Adjective-Forming

Suffixes
REVISION TEST

I Choose the correct suffix in the box to make these adjectives.

-ous -able -ing -ful - less -en - ive -y -ate

-al -ish

1 amaz______ 6 gold ________ 11 child __________

2 desper_____ 7 danger______ 12 help_____________
3 music _____ 8 thought_____ 13 understand_______
4 attract______ 9 manage_______ 14 life-chang_______
5 master _____ 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 at all.
14. He was a man of a _____________________________________ character and won great 1
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15. As a ________________________________ centre Boston rivals New York.
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III Make adjectives, using right suffixes. Choose A, B or C and
write these adjectives.

1 EXPENSE ____________________ 6 BEAUTY _____________________

A- ful B -en C -ive A - ent B - ful C - less
2 MANAGE __________________ 7 INDUSTRY _____________________
A-able B-ful C-ous A- ive B -able C -al
3 THRILL _____________________ 8 GIRL __________________
A -ful B -able C -ing A –ent B-ive C- ish
4 DISASTER ___________________ 9 MARKET __________________
A -ful B -ous C -ful A –able B-ful C-ous
5 FROST ______________________ 10 HELP ____________________
A- ful B-y C -able A-able B-less C-y
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KEY

Exercise I

1 amazing 2 desperate 3 musical 4 attractive 5 masterful

6 golden 7 dangerous 8 thoughtful/less 9 manageable 10 mountainous
11 childish 12 helpful/less 13 understandable 14 life-changing 15 rainy

Exercise II

1 dangerous 2 desperate 3 childish 4 thoughtful 5 life-changing

6 manageable 7 attractive 8 golden 9 understandable 10 amazing
11 mountainous 12 rainy 13 helpless 14 masterful 15 musical

Exercise III

1 C expensive 2 A manageable 3 C thrilling 4 B disastrous 5 B frosty

6 B beautiful 7 C industrial 8 C girlish 9 A marketable 10 B helpless