the -ing form as the predicative

the -ing形式作表语多表示主语自身具有的特征。

The -ed and -ing adjective endings signal different relationships to the nouns they modify:

　　　　　That question interests me.

That question is interesting. I am interested.　

凡表示"令人......的"都是-ing形式，凡是表示"感到......"都用-ed形式。

interesting使人感到有趣的，interested感到有趣；exciting令人激动的，excited感到激动；delighting令人高兴的，delighted感到高兴；disappointing令人失望的，disappointed感到失望；encouraging令人鼓舞的，encouraged感到鼓舞；pleasing令人愉快的，pleased感到愉快；puzzling令人费解的，puzzled感到费解；satisfying令人满意的，satisfied感到满意；

surprising令人惊异的，surprised感到惊异；worrying令人担心的，worried感到担心

The situation is disappointing.

The question remains puzzling.

It sounds frightening but it is not real.

I thought this was quite amusing indeed.

The movie sounds exciting. How did it end?

Why can it be so frustrating getting things to work?

Travelling is interesting but tiring．

The argument is very convincing．

The pupils will get confused if they are made to learn too much．

They were very excited at the news．

the -ing form as the Object Complement

An object complement follows the direct object and modifies or refers to the direct object. An object complement can be an adjective, a noun, or a word or word group acting as an adjective or noun

用作宾语补语的分词常用来补充说明下列动词之后的宾语：see, watch, look, notice, observe, hear, listen, feel, set, keep, find, have, get,

I saw him walking in the street.

He kept water boiling.

I heard them singing in the classroom.

We found the baby crying.

I thought Hilruk's story the most touching.

Delores noticed her cousin walking along the shoreline.

A cook will be immediately fired if he is found smoking in the kitchen.

His remarks left me wondering about his real purpose.

Foreign men really get me going. It is exciting to me that someone is from another culture or destination, because there is so much that one can share.