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    This document discusses different ways to form adjectives in English from nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. It provides examples of forming adjectives using the suffixes -ful, -ed, and -ing. It also gives examples of forming opposites of words using the prefixes un- and -less. The document then provides a practice section where the reader is asked to provide the correct adjective for given prompts using these prefixes and suffixes.

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    This document discusses different ways to form adjectives in English from nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. It provides examples of forming adjectives using the suffixes -ful, -ed, and -ing. It also gives examples of forming opposites of words using the prefixes un- and -less. The document then provides a practice section where the reader is asked to provide the correct adjective for given prompts using these prefixes and suffixes.

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    This document discusses different ways to form adjectives in English from nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. It provides examples of forming adjectives using the suffixes -ful, -ed, and -ing. It also gives examples of forming opposites of words using the prefixes un- and -less. The document then provides a practice section where the reader is asked to provide the correct adjective for given prompts using these prefixes and suffixes.

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    ADJECTIVE FORMATION

    A) Join these words to the prefixes and suffixes to form adjectives. More than
    one combination is sometimes possible.
    Some Adjectives are formed by adding –full, -ed, -ing:

     success + -full  successful


     beard + -ed  bearded
     Interest + -ing  interesting

    You also form adjectives by adding an-, - less where you want to describe or refer to
    things that are the opposite of the original word:

    Care
    Care -ing
    -ing
    _________________________
    Power
    Power _________________________
    _________________________
    Use
    Use -ed
    -ed
    _________________________
    Colour
    Colour _________________________
    _________________________
    Retire
    Retire -ful
    -ful _________________________
    _________________________
    Meaning
    Meaning _________________________
    Able Un- _________________________
    Able Un-
    _________________________
    Fortunate
    Fortunate _

    Usual
    Usual -less
    -less

    Happy
    Happy
    B) Write the correct adjective starting or ending in un-, -ing, -ed, -ful or –less

     They are very _________ because the ending of the film is _________ (surprise).

     People were very ________ because the news was very _________ (alarm).

     It was a very ________ film. The kids were very _________ watching it (amuse).

     That is a _________ word. It doesn’t mean anything to me (meaning).

     She is very untidy and __________ person. She doesn’t care about anything. (care)

     They are all __________ men. They aren’t afraid of anything.

     Don’t worry it’s a _________ extraction. It won’t hurt at all. (pain)

     It’s _______ to see such strange person. (usual)

     He can’t do anything. This means he is ________ to do anything correctly (able).

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