我们知道形容词一个很重要的分支是分词形容词,可以通过结尾来区分它们,通常是 -ed 或 -ing 结尾,当然也有一些例外,如 misunderstood 和 unknown,fallen 等等。分词形容词的功能跟其他形容词一样用来描述名词,帮助我们在说话和写作时更准确地描述人、地方、事物和经历。通常过去分词(以 -ed 结尾)用来谈论某人的感受,现在分词(以-ing结尾)用来谈论引起这种感觉的人、事或情况等。一、选择正确的选项来完成下列的句子1、Mary looked calm, but inside she felt really _____.a. exciting b. excited2、I enjoyed Dr Brown's visit. He is a very _____ speaker.a. interested b. interesting3、It was a bad day. We were all thoroughly _____.a. boring b. bored 4、I enjoyed the movie. The monster was absolutely _____.a. terrifying b. terrified5、We were rather _____ with the results.a. disappointed b. disappointing6、I had only one book and unluckily it was _____.a. boring b. bored 7、We were dreadfully late. It was very _____.a. embarrassed b. embarrassing8、The results were very _____.a. disappointed b. disappointing9、Josh looked even more _____ than he felt.a. exciting b. excited10、We invited them to join us but they weren't really _____.a. interested b. interesting11、The bad news was very _____.a. depressing b. depressed12、George made a perfect fool of himself. He was awfully _____.a. embarrassed b. embarrassing13、She's a brilliant woman. She has the most _____ ideas.a. interested b. interesting14、Have you heard what's happened? Isn't it _____?a. amazing b. amazed15、I had nothing to do. I was _____.a. boring b. bored二、答案及解析1、excited解析:exciting 意为“令人激动的、使人兴奋的”,不修饰人,而 excited 意为“激动的;兴奋的”,修饰人,所以只选 excited,常用结构:系动词 + excited (about/at/by)。2、interesting解析:interesting 意为“有趣的;有吸引力的”,可以修饰人或物,而 interested 意为“感兴趣的;关心的;表现出兴趣的”,也可以修饰人或物,不过修饰人时的意思是“兴致勃勃”等,跟句意不符,所以这里选 interesting,表示有吸引力的演讲者。3、bored解析:boring 意为“没趣的;令人厌倦(或厌烦)的”,可以形容人或物,但只作前置定语,而 bored 意为“无聊的;(对某人 / 事物)厌倦的;烦闷的”,它只修饰人,所以选 bored。由此可见,I'm boring 和 I'm bored 的意思完全不一样,前者的意思是“我令人厌烦”,后者的意思是“我无聊”等。 4、terrifying解析:terified 意为“恐惧;很害怕”,修饰人,terrifying 意为“吓人的;令人害怕的”,修饰物;因此这里选 terrifying 比较合理,若选 terrified,则表示 monster 很害怕,这跟句意不符。5、disappointed解析:disappointing 意为“令人失望的;令人沮丧的;令人扫兴的”,修饰物,而 disappointed 意为“失望的;沮丧的;失意的”,修饰人,所以选 disappointed。6、boring解析:同题3,这里用 boring,表示这本书无趣的。7、embarrassing解析:embarrassed 意为“窘迫的,尴尬的,害羞的”,修饰人,而 embarrassing 意为“使人害羞的(或难堪的、惭愧的)”,修饰物,所以选 embarrassing,其中主语 it 指“我们迟到”这件事。8、disappointing解析:同题5,所以选 disappointing。9、excited解析:同题1,所以选 excited。10、interested解析:同题2,所以选 interested,表示他们不感兴趣;若选 interesting,则表示他们没有吸引力,与句意不符。11、depressing解析:depressed 意为“抑郁的;沮丧的;意志消沉的”,修饰人,而 depressing 意为“令人抑郁的;令人沮丧的;令人消沉的”,修饰物,所以这里选 depressing。12、embarrassed解析:同题7,所以选 embarrassed,表示 George 感到尴尬等。13、interesting解析:同题2,所以选 interesting,表示她的注意有吸引力的。14、amazing解析:amazing 意为“令人大为惊奇的”,修饰人,而 amazed 意为“大为惊奇”,修饰人或物,但是修饰物时,作前置定语,不能说 sth is amazed,所以这里选 amazing。Amazed 修饰物时,作定语,如 an amazed silence,意为“惊愕得无语”。15、bored解析:同题3,所以选 bored,表示我没事做,感到无聊。 由此可见,分词形容词-ed结尾大部分都修饰人,表示人的感受,但有些也可以修饰物,如 amazed,bored 和 interested 等,意思可能会不一样;分词形容词-ing结尾大部分都修饰物,表示某物令人有某种感受,但有些也可以修饰人,如 boring 和 interesting 等。