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Adjective-Forming Suffixes
REVISION TEST
I Choose the correct suffix in the box to make these adjectives.
-ous -able -ing
-ish

-ful - less

1 amaz______
2 desper_____
3 music _____
4 attract______
5 master _____

-en

- ive

-y

-ate -al

6 gold ________
11 child __________
7 danger______
12 help_____________
8 thought_____
13 understand_______
9 manage_______
14 life-chang_______
10 mountain____15 rain__________ 15 1

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II Fill in the blanks with a suitable word from those above.
1. It is extremely ______________________________ to be in a car and not be wearing a seat belt.
2. Parts of this school are in____________________________ need of repair.
3. I don’t like Jeremy for his _______________________________ behaviour.
4. It was very ___________________________ of Adam to send Ann some flowers on her birthday.
5. Some decisions we made are _______________ and others have had very little effect on how we
live.
6. The debt has been reduced to a ______________________________________________ level.
7. The company has made us a highly______________________________________ preposition.
8. The day when people celebrate 50 years of marriage is called a ____________________ wedding.
9. Their reaction is perfectly _________________________________ in the circumstances.
10. I think that my sister is doing an ______________________________ job with those children.
11. Switzerland is a ______________________________ country, with some of Europe’s tallest
peaks.
12. According to the weather forecast, the _____________________ season will come late this
year.
13. Many newly-born animals are _______________________________ and cannot move at1all.
14. He was a man of a _____________________________________ character and won great5
influence.
As aadjectives,
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1 EXPENSE ____________________
A- ful
B -en
C -ive
2 MANAGE __________________
A-able B-ful
C-ous
3 THRILL _____________________
A -ful
B -able C -ing
4 DISASTER ___________________
A -ful
B -ous C -ful
5 FROST ______________________
A- ful
B-y
C -able

6 BEAUTY _____________________
A - ent
B - ful
C - less
7 INDUSTRY _____________________

A- ive
B -able
C -al
8 GIRL __________________
A –ent
B-ive
C- ish
9 MARKET __________________
A –able
B-ful
C-ous
10 HELP ____________________
A-able
B-less
C-y
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KEY
Exercise I
1 amazing
6 golden
11 childish

2 desperate
7 dangerous
12 helpful/less

3 musical
4 attractive
8 thoughtful/less
9 manageable
13 understandable 14 life-changing

5 masterful
10 mountainous
15 rainy

Exercise II
1 dangerous
2 desperate
6 manageable
7 attractive
11 mountainous 12 rainy

3 childish
8 golden
13 helpless

4 thoughtful
9 understandable
14 masterful

5 life-changing

10 amazing
15 musical

Exercise III
1 C expensive 2 A manageable
6 B beautiful 7 C industrial

3 C thrilling 4 B disastrous
8 C girlish
9 A marketable

5 B frosty
10 B helpless