Adjective patterns, ADJ+ING

[Afrim Aliti]

Hi,

Could someone help me find a list of most common adjectives followed by -ing clauses (Adj.+ ing) in English Language?

It is of immediate want...

Afrim Aliti

[xpert]

It was nice talking to you.
It was nice seeing you.

Are these examples of what you are looking for?

[gabber]

Or maybe "I'm busy setting the table," "We're lucky having you as a neighbor"?

[Afrim Aliti]

Hi,

Thank you for your replies...it is just what I am looking for.

I have also been searching for this grammar book: Collins Cobuild Grammar Patterns 2: Nouns and Adjectives, where the list of adjectives followed by -ing clauses is detailed in there but unfortunately I failed to find it.
Therefore, I need a list of adjectives which are followed by -ing clauses as I need them for my MA Thesis.

It would be very helpful for me if someone would be able to find such adjectives...

Thank you in advance,

Afrimi Aliti

[Afrim Aliti]

yes that is what I am lloking for...if you have such a list of adjectives, you would help me a lot..

Thank you in advance

Afrim Aliti

[xpert]

adjective + -ing
• We can use busy, no good, (not) worth + -ing.

We can use feel + awful, bad, good, guilty, terrible + ing.
Martin is busy cooking the dinner.
It's not worth seeing that film.
I feel terrible leaving you alone like that.

Other adjectives are:
alarming, absurd, awful, cheap, dangerous, easy, foolish, good, great, hard, hopeless, lovely, nice,
pleasant, pointless, rude, sad, safe, silly, strange, stupid, unwise, useful, useless, wise, wrong

Examples:
It was pointless to do that/doing that.
It's better to go now
It was sad to hear/hearing your bad news.
It was lovely to see / seeing you.

Informally, we can also use it makes me + adjective + -ing, especially with sad, happy, unhappy.
It makes me sad knowing that you feel you way you do.

Reference:
Macmillan English Grammar in Context

[Afrim Aliti]

adjective + -ing
• We can use busy, no good, (not) worth + -ing.

We can use feel + awful, bad, good, guilty, terrible + ing.
Martin is busy cooking the dinner.
It's not worth seeing that film.
I feel terrible leaving you alone like that.

Other adjectives are:
alarming, absurd, awful, cheap, dangerous, easy, foolish, good, great, hard, hopeless, lovely, nice,
pleasant, pointless, rude, sad, safe, silly, strange, stupid, unwise, useful, useless, wise, wrong

Examples:
It was pointless to do that/doing that.
It's better to go now
It was sad to hear/hearing your bad news.
It was lovely to see / seeing you.

Informally, we can also use it makes me + adjective + -ing, especially with sad, happy, unhappy.
It makes me sad knowing that you feel you way you do.

Reference:
Macmillan English Grammar in Context

Thank you very much for your help...I think these adjectives will help me a lot a spart of my MA.