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The participial adjectives are a major subclass of adjectives.They can be distinguished by their endings, either –er or –ing.
These adjectives do not just come in one form. You can modify participial adjectives to increase or decrease their intensity and use them to compare different nouns
We usually use the present participle (ending in -ing) to talk about the person, thing, or situation which has caused the feeling:
• It was such a long, boring flight (so I was bored).
• I read a really interesting book about history (so I was interested).
We usually use the past participle (ending in -ed) to talk about how someone feels:
These adjectives are really meant to function like any other adjective: they help to describe a noun. They might come from a verb form, or they might merely imitate the structure, but they always function as a descriptive adjective
• I was really bored during the flight (NOT: I was really boring during the flight).
• She's interested in history (NOT: She's really interesting in history).
These participle adjectives make their comparative by using 'more' (not -er) and their superlative by using 'most' (not -est):
• I was more frightened of dogs than spiders when I was a child.
• That book is more boring than this one.