Are You Interested or Interesting? What's the Difference?

AEE 185: Are You Interested or Interesting? Find Out the Difference in English! · When talking about yourself or your feelings, use the –ed ending. “I am ... AEE185:AreYouInterestedorInteresting?FindOuttheDifferenceinEnglish! LindsayMcMahon"TheEnglishAdventurer" ViewFullBio EnglishExpressions EnglishFluency EnglishPhrasalVerbs EnglishStudyStrategies AEE185:AreYouInterestedorInteresting?FindOuttheDifferenceinEnglish! September16,2014 Yourbrowserdoesnotsupporttheaudioelement. What’sthedifferencebetween“interested”and“interesting”inEnglish? Today,in#10ofourcountdownoftheTop15FixesinEnglishseries,we’llbediscussingwhentousethe-edand-ingendings!  Tobeinterestedisnotthesameasbeinginteresting. ThesameappliestootherEnglishphrasessuchasbored andboring,orexcited andexciting. Hereisageneralruletohelpyourememberthedifference: Whentalkingaboutyourselforyourfeelings,usethe–edending. “Iaminterestedinmusic.” Whentalkingaboutothersorsomethingoutsideyourself,usethe–ingending. “Thatmusicisinteresting.”   Gettoday’stranscripts! ReadytousethisepisodetobecomefluentinEnglish? Makesureyouunderstoodeverywordwesaidonthepodcast! Downloadthetranscriptsinstantly   Herearesomemoreexamples: “She’s excitedby travel.” “Travelisexciting.” “They’re boredbysoccer.” “Soccerisboring.”   Roleplay Inthisroleplay,LindsayandMichellearediscussingtheirhobbies. Michelle:SoLindsay,Iknowyouareaveryinterestingperson.Whatdoyouliketodoinyourfreetime? Lindsay:Iloveplayingtennis,hiking,campingandjustbeingoutdoors.I’malsoveryinterestedinpsychologyandIlovetoread! Michelle:Whatisahobbythatyoufindveryboring? Lindsay:I’mnotveryinterestedinsewingorcrocheting.Iwouldbeboreddoinganythinglikethat. Michelle:Whatissomethingexcitingthatyou’dliketodosomeday? Lindsay:Maybecliffjumping.Igetexcitedandnervousjustthinkingaboutit,butIthinkI’dbeupforit.   OtherEntriesinthe15FixesSeries: Episode165:ListenorHear? Episode169:Speak,Talk,TellandSay? Episode173:Wishvs.Hope Episode177:TalkingAboutAgeinEnglish Episode181:FutureTenseinEnglish   Whatdoyoufindinteresting,boringoramazing? Whatisn’tinteresting,boringoramazing? Tellusinthecommentssectionbelow! EnglishFluency EnglishStudyStrategies EnglishPhrasalVerbs EnglishExpressions TestYourEnglishLevelNowFreeEnglishQuiz TakethissimplequizandfindoutyourEnglishlevel. TestYourEnglishLevel Close RelatedPosts Array ( [0]=>63699 [1]=>50165 [2]=>50208 ) June13,2022 GuestEpisodes EnglishStudyStrategies EnglishFluency AEE1798:WhatYouCanLearnAboutFluencyfromaTwo-YearOldwithAlastairBudgefromEnglishLearningforCuriousMinds ReadMore January5,2021 EnglishStudyStrategies EnglishFluency AEE1499:CanYouLearnAmericanandBritishEnglishattheSameTime? ReadMore November26,2020 EnglishStudyStrategies EnglishFluency AEE1477:HowToLearnEnglishLikeASmallChild ReadMore Thiswebsiteusescookiestoimproveyourexperience.We'llassumeyou'reokwiththis,butyoucanopt-outifyouwish.CookiesettingsACCEPTPrivacy&CookiesPolicy Close PrivacyOverview Thiswebsiteusescookiestoimproveyourexperiencewhileyounavigatethroughthewebsite.Outofthesecookies,thecookiesthatarecategorizedasnecessaryarestoredonyourbrowserastheyareessentialfortheworkingofbasicfunctionalitiesofthewebsite.Wealsousethird-partycookiesthathelpusanalyzeandunderstandhowyouusethiswebsite.Thesecookieswillbestoredinyourbrowseronlywithyourconsent.Youalsohavetheoptiontoopt-outofthesecookies.Butoptingoutofsomeofthesecookiesmayhaveaneffectonyourbrowsingexperience. Necessary Necessary AlwaysEnabled Necessarycookiesareabsolutelyessentialforthewebsitetofunctionproperly.Thiscategoryonlyincludescookiesthatensuresbasicfunctionalitiesandsecurityfeaturesofthewebsite.Thesecookiesdonotstoreanypersonalinformation. Non-necessary Non-necessary Anycookiesthatmaynotbeparticularlynecessaryforthewebsitetofunctionandisusedspecificallytocollectuserpersonaldataviaanalytics,ads,otherembeddedcontentsaretermedasnon-necessarycookies.Itismandatorytoprocureuserconsentpriortorunningthesecookiesonyourwebsite. SAVE&ACCEPT [class^="wpforms-"][class^="wpforms-"]