Forming Adjectives with suffixes

A. Suffix

a. -ful full of

b. -ible have the quality of / can be done

c. -able have the quality of / can be done

d. -ous have the quality of

e. -ive have the quality of

f. -less without

g. the mantle is below the core.

B. Exercise 2

Complete the adjectives with suitable suffixes below.

1. Fury __________________________

2. Peace __________________________

3. Enjoy __________________________

4. Taste __________________________

5. Attract __________________________

6. Create __________________________

7. Religion __________________________

8. Impress __________________________

9. Sense __________________________

10. Construct __________________________

11. Fame __________________________

12. Moment __________________________

14. Awe __________________________

15. Collect __________________________

16. Move __________________________

17. Service __________________________

18. Grate __________________________

19. Child __________________________

20. Consider __________________________

21. Count __________________________

22. Reject __________________________

23. Master __________________________

24. Speech __________________________

25. Wish __________________________

26. End __________________________

27. Beauty __________________________

28. Response __________________________

29. Access __________________________

30. Resist __________________________

31. Narrate __________________________

32. Object __________________________

33. Count __________________________

34. Eat __________________________

35. Change __________________________

Complete the text with the correct suffixes from exercise 1.

The Beale codes

This is the story of three (1) mysteri___________________ documents and a box of

buried treasure. The treasure, worth $64 million in today’s money, belonged to an

American man called Thomas Beale. He got it by risking his life on a

(2) danger__________________ adventure in New Mexico and he buried it

somewhere near the snowy mountains of Virginia. He then wrote three messages in

secret code to describe the exact location. Later, Beale became friendly with a man

called Robert Morriss. He believed that Morriss was a (3)

reli____________________ person so he left the three messages with him when he

had to go away in 1822. He never returned. Morriss could not solve the secret

messages and, years later, gave them to a friend. The friend used an important

national document (the Declaration of Independence) to solve one of the messages,

but the other two remain a mystery to this day. Some historians are very (4)

suspici__________________ of the whole story. They think people are foolish of to

waste their time hunting for treasure that might not exist. But thousands of code-

breakers and treasure-hunters are still (5) hope_______________________ that they

can find the treasure.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.

1. The food was disappointing: overpriced and ________________________

(taste).

2. Are you more ________________________ (act) at work or when you’re playing

a sport or a game?

3. The police are pleased when burglars are ________________________ (care) and

leave fingerprints behind.

4. They noticed the contrast between the ________________________ (peace)

setting and the terrible crime.

5. The mugging victim was ________________________ (fury) that the police

hadn’t arrested anyone.

6. The lawyer didn’t want to use him as a witness because he wasn’t very

________________________ (rely) – his version of what happened kept

changing.

7. It’s ________________________ (danger) to walk around on your own late at

night.

8. His story was ________________________ (believe).

9. This is ________________________ (impossibility).

10. After losing my phone and wallet, I felt ________________________ (help).

11. A pocket knife is a ________________________ (use) thing to have.

12. It was a magical evening. We all had a ________________________ (wonder)

time.

13. Ann is a lovely girl. She’s very ________________________ (help) and

________________________ (rely).
14. Be ________________________ (care) driving home. The roads are very icy

tonight.

15. She wears ____________________ (fashion) clothes and always looks very

stylish.

16. The rose, England’s national flower, comes in many ________________________

(beauty) colors.

17. Although most spiders are ________________________ (harm), they make many

people ________________________ (nerve).

18. She was a very ________________________ (care) driver and had never had an

accident since she started driving twenty-five years ago.

19. This knife is ___________________ (use), it won’t cut! We should get it

sharpened.

20. The food at the restaurant was tasty, and quite ____________________ (afford)

too.

21. Betty is a very __________________________ (create) little girl, always painting

or drawing or something like that.

22. She was _________________________ (envy) of her sister’s new fashionable

dress.

23. If Alan says something __________________________ (offense), it may hurt

your feelings, but it was not intentional.

24. These documents are not __________________________ (access) to the public.

25. Climate change could have __________________________ (disaster) effects on

Earth.

26. It is ________________________ (doubt) whether the new Town Hall will be

built now, because the council has run out of money.

who are always __________________________ (support).

28. Nowadays tractors are used even in remote __________________________

(mountain) regions.

29. His audition went well and he’s fairly __________________________ (hope)

about getting the part.

30. The soldiers were extremely ________________________ (courage) in the battle.

31. They’d soon be __________________________ (penny) and

__________________________ (home) if she couldn’t find a

__________________________ (suit) work.

32. The keyboard is hidden inside a __________________________ (decorate),

__________________________ (wash) tablecloth.

E. Exercise 5

Choose the correct spelling.

1. Most infectious disease are now curable / curible.

2. Mr. Robertson would be a credible / credanle candidate/

3. Most spiders weave webs that are almost invisable / invisible/

4. Put breakable / breakible objects out of the reach of children.

5. Peter is always the most arguementative / argumentative of the class.

6. He’s very knowledgable / knowledgeable about German literature.

7. These clothes aren’t suitable / suitable for this kind of weather.

8. This coffee is not drinkable / drinkless.

9. Paul is a lucky / lukiful man.

10. My sofa is very comfortless / comfortable.

12. My granpa is a very careful / carely person.

13. Your actions are harmful / harmly.

14. My attempts were usely / useless.