Суффиксы прилагательных.

- ish - ive - ent - ant - ic - al - ful - ous - y - ary - ory - able - ible - less

Pole red to act to differ to observe base centre peace fame sun element to explain to change access taste

поляк красный действовать различать наблюдать основа центр мир слава солнце элемент объяснить изменять доступ вкус

Polish reddish active different observant basic central peaceful famous sunny elementary explanatory changeable accessible tasteless

польский красноватый деятельный различный наблюдательный основной центральный мирный знаменитый солнечный элементарный объяснительный изменчивый доступный безвкусный

Ex.1 Read the following adjectives. Mind the reading rules and the stress.

- favourable, desirable, eatable, valuable, inedible, vulnerable, reasonable, unforgettable;

- glorious, pompous, tremendous, numerous, dangerous, poisonous, sedulous, gasous;

- ignitious, delicious, noxious, infectious, religious, luxurious, inefficacious, essential, social, special, commercial, spacious

Ex.2 Read the following pairs of words. Mind the stress. Translate them.

`hero – he`roic `atom – a`tomic

e`conomy – eco`nomic `acid – a`cidic

`strategy – stra`tegic `mercury – mer`curic

`idyll – i`dyllic `sulfa – sul`furic

a`cademy – aca`demic `molecule – mo`lecular

`industry – in`dustrial bi`ology – bio`logical

Ex.3 Form adjectives from the words by means of the suffix - ful. Translate them.

Model: truth - truthful

beauty, thank, hope, doubt, colour, care, use, fruit, power, thought, harm.

Ex.4 Form adjectives from the words by means of the suffix - less and translate them.

Model: end - endless

water, hope, colour, air, weight, health, need, aim, fear, care, sun, use, power, faith, father, guilt, regard, speed, spot.

Ex.5 Form adjectives by means of the suffix -y and translate them.

Model: fog - foggy

snow, sun, cloud, rain, shade, fun, fat, fault, laze, guilt, pork, health, bog, spice.

Ex.6 Form adjectives by means of the suffixes - able, - ible and translate them.

Model: understand - understandable

change, convert, break, compare, profit, read, eat, comfort, fashion, respect, expect, notice, reason, suit, accept.

Ex.7 Form adjectives from the nouns given below.

Use the suffix -ary.

Model: revolution (n) - revolutionary (a)

element, reaction, evolution, literature, moment.

Ex.8 Form adjectives from the following nouns by means of the suffix

- ous.

Model: religion (n) - religious (a)

mystery, humour, mountain, victory, monotony, harmony.

Ex. 9 Transform these adjectives into the root words.

Model: reddish - red

greyish, palish, childish, sheepish, brownish, goldish, foolish, hoggish, clownish, dryish, greenish, stylish.

Ex. 10 Form adjectives from these nouns.

Model: reality - real

productivity, activity, reality, equality, complexity, legality, locality, objectivity, simplicity, difficulty.

Ex.11 Find the equivalents of the adjectives.

здоровый (health, healthy, healthless); разрушительный (destruction, destructively, destructive); благоприятный (favour, favourable, unfavorable); засушливый (aridity, arid, aridness); ядовитый (poisoning, poison, poisonous); идеологический (ideologist, ideology, ideological); структурный (structure, structural, structurism).