Unit 2 adjective-building suffixes

-ish	Pole red	Поляк красный	Polish reddish	польский красноватый
-ive	to act	действовать	active	деятельный
-ent	to differ	различать	different	различный
-ant	to observe	наблюдать	observant	наблюдательный
-ic	base	основа	basic	основной
-al	centre	центр	central	центральный
-ful	peace	мир	peaceful	мирный
-ous	fame	слава	famous	знаменитый
-y	sun	солнце	sunny	солнечный
-ary	element	элемент	elementary	элементарный
-ory	to explain	объяснить	explanatory	объяснительный
-able	to change	изменять	changeable	изменчивый
-ible	access	доступ	accessible	доступный
-less	taste	вкус	tasteless	безвкусный

2.1 Form adjectives from the words by means of the suffix – ful. Translate them.

Model: help – help ful

wonder, use, power, truth, beauty, thank, colour, harm, success, doubt, peace

2.2 –ful – ful is often used to indicate quantity e.g. a pocketful (the contents of a pocket) of coins.

Put each of the following words in its correct place in the sentences below.

houseful / cupful / thankful / handful / mouthful / teaspoonful

1 Put a large ________ of rice in boiling water, then add a little salt, just a ______.

2 At Christmas we had a ________ of visitors.

3 The foreign tourist put a _______ of money in front of the taxi driver and said, “Is this enough?”

4 After just one ________ I knew she was a wonderful cook.

5 A _______ of petrol should take this car over 200 miles.

2.3 Form adjectives from the words by means of the suffix – less. Translate them.

Model: use – use less

help, power, motion, weight, air, need, aim, water, colour, fear, taste, home, wind, voice.

2.4 Form adjectives from the words by means of the suffix – al. Translate them.

Model: nature - natur al

physics, experiment, mathematics, geography, economy, biology, culture, electric, universe.

2.5 Form adjectives from the words by means of the suffix – ous. Translate them.

Model: victory - victori ous

mountain, monotony, harmony, humour, sanguine, poison, to continue, to vary, danger.

2.6 Form adjectives from the words by means of the suffix – y. Translate them.

Model: sun – sunn y

hill, rain, wind, fog, cloud, fun, laze, health, bog, spice, snow.

2.7 Form adjectives from the words by means of the suffix – able. Translate them.

Model: to change – change able

to vary, to approach, to achieve, to suit, to compare, to break, to notice, reason, to eat, to read, to accept, profit.

2.8 Find the equivalents of the adjectives.

почтенный, респектабельный (respect, respectability, respectable, respecter, respectfully, respectfulness)

находчивый (resourceful, resourcefulness, resource)

непреодолимый (resistant, resistible, resistive, resistivity, resistless, resistor)

засушливый (arid, aridity, aridness)

ассоциативный, общительный (associate, associated, association, associative)

ядовитый (poisoning, poison, poisonous)

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