PARTICIPIAL (ADJ.) ADJECTIVES

Participle Adjectives

 PARTICIPLE (N.) / PARTICIPIAL (ADJ.) ADJECTIVES

- participial: similar to or formed from a participle. (ING)

 
* (Have you) ever tried to eat a clock? It's very time consuming 

Time-consuming definition: If something is time-consuming , it takes a lot of time.

Adjective / Adverb / Noun + Present Participle (-ING)

• good-looking = attractive, beautiful, handsome
  Who’s that good-looking guy over there?
• long-lasting
  This long-lasting makeup will keep you looking lovely day and night.
• record-breaking
  The athlete’s record-breaking performance won him the gold medal.
• never-ending
  Learning a language seems to be a never-ending process.
• mouth-watering
  There was a variety of mouth-watering desserts at the wedding reception.
• thought-provoking
  It was a thought-provoking novel.
• slow-moving
  I was stuck in slow-moving traffic for over an hour.
• far-reaching
  The new law will have far-reaching effects in the economy.
• time-saving
  These time-saving techniques will help you work more efficiently.
• forward-thinking
  Some forward-thinking politicians are proposing reforms to the educational system.
• an English-speaking country

 There is also an ever-increasing risk of ending up with piles of unsalable inventory.

 (También existe el creciente riesgo de acabar con pilas de stock sin vender) 

 This is however not an ever ending process (Este proceso no es, sin embargo, eterno)

 Sports and society locked on ever-increasing, never-ending collision course.

 Consequently, an (ever-)increasing number of non-participating countries look to

When to use a hyphen?

Use a hyphen when the compound adjective comes BEFORE the noun it modifies, but not when it comes AFTER the noun.

This is a world-famous museum.
This museum is world famous.

   PARTICIPLES (-ed/-ing) AS ADJECTIVES

* It’s amazing that one fortune-teller doesn’t laugh at the sight of another.

• Download a list of common -ed and -ing adjectives in PDF here
• Download my much longer full list (no examples) in PDF here

In English we use the present participle as a adjective. This is a reading room. That is a frying pan.

Some participles (like 'bored' or 'boring') can be used as adjectives. These are used in a slightly different way from normal adjectives. We usually use the past participle (ending in -ed) to talk about how someone feels:

• 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).
• John's frightened of spiders (NOT: John's frightening of spiders).

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).
• Many people find spiders frightening (so they're frightened when they see spiders).

Be careful! 'I'm boring' is very different from 'I'm bored'! 'I'm boring' means I cause other people to be bored. This is not good! Here are some examples of when one person causes a feeling in another person:

• I was talking to such a boring guy at the party. He talked about himself for an hour!
• She's a really interesting woman. She's lived all over the world and speaks five languages.
• My maths teacher at school was really frightening! He was always shouting at the students.

 PARTICIPLES USED AS ADJECTIVES

* I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book."


1.I have a fishing rod.

2.I read an interesting book.

Is in (1) ,fishing a gerund or a participle?

In (2), interesting is a participle. Am I right?

Then why "fishing" in (1) is not a participle.

Thanks.

Fishing" is a noun meaning action of fish catching.
It has been used as a noun since 1300.
"Fishing rod" is a noun-noun phrase and it was originally hyphenated as "fishing-rod"

"Interesting" is an adjective. Its antonym is "uninteresting".
You can say "uninteresting book".


Time to brush up on (review) your understanding of participles as adjectives.

Some participles can be used as adjectives in either the present or past form.

Present Participle (-ing) is used to describe something or someone.
"I watched an interesting TV about American history last night."
"This film is boring. Let's stop watching it."
An ongoing situation * a struggling fight / student * an ever-rising; never-ending problema * A boring film * an interesting book * an increasing number of  ??

So, while I agree in principle, I had to abstain for the foregoing reasons. * I have just three comments to make on the foregoing ... (Quiero hacer tres comentarios al respecto ...) In the light of the foregoing factors ... (De esta forma ...) *  In addition to the foregoing, attention must be given to the proximate preparation needed to ... (Junto a lo dicho ...)