Participles as Adjectives:?

Question

You will often hear such examples as, “I am very exciting because I am going on vacation!” Some do not make the distinction between words like exciting and excited. Do you know what the rule is?

How would you explain/show the difference between:

a) I am bored
and
b) I am boring

Answer 1

The difference is more than just participle use. The verb is "to bore". (a) is a passive sentence, someone/thing has bored you. You mark the passive in English with a finite form of the auxiliary verb BE and the past participle of the main verb. (b) is an active sentence, you are boring someone. But it is not a simple present tense, but the present progressive tense. You mark the present progressive tense in English with a finite form of the auxiliary verb BE and the present participle of the main verb. The first sentence you gave, "I am very exciting..." is present progressive, so it means that you are exciting someone else, not yourself. If the vacation was exciting you, then it would be "I am very excited..."

EDIT: As an addition based on the title of your post. In neither of these cases are the particples adjectives. An example of participle as adjective is "John is a bored man" or "John is a boring man". Both of your examples are where "to bore" is the main verb.

Answer 2

Here goes:
In the two examples you give, the present participle (ending in ing) describes what the speaker is doing outward, ie exciting others or boring others.
In the case of the past participles (ed endings) the speaker is doing or feeling inwardly, that is, feeling bored or feeling excited.
Hope that helps.

Answer 3

its -ed for ppl and -ing for things
eg: im bored cause the film is boring

Answer 4

As a general rule, feelings are "ed" and opinions are "ing".

Answer 5

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