PREFIXES 1 un- disPut one of the above prefixes in each space in the phrases below to make the word which follows it opposite in meaning. (a) a(n) __ _____ comfortable ch chair
(m) to _____ obey an an or order
(b) a( a(n) _____ believable story
(n) to _____ believe a story
(c) a(n) _____ punctual train
(o) to _____ agree with someone
(d) a(n) _____ respectful pupil
(p) to _____ load a ship
(e) a(n) _____ popular man
(q) to _____ approve of someone
(f) a(n) _____ honest shopkeeper
(r) to _____ like cheese
(g) a(n) _____ lucky accident
(s) to _____ button a jacket
(h) a(n) _____familiar city
(t) to _____ appear round the corner
(i) a(n) _____satisfie fied customer
(u) to _____ cover buried treasure
(j) a(n) _____ grateful child
(v) to _____ trust a politician
(k) a(n) a(n) _____ _____ united party party (I) to ___ _____ ___ _ lock lock a doo door r 2 irir- ilil- imim- ininPut one of the above prefixes in each space space in the phrases below to make the word which which follows it opposite in meaning. (a) an ____ resistible temptation
(I) an ____ relevant question
(b) an ____ possible plan
(m) an ____ polite letter
(c) an __ ____ legal bu business de deal
(n) an an __ ____ literate pe person
(d) an ____ accurate calculation
(o) ____fre frequent buses
(e) an ____ mature young man
(p) __ _____ legible handwriting
(f) an ____ moral action
(q) an ____ curable illness
(g) (g) an an ____ ____ conv conven enie ient nt arra arrang ngem emen entt
(r) (r) an an ____ ____ regul regular ar trai train n servic service e
(h) an ____ logical answer
(s) an ____ dependent country
(i) an an ____ responsible boy
(t) _____ formal clothes
(j) (j) an ____ ___ pati patie ent moto motori rist st
(u) (u) an ____ rep replace laceab ablle work ork of art
(k) an ____ secure feeling
(v) an ____ expensive present
SUFFIXES 1 -ish a -ish sometimes means ’with ’with the qualities of e.g. b o y i s h . Put each of the following words words in its correct place in the sentences below. below. childish
girlish
amateurish
piggish
monkish
(a) He lives in one small small room and he hasn't many needs. needs. He leads an an almost __________ __________ life. (b) He is usually a very fine actor, but last night he was was terrible, really ____________ ____________ . (c) He's nearly nearly eighteen eighteen but but he still has very very ________ ___________ ___ attitudes attitudes and and interest interests. s. (d) He behaved behaved very badly at lunch. lunch. He really has has __________ __________ manners. manners. (e) (e) She still still wears rather rather young, ________ __________ __ fashions. fashions.
b -ish often means ’rather’, ’about’, ’more or less’ e.g. yellowish (more or less yellow), eightish (about eight), slowish (rather slow). This use of -ish is colloquial, so is not often used in written English. Put each of the following words in its correct place in the passage below, in which a man who has witnessed a crime describes to a police officer what he saw. smallish sevenish twentyish fairish greenish darkish tallish Well, it happened very quickly, officer. I was just leaving my office. It was fairly late, perhaps (a) ____________ and I couldn't see very well because it was already getting (b) __________ . A man came out of the bank. He had (c) _________ hair. His age, well, he was (d) _________ or may be twenty-five. I couldn't guess his height, but he was (e) __________.
He
had
a
suitcase and he got into a car, not a very big one, (f) __________ in fact. The colour? I think it was (g) _________. Sorry I can't be more exact. 2 -ful -less -ful means 'having', 'with' e.g. careful, colourful. -less means 'without' 'lacking' e.g. careless, windowless. Put each of the following words in its correct place in the sentences below. thoughtful
harmful
successful
friendless
thoughtless
harmless beautiful
waterless
(a) The Sahara Desert is a vast ___________ area which runs from east to west across Africa. (b) Smoking is ___________ to your health. (c) This present is just what I want and need. How ___________ of you. (d) I hope you are ____________ in your exams. (e) Don't be afraid of the dog. He's _____________. (f) It was very ______________ of you to play the radio so loud so late at night. (g) She's very ______________. Three artists have painted her. (h) I was alone and ____________ in a strange city.
Adjectives made from nouns 1 -y -ly The addition of -y or -ly to a noun often makes an adjective, e.g. a windy night, fatherly advice, a daily newspaper. Put each of the following words in its correct place in the sentences below. salty grassy scholarly rainy friendly ghostly weekly yearly (a) It's a very academic, __________ book. (b) It's been dry for two weeks but I think next weekend will be __________. (c) We found a nice __________ place by the river for our picnic. (d) Julia will help you. She's a very pleasant, ___________ girl. (e) The water of the lake was rather _____________, like sea-water. (f) A __________ figure in white suddenly appeared before us. (g)He makes __________ visits to his firm's head office in Paris, usually in April. (h) 'Time' is an American __________ news magazine.
2 -ous In each space below put an adjective ending in -ous made from the noun in brackets. (a) a __________ plant
(poison)
(b) a __________ organisation (c) an _________ journey
(adventure)
(d) a __________ movement
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(religion) (nerves)
(j) an _________ politician (ambition) (k) a __________ soldier
(courage)
(I) a __________ earthquake (disaster) (m) a __________ film star (fame)
(e) a __________ country (mountain)
(n) an _________ student
(industry)
(f) a __________ story (humour)
(o) an _________ disease
(infection)
(g) a __________ escape
(p) a __________ disappearance (mystery)
(miracle)
(h) a __________ machine (danger)
(q) a __________ army
(i) a __________ sunset
(r) a __________ person
(glory)
(victory) (suspicion)
-ic
Make adjectives ending in -ic from the following nouns, making any necessary spelling changes, then put them in their correct places in the sentences below. poetry art drama sympathy climate photography democracy energy science alcohol (a) Whisky of course is an __________ drink. (b) She paints and draws. She's very __________. (c) Sweden and Brazil have different weather. They're in different ___________ zones. (d) They have free elections. It's a ___________ country. (e) I feel very fit and __________ today. (f) She bought a camera and other ____________ equipment. (g) She likes physics, chemistry and other ____________ subjects. (h) He was very patient and ___________ when I told him my problem. (i) She has a very imaginative, _____________ style of writing. (j) The big doors suddenly opened and he entered. It was very ____________. 4
-ical
Make adjectives ending in -ical from the following nouns, making any necessary spelling changes, then put them in their correct places in the sentences below. psychology grammar crisis music politics medicine alphabet clerk theatre practice (a) He speaks English fluently but with some ____________ mistakes. (b) The index at the back of a book is in ___________ order. (c) I never go to concerts. I'm not at all ____________. (d) He's very ___________. He can make and repair almost anything. (e) She could make a lot of money in films, but she is more interested in a __________ career. (f) He's interested in __________ affairs. He might enter parliament. (g) Physically he was unhurt, but he suffered ___________ damage. (h) He treated her injury although he had no ___________ qualifications. (i) The doctors say her condition is now _____________. (j) She wants a ____________ job. She has always liked office work.
5 In each space below put an adjective made from the noun in brackets after the phrase. (a) a __________ dress (fashion) (b) a __________ army (triumph) (c) an __________ letter (affection) (d) a __________ table (circle) (e) __________ interests (literature) (f) a __________ house (suburb) (g) a __________ shape (triangle) (h) a __________ child (trouble) (i) a __________ chair (comfort) (j) a __________ business (profit)
(k) a __________ athlete (muscle) (I) a __________ painting (value) (m) a __________ worker (skill) (n) a __________ state (socialism) (o) a __________ attempt (success) (p) a __________ friend (trust) (q) a __________ place (peace) (r) a __________ day (memory) (s) a __________ person (knowledge) (t) a __________ country (distance)
Adjectives made from verbs 1 -able Make adjectives ending in -able from the following verbs, making any necessary spelling changes, then put them in their correct places in the sentences below. change advise accept suit adjust read enjoy cure regret agree break depend (a) It's ___________ to book early, but not essential. (b) English weather is very ___________. It's often different from day to day. (c) It was a ___________ mistake. I am very sorry. (d) Is 6.30 a ___________ time, or is it too early? (e) He's a very ____________ boy. You can rely on him. (f) Pack them carefully. They're ____________. (g) You'll like it. It's a very ___________ book. (h) You can raise the microphone or lower it. It's ___________. (i) Thank you for a very ___________ evening. We had a lovely time. (j) We regret that late applications are not ____________. (k) We'll meet at 8 if you are all ___________. (I) Fortunately the cancer was _____________ and he is now well again. 2 -ive Make adjectives ending in -ive from the following verbs, making any necessary spelling changes, then put them in their correct places in the sentences below. destroy attract produce inform deceive decide appreciate protect create talk (a) He was very _____________ of all I had done for him. (b) The factory has been more ____________ since we bought new automatic machines. (c) His appearance is _____________. He's older than he looks. (d) Nuclear weapons are terribly _____________. (e) His lecture was very _____________. We learnt a lot. (f) She's very _____________. She paints, makes sculpture and designs textiles. (g) She's a very _____________ girl. Men always like her. (h) She was very _______________ . She told me all about herself and her family. (i) Firemen wear ________________ clothing, otherwise they would get burnt. (j) He's not afraid to take action. He's very _______________.
3 In each space below put an adjective made from the verb in brackets. (a) a __________ body (die)
(h) an _________ dog (obey)
(b) a __________ book (bore)
(i) a __________ district (reside)
(c) an _________ car (economize)
(j) a __________ fish (slip)
(d) a __________ neighbour (quarrel)
(k) an _________ film (educate)
(e) an _________ chapter (introduce)
(I) a __________ child (spoil)
(f) an _________ film (entertain)
(m) a __________ cake (stick)
(g) an _________ policeman (observe)
(n) an __________ leaflet (explain)
KEY Prefixes 1 (a) un (b) un (c) un (d) dis (e) un (f) dis (g) un (h) un (i) dis (j) un (k) dis (I) un (m) dis (n) dis (o) dis (p) un (q) dis (r) dis (s) un (t) dis (u) un (v) dis 2 (a) ir (b) im (c) il (d) in (e) im (f) im (g) in (h) il (i) ir (j) im (k) in (n) il (o) in (p) il (q) in (r) ir (s) in (t) in (u) ir (v) in
(l) ir (m) im
Suffixes 1 a (a) monkish (b) amateurish (c) childish (d) piggish (e) girlish b (a) sevenish (b) darkish (c) fairish (d) twentyish (e) tallish (f) smallish (g) greenish 2 (a) waterless (b) harmful (c) thoughtful (d) successful (g) beautiful (h) friendless (f) attraction
(e)
harmless (f) thoughtless
Adjectives made from nouns 1
(a) scholarly
(b) rainy
(c) grassy
(d) friendly (e) salty (f) ghostly (g) yearly (h) weekly
2 (a) poisonous (b) religious (c) adventurous (d) nervous (e) mountainous (f) humorous (g) miraculous (h) dangerous (i) glorious (j) ambitious (k) courageous (I) disastrous (m) famous (n) industrious (o) infectious (p) mysterious (q) victorious (r) suspicious 3 (a) alcoholic (b) artistic (c) climatic (d) democratic (e) energetic (f) photographic (g) scientific (h) sympathetic (i) poetic (j) dramatic 4 (a) grammatical (b) alphabetical (c) musical (d) practical (e) theatrical (f) political (g) psychological (h) medical (i) critical (j) clerical 5 (a) fashionable (b) triumphant (c) affectionate (d) circular (e) literary (f) suburban (g) triangular (h) troublesome (i) comfortable (j) profitable (k) muscular (I) valuable (m) skilful (or skilled) (n) socialist (o) successful (p) trustworthy (or trusted) (q) peaceful (r) memorable (s) knowledgeable (t) distant Adjectives made from verbs 1 (a) advisable (b) changeable (c) regrettable (d) suitable (e) dependable (f) breakable (g) readable (h) adjustable (i) enjoyable (j) acceptable (k) agreeable (I) curable 2 (a) appreciative (b) productive (c) deceptive (d) destructive (e) informative (f) creative (g) attractive (h) talkative (i) protective (j) decisive 3 (a) dead (b) boring (c) economical (d) quarrelsome (e) introductory (f) entertaining (g) observant (h) obedient (i) residential (j) slippery (k) educational (I) spoilt (m) sticky (n) explanatory
