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To be + present participle vs. past participle

amaze/amazed/amazing/amazement
exciting/excited
interest/interested/interesting
please/pleased/pleasing/pleasure
relaxing/relaxed
scare/scared/scary
surprise/surprised/surprising
tire/tired/tiring

Conjunctions

also/moreover/in addition/furthermore
and
but/however
for example/such as
like/as
therefore
until/till/by
yet/nevertheless/still

Prepositions

like/as
near/next to

Verbs

affect/effect
ask ... for/implore ... for/ask for ... from/implore ... from
ask you/ask ... of you
become/come to/start to
belong to/ join
explain/report
find/search
graduate from
influence
laugh at/be laughed at by
like to/like ... ing
listen/hear
prepare/give
ride/get on/get in
say/tell/speak/talk
stare at/stared at by
succeed/success
taste/tasty
tell/ask
throw ... at/throw ... to
wear/put on

Adverbs and Adjectives

almost/more
almost/most
definitely/evidently/probably/possibly, etc.
extensive/large/spacious
hard/hardly
late/lately
most/more
narrow/small
near/nearly
positively/actively
short/shortly
tanned/sunburned
too/either

Multiple forms (nouns/verbs/adjectives/adverbs)

convenience/convenient
success/succeed
use/useful/usefully

Nouns

first grade/first year student/freshman
fourth grade/fourth year student/senior
guest/customer/client/visitor
house/home
interchange/interaction
midnight/in the middle of the night
second grade/second year student/sophomore
view/viewpoint/point of view

One Word Many Meanings

air(s)
arm(s)
bear
bill
brain
break
converse
crowd
custom(s)
date
fan
fine
fly
force
game
good(s)
grave
habit
hem
host
intent
jam
junk
letter(s)
light
long
manner(s)
mean
mint
novel
patient
pen
present
press
quarter(s)
record
run
still
table
talk
thread
tip
track
trail
train
well

Others