Ongoing vs. Completed “Why?” answers

Ongoing or Completed “Why?” answers to help you study… these will be on the exam!

See below for the table of rules.

1. Exploding, because after they have exploded, we can’t see them. (B)
2. Broken, because her heart broke at the time when he said goodbye, and it’s after that now. (B)
3. Shocking, because the truth is the reason for people’s shocked feeling. (A)
4. Surprised, because the president is feeling surprised; something has already surprised him. (A)
5. Freezing, because the weather is making things frozen (like people and water). (B/C)
6. Frozen, because if a popsicle is not completely frozen, then it’s just juice or water. (B/C)
7. Winding, because a road never stops “going” unless someone destroys it, so it’s ongoing. (B)
8. Wound, because someone or something has already stressed out (“wound up”) the executive/businessman. (B/C)
9. Distracting, because this scene is what is making the drivers feel distracted. (A)
10. Distracted (something has distracted him) or distracting (he is distracting other drivers by doing crazy things). (A)
11. Dripping, because the problem with the faucet is that it will not stop dripping. (B)
12. Dripped, because the art is already finished; the paint is already dripped and not dripping anymore. (B)
13. Melting, because after they are completely melted, they are not icebergs (just water). (B)
14. Melted, because until it melts completely, the ice doesn’t become drinking water. (B)
15. Overworked, because “overwork” is something you must do to a person. Here the accountant’s boss has probably overworked her. (C)

Here is the table of rules to remember. If you look above, you will see that I have labeled each number with the rule that helps explain it (A/B/C).

	-ING	-ED
A	reason	feeling
B	still happening	finished
C	subject is doing something to someone/something	someone/something is doing something to the subject

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