Practice 1

Task 1
Make adjectives from these nouns using appropriate suffixes.
1. Hunger – Hungry 9. Fun – Funny

2. Coward – Cowardly 10. Snob – Snobbish
3. Noise – Noisy 11. Leisure – Leisurely
4. Child – Childish 12. Youth – Youthful
5. Fool – Foolish 13. Prince – Princely
6. Truth – True 14. Plenty - Plentiful
7. Father – Fatherly 15. Filth – Filthy
8. Life - Lifeless 16. Boy – Boyish
Task 2
(a) Form adjectives ending in -ive from the following verbs.
1. Destroy – Destructive 10. Progress – Progressive

2. Exceed – Excessive 11. Produce – Productive
3. Extend – Extensive 12. Persuade – Persuasive
4. Respond – Responsive 13. Attract – Attractive
5. Deceive - Deceptive 14. Receive - Receptive
6. Impel – Impulsive 15. Represent – Representative
7. Explode – Explosive 16. Permit – Permissive
8. Possess – Possessive 17. Repeat – Repetitive
9. Repel – Repulsive 18. Retain – Retentive
(b) Use the above adjectives in these sentences.
1. He can talk you into doing what he wants you to do. He is a very persuasive talker.
2. The students were all eager to answer his questions. He found them most
responsive.
3. All the men try to talk to her: she is a very attractive woman.
4. She often does things on the spur of the moment, without thinking of the
consequences. She is a rather impulsive girl.
5. He is ready to listen to what other people have to say. He is receptive to new ideas.
6. ‘One man, one vote’ is the basis of representative government.
7. He is much nicer than he looks. His appearance is deceptive.
8. Many songs have the same words sung over and over. I find them rather repetitive.
9. The ugly green-eyed monster in the film was really repulsive.
10. War might break out between the two countries at any moment. It is a highly
destructive situation.
11. The bill came to $500.00 for two people. We thought this was excessive.
12. He forgets nothing. He has a very retentive memory.
13. The conservative group want to keep things as they are, and the permissive group
want to change everything.
14. Criticism which is progressive discourages people.
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15. They will have to make productive alterations in order to increase the size and the
capacity of the factory.
16. She wrote eight novels in five years. It was her most extensive period.
17. A possessive mother is one who treats her children more like her personal property
than as human beings.
18. ‘The receptive society’ describes a society which is very tolerant of people’s private
behavior and morals.
Task 3
Which ending?
(a) –ent or –ant
1. Magnific- Magnificent
2. Indec- Indecent
3. Import- Important
4. Hesit- Hesitant
5. Suffici- Sufficient
6. Dec- Decent
7. Pregn- Pregnant
8. Afflu- Affluent
9. Indign- Indignant
10. Silv- Silvent
(b) –ic or –ical

1. Antibiot- Antibiotic
2. Atom- Atomic
3. Med- Medical
4. Clin- Clinical
5. Rad- Radical
6. Crit- Critical
7. Specif- Specific
8. Biolog- Biological
9. Techn- Technical
10. Realist- Realistic
(c) –ous, -ious, -eous or –uous

1. Ambit- Ambitious
2. Ambig- Ambiguous
3. Obv- Obvious
4. Miscellany- Miscellaneous
5. Var- Various
6. Stren- Strenuous
7. Court- Courteous
8. Virt- Virtuous
9. Spontan- Spontaneous
10. Ard- Arduous
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Task 4
Show how the adjectives below differ in meaning.
1. - She is an old friend of ours.

- He is an old man.
EXPLANATION: In first statement, OLD here refers to her friend for a long time.
In second statement , OLD refers to age of the man.
2. - He is a hard worker.
- Do you think this is a hard exercise?
EXPLANATION: In the first statement, HARD here to show that the worker is someone who really
put his effort in doing work. In second statement , HARD used to show that the level of the
exercise.
3. - Have you met the new neighbours?

- I like your new dress.
EXPLANATION : In the first statement , NEW here refers to recently come into existence.
In second statement, NEW refers to things that other than the former or old.
4. - He is a heavy smoker.
- What a heavy parcel!
EXPLANATION : In the first statement, HEAVY here refers to a habit of a person.In the second
statement, HEAVY here refers to weight of the parcel.
5. - The present Foreign Secretary is better than the last one.

- Is everybody present?
EXPLANATION : In first statement , the word PRESENT is refer to period of time that is now
occurring. In second statement, word PRESENT refers to existence of a person.
6. - Why do you have such a concerned expression on your face?

- I wish to speak to the people concerned.
EXPLAINATION :In first statement, the word CONCERNED here refers to expression of someone
who care about what happens to someone. In the second statement , CONCERNED to show the
involvement in something.
Task 5
Put the following into the correct order.
1. English/lovely/several old tables – Several old lovely English tables.

2. pretty/French/young/a lot of girls – A lot of young pretty French girls.
3. dining-room/Regency/few/valuable/last/these chairs—These last few valuable Regency
dining-room chairs.
4. first/really important/Impressionist/his/three paintings—His first three impressionist
paintings really important.
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5. dark blue/best/silk/my/all shirts – All my best dark blue silk shirts.
6. young/many/German factory workers—Many young German factory workers.
7. marble-topped/old-fashioned/these/oval/all/wash stands—All these old-fashioned oval
marble-top wash stands.
8. really important/the first/national/government-sponsored survey—The first national
government-sponsored survey really important.
9. wildlife/Mike’s/all/black and white/latest/photographs—All Mike’s latest black and
white wildlife photograph.
10. cotton/a few/plain/hand-woven/carefully-chosen dress—A few plain hand-woven
carefully-chosen cotton dress.

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Task 1

Make adjectives from these nouns using appropriate suffixes.

1. Hunger – Hungry 9. Fun – Funny

(a) Form adjectives ending in -ive from the following verbs.

1. Destroy – Destructive 10. Progress – Progressive

(b) Use the above adjectives in these sentences.

(b) –ic or –ical

(c) –ous, -ious, -eous or –uous

Show how the adjectives below differ in meaning.

1. - She is an old friend of ours.

3. - Have you met the new neighbours?

5. - The present Foreign Secretary is better than the last one.

6. - Why do you have such a concerned expression on your face?

Put the following into the correct order.

1. English/lovely/several old tables – Several old lovely English tables.

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