Common Adjective Suffixes What are they ible able

Common Adjective Suffixes • What are they? – ible, able, ful, y, ive, ous, al, ic – Can you think of an adjective with each of these suffixes? • Why are they important? – Enlarge your vocabulary – ACCESS exam!

Adjective Suffixes -ible -able -ful -y -ive -ous -al -ic Response social help boss assert ambition practice irony adventure critic forget mood pessimist rely sense

Adjective Suffixes -ible -able -ful -y Responsible socialable helpful bossy sensible reliable forgetful moody -ive -ous -al -ic assertive ambitious practical ironic sensitive adventurous critical pessimistic

Adjective Prefixes • What are they? – They modify adjective to make them negative – un, ir, in, im, il and dis – “un” is the most common

Adjective Prefixes Un In dis im Rely patience sincere imagine honest help organised practice

Adjective Prefixes Un In dis im unreliable insincere dishonest impractical disorganised Impatient unimaginative unhelpful Rely patience sincere imagine honest organised help practice

Practise! Page 9 Exercise 2 C

The…the comparatives “The more languages you know, the more you are a person. ” Bulgarian Proverb

The…the comparatives The +comparative structure+subject+verb, the+comparative structure+subject+verb • The happier you are, the longer you live. • The earlier you start, the earlier you finish. • The more you study, the better you do on exams.

Practise! 1. people / come / party , food / we / need 2. difficult / test , students / study 3. nice / customer service representative / happy / customer 4. high-tech / car , expensive / model 5. full / church , good / pastor 6. funny / comic , sales / cd / have 7. severe / judge , harsh /sentence 8. experienced / technician , satisfying / repair 9. long / play , bored / audience 10. money / spend , money / save