BORING or BORED??

Adjective ending in -ing and -ed (boring or bored etc.)

There are many pairs of adjectives ending in -ing and -ed. For example: boring and bored.

Study this example situation:

"Jim has been doing the same job for a very long time.
Every day he does exactly the same thing again and again. He doesn't enjoy it any more and would like to do something different."

Jim's job is boring.
Jim is bored (with his job).

Someone is -ed if something (or someone) is -ing. Or, if something is -ing, it makes you -ed.
So:

• Jim is bored because her job is boring.
• Jim's job is boring, so Jim is bored. (not 'Jim is boring')