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7.3. Study the typical suffixes which form adjectives from nouns and verbs

- ic

energy - energetic

- able

to break - breakable

- (ic)al

practice - practical

- ive

to attract - attractive

profession - professional

- ous

danger - dangerous

- y

ram - rainy

-ly

friend - friendly

Note the meaning of the suffixes -ful and -less.

-ful means 'having', 'with', e.g. beautiful, careful, harmful,

peaceful, successful, useful.

-less means 'without', 'lacking', e.g. careless, friendless,

harmless, homeless, useless.

Note that the suffix -ly is used both in adverbs and

adjectives. See Part I, 5.

7.3.1. Make adjectives from the following nouns and verbs.

agriculture

alphabet

ambition

anger

comfort

courage

democracy

fame

fashion

health

honest

humour

hunger

luck

music

mystery

nerve

science

thirst

week

year

to advise

to agree

to change

to create

to cure

to decide

to enjoy

to protect

to respect

to value

7.3.2. Complete the sentences using adjectives formed from the nouns and verbs in brackets.

1. Those wires look a bit.... If I were you I would be more careful, (danger)

2. English weather is very .... It's often different from day to day. (change)

3. Long leather boots were extremely ... at one time, (fashion)

4. The country exports ... over two million tons of rice, (year)

5. Until the situation has settled down, it is not ... to travel to that country, (advise)

6. He's looking forward to starting his new job, but at the same time he's a bit.... (nerve)

7. I'm very pleased with my job. It's a very ... company to work in. (friend)

8. I think people who help the old, sick and ... are the salt of the earth, (home)

9. He's not very .... What he needs is someone to look after him and do everything for him. (care)

10. Jack is always in trouble though the rest of the family are ..., honest people, (respect)

11. The report which doesn't contain all the necessary facts is ... and makes a bad impression, (use)

12. A lot of people wear jeans and sweaters because they are cheap and .... (practice)

13. Smoking is ... to health and in many countries a warning is printed on every packet of cigarettes, (harm)

14. A taxi, sometimes called a cab, is the most ... way of travel, (comfort)

15. Everybody drank a toast to the future ... of the young couple, (happy)

16. The magazine was full of stories of the private lives of ... people, (fame)

17. Disabled people sometimes have ... in coping with public transport, (difficult)

18. Jack was very proud. He got a new job with more mone\ and .... (responsible)

19. Pack the glasses carefully. They're .... (break)

20. I think it's ... to book rooms in a hotel in advance, (advise)

21. Firemen wear... clothing, otherwise they would get burnt, (protect)

22. My sister is a very... person. She paints and makes sculp­tures, (create)

23. The two countries signed an agreement on trade and ... cooperation, (culture)