29 Active and Passive Adjectives
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Introduction
Adjectives are determiners that can be placed in two different positions within a sentence to modify or describe a person or a thing.
Adjectives can be used with active or passive voice.
Form
The active and passive adjectives can be created as follows:
- Active adjectives with suffix -ing.
- Passive adjectives with suffix -ed.
Example
- Active adjectives
- Her answer was amazing!
- The film is so boring!
- They found the topic very interesting.
- Passive adjectives
- We were amazed by her answer.
- I don’t like this film, I’m bored.
- They were interested in the topic.
Use
We use active adjectives to express that somebody or something is causing a particular effect.
We use passive adjectives to express that somebody or something is experiencing a feeling or emotion.
Summary
Adjectives can be used either in an active or passive voice, with a significant difference in meaning.
- Active adjectives, with suffix -ing, express the idea of something or someone causing a particular event or effect.
- Passive adjectives, with suffix -ed, express the idea of something or someone experiencing a particular event or effect.
For example:
— “This class was boring!” = The class causes the boring situation.
— “I was bored during the lesson.” = I am the one who experiences the action and gets bored.
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