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Hello and welcome to six minute vocabulary. I'm Finn. And I'm Catherine. In today's program,

we're going to look at ING and-G and E-D adjectives.

So if you're interested in vocabulary, but you find some adjectives confusing, keep listening.

Yes, keep listening and it's on with the show. And I must say, Finn, you're looking very relaxed today.

Oh, really? Well, maybe that you're looking very relaxed today. Oh, really?

Well, maybe that's because I was on holiday last week.

Yes, it was very relaxing.

Speaking of holidays, here are two people who had a bad time on holiday.

What went wrong?

The train was horrible. Big gangs of teenagers playing music on their phones. I got really annoyed.

The flight was delayed and we had ten really boring hours in the airport with nothing to do.

Oh, not much fun, eh?

So the man was annoyed or angry about teenagers playing music.

And the woman had a long and boring weight in the airport.

So let's have a closer look.

Here's the woman again.

The flight was delayed and we had 10 really boring hours in the airport with nothing to do.

Now adjectives ending in ING, like boring, usually describe things or events that make us have a particular feeling.

That's right. And in the example, boring describes all those hours and hours in the airport.

Ten long, boring hours. Sound familiar, Finn?

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