Adjectives & adverbs · CEFR B1 · Independent
bored or boring? — English adjectives and adverbs
The -ed form describes the person feeling it. The -ing form describes the thing causing it. Getting them backwards says the opposite of what you mean.
The shape
-ed = how you feel · -ing = what causes it
Never say "I am boring" about yourself again.
In Hindi
-ed वाला रूप महसूस करने वाले के लिए, -ing वाला उस चीज़ के लिए जो वह भाव पैदा करती है।
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The mistake to fix first
The sentence Indian-English speakers actually produce, and the reason it is wrong.
| Commonly said | Correct English |
|---|---|
I am very boring in this job. | I am very bored in this job. "Boring" would mean you bore other people — the feeling is "bored". |
Questions people ask
- What is the bored or boring? used for?
- The -ed form describes the person feeling it. The -ing form describes the thing causing it. Getting them backwards says the opposite of what you mean. In practice: never say "i am boring" about yourself again.
- How do you form the bored or boring??
- -ed = how you feel · -ing = what causes it.
- What is the most common mistake with the bored or boring??
- Saying “I am very boring in this job.” instead of “I am very bored in this job.”. "Boring" would mean you bore other people — the feeling is "bored".
Where bored or boring? fits
Where this structure sits in the ladder, and what surrounds it.
bored or boring? is a CEFR B1 structure — the independent band — and it belongs to adjectives & adverbs. CoCap’s syllabus files every structure this way so you can learn in order instead of jumping between whatever a search happened to return.
Reading it is not the same as saying it.
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