MJ When my brothers joined me for the concert, I was so exciting.
Q. What does Michael Jackson mean?

Compare: (1) Vanessa was so excited when she saw Hugo dance. (2) Hugo was exciting when he danced.

Rules:
 Use ~ing to indicate the CAUSE. Use ~ed to indicate the RESULT.

Note: Vanessa was excited(RESULT) because Hugo was an exciting(CAUSE) dancer.


Other emotive verbs: interest, bore, terrify, horrify, surprise, amaze, shock, disgust

Practice Exercise
All of the following sentences are WRONG. Explain the mistake and then correct the sentence.
  1. Eleazar saw Mexico play Honduras yesterday. Eleazar was so exciting.
  2. Haruhisa was interesting in Latina girls until he met Aki.
  3. Sakura's singing was amazed.
  4. What Gabriella said to Vitor was horrified.
  5. When Len finally began to sing, the students were surprising.
  6. The cockroach that Fazli saw was disgusted.
  7. His students are never boring when Len teaches English grammar.
  8. Pamela was terrified when she waved a knife in front of us.
  9. Haruhisa's girlfriend's tiny dress was shocked.
  10. When Maria Jose saw Eleazar eating a booger, she was disgusting.


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Check-Up

Given what you hear, select an appropriate statement. Refer to the emotive verbs above.


Track 1
  1. Vanessa was horrified.
  2. Vanessa was horrifying.


Track 2
  1. Haruhisa was surely bored.
  2. Haruhisa was surely boring.


Track 3
  1. Eleazar will be surprised when he sees his grade.
  2. Eleazar will be surprising when he sees his grade.


Track 4
  1. It was surprised that Vitor was one of them.
  2. It was surprising that Vitor was one of them.


Track 5
  1. The extent of the damage was horrified.
  2. The extent of the damage was horrifying.


Track 6
  1. Len looked amazed when we saw him today.
  2. Len looked amazing when we saw him today.


Track 7
  1. Faz must be excited by the attention he is getting.
  2. Faz must be exciting by the attention he is getting.


Track 8
  1. Yes, Diego told Maria Jose and me that she was amazed.
  2. Yes, Diego told Maria Jose and me that she was amazing.


More emotive verbs: amuse, annoy, charm, embarrass, convince, depress, disappoint, fascinate, frighten, frustrate, satisfy, thrill.

Using the verbs above complete each sentence below.


1. Michael Jackson's video, Thriller, was indeed ___________. I was ____________.




2. Haruhisa gets _________ when someone asks if people in his country eat __________ cockroaches.




3. He got _________ with her persistent questioning. She was quite __________




4. Art lovers have long been _________ with the Mona Lisa's smile. And that in itself is __________




5. I found the film's ending _________. I was particularly __________ in Depp's performance.




6. Trying to teach the rude student was _________. Nevertheless, I didn't allow myself to get __________.





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