I saw a magician last night. He was amazing. In fact, he
was amazing the audience from the moment he stepped onto the stage. What an
amazing magician. Let's discuss. Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to
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Episode six eighty three. Three ways to use in adjectives, also known
as present participle adjectives. I adjectives are the I form of a verb used
as an adjective. Let's look at what that means. You probably know that
the iang form of a verb is used with the bee verb to talk about
actions you are doing right now. I can say Jane is working in the
office. Here is working shows Jane's action Jane is working in the office.
But it's also possible to use working as an adjective. I could say the
woman working is Jane. In this case, working describes the noun woman.
The woman working is Jane. Here are some other examples of using the ig
adjective after a noun. The baby crying was a problem for the other people
eating at the restaurant. The guy wearing the black tshirt and jeans is the
CEO. Who is that woman talking with the receptionist. I could also say
the number of working mothers increased in the nineteen eighties. Here working describes the
noun mothers working mothers. The number of working mothers increased in the nineteen eighties.
In this example, the I n gadjective comes before the noun it describes.
Let's look at some other examples of the I n gadjective before a noun.
The man picked up the crying baby. It was a hot day,
so we went to the swimming pool. Joe's sailboat sleeps for and even has
running water. Lastly, and probably one of the most common ways we use
the i adjective is with the bee verb. But first, let's go back
a moment and talk about the I n G as a verb. I could
say, the magician is amazing the audience. Here amazing is used as a
verb to describe the action of the magician. Again, the magician is amazing
the audience. Well, we can also use the ig amazing as an adjective.
Also with the bee verb. We saw a magician last night. He
was amazing. Amazing describes my feeling about the magician. He was amazing.
Here are some other examples of using the i n adjective to describe someone's feelings
about something. Jazz is exciting, so I enjoy going to jazz clubs.
Jonathan told me that for him, learning other languages is interesting. That concert
was amazing. The band played so many of their old hits. Keep in
mind, the best way to remember this grammar and any grammar or vocabulary is
to take the word or phrase, write it in a sentence that's true for
you or true in your world, and then memorize your sentences. Well that's
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