:

avec "be":

• "The food is disappointing".
  The food causes disappointment.
• "We are disappointed by the food."
  We experience disappointment.

• "The race was exhausting".
  The race caused exhaustion.
• "They were exhausted after they finished the race."
  They experienced exhaustion.

avant un nom:

• "It was a satisfying meal."
  The meal caused satisfaction.
• "He was a satisfied customer."
  The customer experienced satisfaction.

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Exercices d'entraînement

Complétez les phrases en mettant le verbe entre parenthèses à la forme adjectivale correcte:

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1)

They enjoyed the film but the ending was    . (shock)

 

2)

The results of the experiment led to some    conclusions. (interest)

 

3)

She worked until late last night. She was very    this morning. (tire)

 

4)

I left the party because I was    . (bore)

 

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E xercices d'entraînement supplémentaires

Choisissez la réponse correcte pour compléter la phrase; a, b, c ou d.
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1)

I'm ____ about my holiday next week.
 

excited

excite

excites

exciting

 

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2)

She ____ with his answer.
 

isn't satisfied

wasn't satisfy

wasn't satisfying

isn't satisfying

 

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3)

His presentation was very ____.
 

interests

interest

interesting

interested

 

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4)

They ____ by the children's behaviour.
 

were disgusting

were disgusted

are disgusting

is disgusted

 

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5)

I don’t like to speak in public. It is ____.
 

embarrass

embarrassed

embarrasses

embarrassing

 

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6)

The end of year results ____.
 

are disappointing

are disappointed

is disappointing

is disappointed

 

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