Word formation adjectives from root words - Chủ đề: Verb-Adjective suffixes

VERB - ADJECTIVE SUFFIXES
EXERCISE 150
Make adjectives adding to the following verbs either -ABLE or -IBLE. Make any necessary changes in spelling.
 accept 	access 	advise 	compare 	comprehend
 convert 	corrupt 	deduct 	defend 	depend
 desire 	divide 	enjoy 	identify 	imagine
 irritate 	manage 	notice 	permit 	profit
 recognise 	remark 	resist 	understand 	vary
EXERCISE 151
There are some adjectives ending in -LBLE that are formed from stems which are
not current words in English. Can you find them in the following list? From which
stems were the rest of the adjectives formed?
 accessible 	audible 	compatible 	convertible
 corruptible 	credible 	deductible 	defensible
 destructible 	digestible 	discernible 	divisible
 edible 	eligible 	feasible	 legible
 negligible 	permissible 	perceptible 	plausible
 possible 	resistible 	sensible 	visible
EXERCISE 152
Complete each word with either -ABLE or -IBLE. Make any necessary spelling changes.
1 . Prof. Wise's new book is really remark.. .
2 . I don't find your new colleague very like....
3. The pie looked very good, but it wasnt very digest....
4. That was a really contempt.. way of getting the boss on your side!
5. I think that anything is prefer... to having to tell so many lies.
6. The disadvantage of these chairs is that they are collaps...
7. I do hope that you find your room comfort....
8. Why don't you go to the police? It's the sens... thing to do.
9. Peter takes good care of the children and is very respons....
10. I find your aunt a very disagree... person I'm afraid.
EXERCISE 153
There are some adjectives ending in -IVE that are formed from stems which are not current words in English. Can you find them in the following list? From which
stems were the rest of the adjectives formed?
 active 	aggressive 	alternative 	apprehensive
 attractive 	competitive 	comprehensive 	constructive
 creative 	decisive 	defensive 	destructive
 effective 	extensive 	imaginative 	lucrative
 negative 	offensive 	productive 	protective
EXERCISE 154
 Form adjectives by adding suffixes to the following verbs. Make any necessary spelling changes.
 accept 	access 	act 	admire 	adore
 advise 	alternate 	apprehend 	attract 	compare
 compete 	complement 	compliment 	comprehend 	construct
 corrupt 	create 	decide 	deduct 	defend
 depend 	desire 	digest 	discipline 	dispose
 divide 	effect 	enjoy 	extend
EXERCISE 155
Form adjectives by adding suffixes to the following verbs. Make any necessary spelling changes.
 fragment 	honour	 imagine 	irritate 	manage
 negate 	notice 	offend 	permit 	predict
 prefer 	produce 	profit 	protect 	recognise
 remark 	resist 	supplement 	tolerate 	understand
 wash 	vary
EXERCISE 156
 You can use the word in capitals at the end of each of the following sentences to form an adjective or adverb that fits the blank space. Fill each blank in this way.
1. I hope you’ve brought some money — the notice on the counter says that it is not... to 
 pay by credit card. ACCEPT
2. You can’t get the loan without the ... documents. REQUIRE
3. Taxi-drivers are often very .... TALK
4. The inquiry decided that the police were not entirely .... BLAME
5.... plates have to be developed in о darkroom. PHOTOGRAPH
6. You do not have to go Your decision must be entirely .... VOLUNTEER
7. The minister gave ... answers to the interviewer's questions. EVADE
8. The sale of the company buildings was very .... PROFIT
9. On leaving school. Eve started a ... course in a city bank, but left after three months.
 TRAIN
10. Luckily Mary's Second jump was .... SUCCEED
11. He says he can't put with his wife's ... complaining! CEASE
12. Sammy decided 1o buy a ... shirt. STRIPE
13. Don't wear that skirt. It isn't... for a wedding. SUIT
14. That Sweater is very ... You should buy a new one. WEAR
15. Can you tell me if this disease is ...? INFECT
EXERCISE 157
 Sometimes from the same verb it is possible to form different adjectives.
 Fill in the following sentences with the right adjectives. Be certain you understand
the difference between the given adjectives.
A. DEFENSIBLE DEFENSIVE
1. Our team didn’t lose because they are known for ... football.
2. Vour behaviour is not really .... although I can understand the reasons for some of your actions.
B. DEFINITE DEFINITIVE
1.1 thought that my letter was . enough to understand it correctly.
2. It is our ... proposal and you can take it or leave it.
C. EXPANDABLE EXPANSIVE
1. The swimming suit is made with ... material.
2. He has written an ... review of the play to prove how bad it was.
D. EXTENDABLE EXTENDED EXTENSIVE
1. Гт dreaming about an ... holiday
2. I'm afraid that your loan is not... and you have to pay it on time.
3. How ... is your knowledge of art history?
E. FALLACIOUS FALLIBLE
1.1 cant accept his arguments because they are supported by ... data.
2. Let's buy this measuring equipment because it seems less ... than the one we have now.
F. FAVOURABLE FAVOURITE
1. We are having ... reviews of our play.
2. Who's your .. pop-singer?
G. GRADABLE GRADUAL UNGRADABLE
1. "Tail* is a ... adjective, because you can add -erand -eSt to it, but "main’ is ....
2. Visiting him every week. I could observe the ... improvement in his health condition
H .IMAGINABLE IMAGINARY IMAGINATIVE
1.1 voted for him because I liked the ... approach to the problems of our economy.
2 You can find in this bookshop every... book printed recently.
3. Her fears are completely .... having no basis in reality and existing only in her mind.
I. JUDGMENTAL JUDICIAL
I. He's so .... always expressing his opinion about others.
2.1 think that our ... system works better now than even a few years ago.
J. KNOWABLE KNOWN
1. Since the dawn of mankind, the wise men have fried to determine what is... and what is not.
2. He is so popular hĩs music is ... to any teenager
K. PLEASANT PLEASED PLEASING PLEASURABLE
1. What a .. picture to see you hajipy together.
2. It was a really ... dinner. The food, the company — all perfect.
3. What a ... evening! Гт glad we went for a walk.
4. I'm ... to hear that you have accepted my plans.
L. PRACTICABLE PRACTICAL
1. For this job ... experience is more important than theoretical knowledge,
2, Гт afraid it will not be ... to have your car repaired by Monday.
M. PREFERABLE PREFERENTIAL
1. It would be ... if we could start our dinner at a later hour
2. Because I had worked here for over twenty years I get. prices on any item I want to buy.
N. RELIABLE RELIANT
1. Trust him, he's a very ... person
2. Being bed-ridden he's completely ... on his family.
O. RESPECTABLE RESPECTFUL RESPECTIVE
1. Japanese are very ... of the old.
2. He’s a scion of the most... family in our city.
3. Mary came from London and John from Bristol, and after the party they returned to
their .... towns.
EXERCISE 158
Look at these examples and fill the gaps with more adjectives, using the root words below and one of the suffixes in this list.
 -AL regional.... 	-EN golden,... 	-ICAL biological....
 -ABLE acceptable, ... 	-FOLD twofold,... 	-FUL careful, ...
 -ISH childish,...	 -ORY auditory,... 	-WARD eastward....
 -У hairy,...
alphabet 	break	 colour 	comfort 	drought
enjoy	 fear 	 fool 	geography 	grammar
grey 	home 	 hope	 introduce 	mathematics
notion 	noise	 obtain	 old 	pain
professional 	rain 	 rest 	sleep	 small
smell 	success	 sun	 tall 	thought
three 	tradition twenty 	wash 	west
white 	young
ANSWER KEY
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-ABLE
 acceptable advisable comparable dependable desirable enjoyable identifiable 
 imaginable irritable manageable noticeable variable
 profitable recognisable lemarkablc undeislandablc
-IBLE
 accessible comprehensible convertible corruptible deductible defensible divisible 
 permissible resistible
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-IBLE
 audible compatible credible edible eligible feasible possible
 legible negligible sensible visible perceptible plausible
 accessible - access convertible - convert corruptible - corrupt
 deductible - deduct defensible - defend destructible - destruct
 digestible - digest
 permissible – permit discernible – discern resistible resist divisible divide
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1. remarkable 2. likeable 3. digestible 4. contemptible 5 preferable 6. collapsible
7. comfortable 8 .sensible 9. responsible 10 disagreeable
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 aggressive lucrative
 active act alternative - alternate apprehensive - apprehend
 attractive - attract competitive - compete comprehensive - comprehend
 consliuctive construct creative - create decisive decide
 defensive - defend destructive – destroy effective - effect
 extensive - extend imaginative imagine negative negate
 offensive – offend productive - produce protective – protect
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 -ABLE
 acceptable admirallie adorable advisable comparable dependable desirable disposable 
 enjoyable
 -ARY
 complementary complimentary disciplinary
 -IBLE
 accessible compreliensible convertible deductible dcicnsible digestible divisible
 -IVE
 active alternative apprehensive attractive competitive comprehensive constructive 
 creative decisive defensive effective extensive
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 -ABLE
 imaginable irritable manageable noticeable Imixlictable preferable profitable 
 recognisable remarkable tolerable understandable variable washable
 -ARY
 fragmentary honorary supplementary
 -IBLE
 permissible resistible
 -ỈVE
 imaginative negative offensive productive protective
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 1 acceptable 2. requisite 3. talkative 4. blameless 5 photographic
 6. voluntary 7. evasive 8. profitable 9 training 10. successful
 11 ceaseless 12. striped 13 suitable 14. worn 15. Infectious
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A. 1. defensive 	2. defensible
В. 1. definite 	2. definitive
C. 1. expandable 	2. expansive
D. 1. extended 	2. extendable 	3. extensive
E. 1 fallacious 	2. fallible
F.. 1. favourable 	2. favourite
G. 1. gradable / ungrtrdable 	2. gradual
H. 1. imaginative 	2. imaginable 	3. imaginary
I. 1. judgmental 	2. judicial
J. 1. knowable 	2. known
К. 1. pleasing 	2. pleasurable 	3. pleasant 	4. pleased
L. 1. practical 	2. practicable
M. 1. preferable 	2. preferential
N. 1. reliable 	2. reliant
О. 1. respectful 	2. respectable 	3. Respective
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 -AL regional alphabetical national professional traditional
 -ABLE acceptable breakable comfortable enjoyable obtainable washable
 -EN golilen wooden
 -ICAL biological gcogrnphic/al grammatical mnrtiematkal
 -FOLD twofold Illirefold Iwcntyfoid
 -FUL careful colourful fearful hopeful painful restful successful thoughtful
 -ISH childish foolish greyish oldish smalMsh tallish Iwcntyisli whitish youngish
 -DRY auditory inttixfuclory
 -WARD eastward homeward westward
 -Y hairy draughty noisy rainy sleepy smelly sunny woody