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    ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

    A. Formation of adjectives:
    Noun + Suffix
    -Iy

    -ish

    -some -en

    Verb + Suffix

    -ful

    -less -y

    -ous -en

    -ed

    -ic

    -able

    -ive

    -al

    -ing

    -ed

    -ent

    Turn these nouns and verbs into adjectives


    beard :

    orient :

    alcohol :

    accept :

    power :

    snow :

    wood

    insist

    end

    harm :

    region :

    fashion :

    child :

    nation :

    idiot

    explode :

    friend :

    live

    fury

    act

    fame :

    annoy :

    danger :

    create :

    B. Fill in the blanks with suitable adjectives


    1 .The ship was badly__________ .(damage)
    2. It is___________________ to carry water in a basket. (point)
    3. He is so absent ________________.(mind)
    4. I was extremely________________ on the day of the exam. (nerve
    5. She isnt_________ enough for this work. (create)
    6. The problem is that he sometimes can be very____________. (annoy)
    7. Late applications are not_______________. (accept)
    8. Why don t you try to be more__________________? (friend)

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    C.

    Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the verbs / -ING or -ED
    amaze

    terrify

    excite

    bore

    depress

    embarrass

    interest

    disappoint

    1. Mary looked calm, but inside she felt really_________.


    2. I enjoyed Dr Browns visit. He is a very___________ speaker.
    3. It was a bad day. We were all thoroughly _____________.
    4. I enjoyed the movie. The monster was absolutely _____________.
    5. We were rather _______________ with the results.
    6. I had only one book and unluckily it was ______________.
    7. We were dreadfully late. It was very _______________.
    8. The results were very ________________.
    9. Jack looked even more ________________ than he felt.
    10. We invited them to join us but they werent really ________________.
    11. The bad news was very ____________.
    12. George made a perfect fool of himself. He was awfully ______________.
    13. Shes a brilliant woman. She has the most _____________ ideas.
    14. Have you heard whats happened? Isnt it ______________?
    15. I had nothing to do. I was _____________.
    16. We were told there was a fire at the park. Everyone was ________________.

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