Adjective Suffixes

Adjective Suffixes

Common Adjective Suffixes I (Noun → Adjective)

SUFFIX	NOUN – ADJECTIVE
-AL	accident – accidental, person – personal	region – regional brute – brutal	region – regional universe –universal
-ARY	custom – customary compliment- complimentary	moment – momentary honor – honorary	caution – cautionary diet – dietary
-FUL	beauty – beautiful skill – skilful harm- harmful    awe – awful	Help- helpful       wonder – wonderful delight – delightful Play- playful	success – successful Peace- Peaceful care- careful
-IC	athlete – athletic photograph – photographic geometry-geometric	base – basic science – scientific Rust- Rustic	history – historic rhythm– rhythmic algebra-algebraic
-ICAL	magic – magical practice – practical Comic – comical chronology-chronological	Grammar-grammatical logic – logical statistic – statistical medicine- medical	mechanic-mechanical history – historical alphabet – alphabetical music-musical
-ISH	fool – foolish sheep – sheepish yellow-yellowish	child – childish pink – pinkish Red- reddish	self – selfish girl – girlish child-childish
-LESS	power – powerless use – useless rest-restless	friend – friendless home – homeless sleeve- sleeveless	worth – worthless penny – penniless hope-hopeless
-LIKE	child – childlike  lady – ladylike	bird – birdlike     war – warlike	spring – springlike life – lifelike
-LY	friend – friendly day – daily Live- lively	cost – costly order – orderly Bleed- bloody	month – monthly coward – cowardly Elder – elderly Sick- sickly
-OUS	poison – poisonous courtesy – courteous danger – dangerous	mystery – mysterious fable- fabulous   nerve – nervous	victory – victorious adventure- adventurous
-Y	rain – rainy mess – messy Ice- Icy	Star- starry Wind- windy       dirt – dirty	Oil- Oily spot – spotty fun – funny
-IAN	Victoria- Victorian	Descartes - Cartesian	Academic- academician

 

 

Common Adjective Suffixes I (Verb → Adjective)

SUFFIX	VERB – ADJECTIVE
-ABLE	agree – agreeable pass – passable Enjoy- enjoyable pay – payable	accept- acceptable expand – expandable remark – remarkable       read-readable	achieve- achievable capacity-capable,              laugh – laughable tolerate-tolerable
-IBLE	access – accessible flex – flexible	permit-permissible               sense – sensible	force – forcible
-ANT	please – pleasant resist – resistant	rely – reliant vacate – vacant	ignore – ignorant comply – compliant
-ENT	excel – excellent urge – urgent	depend – dependent differ – different	confide – confident equal – equivalent
-IVE	attract – attractive posses – possessive Talk- talkative destruct – destructive	Correct – corrective create – creative prevent – preventive act- active	impress- impressive submission-submissive select – selective invent- inventive
-ING	amuse – amusing relax –relaxing	surprise –surprising confuse – confusing	excite – exciting amaze – amusing
-ED	amuse – amused overwhelm–overwhelmed	excite – excited relax – relaxed	surprise – surprised confuse – confused
-EN	freeze – frozen braze – brazen	lighten – lightened shorten – shortened	darken – darkened widen – widened

 

Model Questions

 Change the following nouns and verbs into adjectives and fill in the blanks

  1. Look at the night sky! The sky is clear and very (star) ___________

 2. John Smith is a very (honor) ___________ man.

 3. Jhansi was very (sympathy) ___________ when her sister became a widow.

 4. The teacher gave the (mischief) ___________ boy a severe punishment.

 5. Yesterday was an extremely (please) ___________ morning.

 6. Our house color is a kind of yellow. We live in a (yellow)___________ house.

 7. He often acts like a child. He often acts in a (child) ___________  way.

 8. The event was a big success. We enjoyed a (success)___________  event.

 9.We enjoyed the sound of the drum’s rhythm. It’s (rhythm) ______  sound.

 10. She adopted a dog without a home. She adopted a (home)___________ dog.

Answers:: 1. starry. 2.honorable 3. sypathetic   4.mischievous 5.pleasant  6.yellowish 7.childish    8.successful. 9. rhythmical 10.homeless

Change the following nouns and verbs into adjectives and fill in the blanks

1. The ........................ act brought pride to everyone. (courage)

2. My ........................ nature is liked by all.(cheer)

3. The ..................... man killed the golden goose.(fool)

4. Your sister talks so much. She is ..................... (talk)

5. These bangles are ......................... (colour)

5. Is your dog ...........................(play)?

 Answers: 1.  courageous    2. cheerful    3.foolish    4.talkative    5.colourful    7.playful

 

Fill in the blanks with suitable adjectives

1. Will you give me ............sugar. (some/any)

2. You have............ more books to read. (some/any)

3. Mr. Prasad has got......... experience. (many/much)

4. Mukesh is with me for .............. days. (few/a few/the few)

5. How ........... times have you gone to the zoo. (much/many)

6. The boys did not make ................... noise. (much/many)

7. He saw ........... girls dancing on the stage. (some/any)