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1ºbach Unit3 Adj Suffixes PDF

The document provides a summary of common suffixes used to change nouns into adjectives in English. It lists 20 suffixes and provides examples of nouns and the adjectival forms they create. Some common suffixes included are -al, -ary, -ful, -ic, -ical, -ish, -less, -like, -ly, and -ous. The document also lists 10 suffixes used to change verbs into adjectives, such as -able, -ible, -ant, -ent, -ive, -ing, -ed, and -en. Examples of words transformed with each suffix are given.

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1ºbach Unit3 Adj Suffixes PDF

The document provides a summary of common suffixes used to change nouns into adjectives in English. It lists 20 suffixes and provides examples of nouns and the adjectival forms they create. Some common suffixes included are -al, -ary, -ful, -ic, -ical, -ish, -less, -like, -ly, and -ous. The document also lists 10 suffixes used to change verbs into adjectives, such as -able, -ible, -ant, -ent, -ive, -ing, -ed, and -en. Examples of words transformed with each suffix are given.

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Common Suffixes—noun to adjective

SUFFIX NOUN – ADJECTIVE NOUN – ADJECTIVE NOUN – ADJECTIVE

-AL relating to accident – accidental brute – brutal region – regional


region – regional person – personal universe –universal

-ARY relating to quality or place custom – customary moment – momentary caution – cautionary
compliment – complimentary honor – honorary diet – dietary

-FUL full of beauty – beautiful true – truthful awe – awful


skill – skillful success – successful delight – delightful

-IC having the nature of; caused by athlete – athletic base – basic history – historic
photograph – photographic science – scientific rhythm– rhythmic

-ICAL having the nature of magic – magical logic – logical history – historical
practice – practical statistic – statistical alphabet – alphabetical

-ISH origin, nature fool – foolish child – childish self – selfish


sheep – sheepish pink – pinkish girl – girlish

-LESS without power – powerless friend – friendless worth – worthless


use – useless home – homeless harm – harmless

-LIKE like like – lifelike lady – ladylike war – warlike


child – childlike bird – birdlike spring – springlike

-LY like friend – friendly cost – costly month – monthly


day – daily lone – lonely coward – cowardly

-OUS quality, nature poison – poisonous danger – dangerous nerve – nervous


courtesy – courteous mystery – mysterious victory – victorious

-Y like rain – rainy fun – funny dirt – dirty


mess – messy dirt – dirty spot – spotty

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Common suffixes—verb to adjective

SUFFIX VERB – ADJECTIVE VERB – ADJECTIVE VERB – ADJECTIVE

-ABLE able, can do agree – agreeable adore – adorable laugh – laughable


pass – passable remark – remarkable pay – payable

-IBLE able, can do access – accessible force – forcible sense – sensible


flex – flexible permit – permissible force – forcible

-ANT performing agent please – pleasant rely – reliant ignore – ignorant


resist – resistant vacate – vacant comply – compliant

-ENT performing agent excel – excellent depend – dependent confide – confident


urge – urgent differ – different equal – equivalent

-IVE causing effect attract – attractive create – creative select – selective


posses – possessive act – active destruct – destructive

-ING causing effect amuse – amusing excite – exciting confuse – confusing


relax –relaxing surprise –surprising amaze – amusing

-ED receiving effect amuse – amused excite – excited confuse – confused


relax – relaxed surprise – surprised overwhelm – overwhelmed

-EN receiving effect freeze – frozen lighten – lightened darken – darkened


braze – brazen shorten – shortened widen – widened

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EXERCISES:

1. Use the correct suffix to complete the adjectives in these sentences:

-ful -less -able -ive -ic -ly -ible

1. Your brother was very (coward) ……………………………………… . He ran away immediately.

2. That snake looks dangerous, but it's totally (harm) …………………………….. . Don't worry!

3. To work as an acrobat in the circus, you have to be very (flex) ………………………………...

4. Oh, look at those (adore)………………………………. puppies. Can I have one?

5. He's always running about; he is very (athlete) ………………………………… . He'll be in the Olympics one day.

6. What a (beauty)……………………………….. painting. Do you know who painted it?

7. We need a full and (truth)…………………………… account of what happened, Jennifer. Tell us everything.

8. These animals sleep during the day and are then (act)……………………………… during the night.

9. It must be very (lone) …………………………………living on this mountain without any neighbours.

10. Betty is a very (create) ………………………………….. little girl, always painting or drawing or something like that.

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