Worksheet 1: Adjective-Forming Suffixes

The following suffixes often form adjectives:

-able

-ible

-ful

-less

-ous

-ual

-ic

-ish

-en

-y

-ive

-ant

-ent

-ate

Notice how these adjective-forming suffixes convert nouns or verbs to adjectives.

noun

The beauty of the countryside surrounded us.

adjective

The beautiful countryside surrounded us.

Select any noun or verb from the lists below. On your own paper, write a sentence
that uses that word as a noun or a verb. Then write a sentence that uses the
adjective form of the word. Continue this process for nine more nouns or verbs.
When you finish, you should have twenty sentences.

Noun or Verb

Adjective

envy

Enviable

response

responsible

help

helpful

penny

penniless

glory

glorious

grade

gradual

artist

artistic

passion
fool

passionate
foolish

wood

wooden

fog

foggy

attract

attractive

resist

resistant

persist

persistent

manage

manageable

sense

sensible

beauty

beautiful

home

homeless

danger

dangerous

act

actual

magnet

magnetic

fortune

fortunate

self

selfish

gold

golden

rust

rusty

progress

progressive

import

important

depend

dependent

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