WORD FORMMATION

-ADJECTIVES-

I. How an adjective is formed

Form Adjectives
suffixxes
1 N-ful harmful; successful; helpful; useful; hopeful; careful...
2 N-less (negative) childless; treeless; odourless, homeless; careless;
3 N-ly manly; worldly; yearly; brotherly; daily; friendly;
4 N-like childlike; lifelike; warlike; godlike
5 N-y silvery ; snowy; rainy; dirty; sandy
6 N-ish foolish; childish; selfish; amateurish
7 N-al magical; accidental ; traditional; occasional; personal ; optional;
8 N-ous dangerous; mountainous; luxurious
9 V-ive Active; progressive; attractive; expensive
10 V-ing = adj Interesting, boring, tiring, exciting , disgusting, amazing, annoying,
11 V-ed=adj Interested, bored, tired, excited, disgusted,amazed,
annoyed,pleased,
12 V-able acceptable; agreeable; countable; portable; forgetable
13 V-ous studious, marvellous; spaciuos
Negative prefixes + adj
14 Un-adj unhappy; unlucky; unforgetable , unselfish
15 In- adj Incredible , indirect, informal, inconvenient
16 Im-adj Impossible, impersonal, impatient, imperfect
17 Ir-adj Irregular, irreligiuos, irreducible (ko the giam)
18 Il-adj Illegal, illogical, illiterate,
Prefixxes + adj
19 Supper adj Supernatural, superhuman,
20 Under-adj Underdeveloped, underdone, undercontroled
21 Over-adj Ovejoyed, overconfident, overcooked

22 Well Pii= adj Well-prepared, well-paid, well-done

23 Ill-Pii= adj Ill-prepared, ill-bred
24 N-Pii = adj man-made, hand-made, snow-covered

Practice makes
perfect!
 II. EXERCISES

Exercise 1: Complete the following sentences with one proper adjective by Exercise 1:
adding a prefix or a suffix to the word given.
1. Im afraid this rooms rather ____________. 1. dust
2. ____________alcohol wasnt used for drinking. 2. industry
3. Its ____________ to eat processed foods such as junk foods and fasr foods. 3. health
4. John isnt friendly with everybody. He is ____________ with everybody. 4. friend
5. Shes absolutely determined to become a ____________ businesswoman. 5. success
6. The story was so____________ that she listened to it many times. 6. interest
7. Im ____________ of getting such a low score. 7. ashame
8. Hes afraid of looking ____________ in front of all his friends. 8. fool
9. A ____________statue stands in the middle of the pagoda. 9. life
10. A ____________view over the calm water of the bay appears before my eyes. 10. magic
11. We were under ____________ roofs for several days last winter by blizzards. 11. snow
12. Smoking is ____________ to your health. 12. harm
13. Hes too ____________to think of lending me his bicycle. 13. unselfish
14. She has the ____________ grace of a born dancer. 14. nature
15. We were ______________with the film 15. disappoint
16. The weather is ____________ . Its been raning all day. 16. depress

Exercise 2: Complete the letter. Use the adjectives from the box Exercise 1:

Dear Hoa, comfortable

beautiful
How are you? Im (1).. I have stayed in friendly
Nha Trang for three days. Nha Ttrang is a fine
(2).. city by the sea. It is as
clean
(3).. and (4).. as Hue city,
but it has all the facilities of a peaceful
(5).. city. The ighs here are sociable
(6). .The air is (7).. and the interesting
streets are very (8) The people are modern
(9).. and (10)..
main
Im staying in a hotel near the sea. The hotel is fresh
very (11).. and (12).. . My fantastic
room looks out across a (13).. road nice
which runs beside the sea. I have viited many quiet
(14)..places and tomorrow Im going to
Tri Nguyen Aquarium .I wish you could be here
wiith me.
I enclose some postcards ofTHE the
ENDplaces I have
visited.

With love,
 KEY

Exercise 1: Complete the following sentences with one proper adjective by Exercise 1:
adding a prefix or a suffix to the word given.
1. Im afraid this rooms rather ____________. 1. dusty
2. ____________alcohol wasnt used for drinking. 2. industrial
3. Its ____________ to eat processed foods such as junk foods and fasr foods. 3.unhealthy
4. John isnt friendly with everybody. He is ____________ with everybody. 4. friendless
5. Shes absolutely determined to become a ____________ businesswoman. 5. successful
6. The story was so____________ that she listened to it many times. 6. interesting
7. Im ____________ of getting such a low score. 7. ashamed
8. Hes afraid of looking ____________ in front of all his friends. 8. foolish
9. A ____________statue stands in the middle of the pagoda. 9. lifelike
10. A ____________view over the calm water of the bay appears before my eyes. 10. magical
11. We were under ____________ roofs for several days last winter by blizzards. 11. snowy
12. Smoking is ____________ to your health. 12. harmful
13. Hes too ____________to think of lending me his bicycle. 13. selfishless
14. She has the ____________ grace of a born dancer. 14. natural
15. We were ______________with the film 15. disappointed
16. The weather is ____________ . Its been raning all day. 16. depressing

Exercise 2: Complete the letter. Use the adjectives from the box Exercise 1:

Dear Hoa, 1. fine

2. beautiful
How are you? Im (1).. I have stayed in 3. peaceful
Nha Trang for three days. Nha Ttrang is a 4. quiet
(2).. city by the sea. It is as
5. modern
(3).. and (4).. as Hue city,
but it has all the facilities of a 6. fantastic
(5).. city. The ighs here are 7. fresh
(6). .The air is (7).. and the 8. clean
streets are very (8) The people are 9. friendly
(9).. and (10)..
10. sociable
Im staying in a hotel near the sea. The hotel is 11. nice
very (11).. and (12).. . My 12. comfortable
room looks out across a (13).. road 13. main
which runs beside the sea. I have viited many 14.interesting
(14)..places and tomorrow Im going to
Tri Nguyen Aquarium .I wish you could be here
wiith me.
THE END
I enclose some postcards of the places I have
visited.