past and present participles

[doralinda65]

hi teacher i"m amazed, looking this video help me a lot, i want to tell you this video is amazing, thanks.

[chocolatina816]

very good explenation...

[thandarmin]

Can i say english is confusing me?.

[thandarmin]

All the best.

[sarremabo]

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[cmk1106]

Thank you

[cmk1106]

Thank you so mush!!

[Fabrineah]

Excellent lesson,Thanks again!

[elifio100]

merci bc pour les cours, je comprens mieux l' anglais , encore des cours svp

[gregstera]

Very good. But how do you explain the difference between

I am bored and I am boring?

I'm a teacher myself and I always have difficulties explaining it.

Thanks

Greg

[learnamericanenglish]

@gregstera -- Hi Greg. Good question. You can't always say that the past participle describes a person and the present participle describes a thing, because I'm pretty sure I have been perceived as "boring" by some of my students at some point or another. The present participle describes the source of the feeling: exciting, surprising, boring, confusing, etc. A person can, of course, be these things also. It would be great to hear from other teachers on this.

[EgleFig]

You can explain even the English confuse me - mainly because of grammar. Thank you teacher. We love your lessons.

[Djowks]

the best!