ADJECTIVES - FORMATION

B) Make adjectives from these nouns.

Later, provide negative adjectives using a prefix
 ADJECTIVE ADJ. NEGAT. ADJ. ADJ. NEGAT.
TRUTH TRUE UNTRUE TOLERATE
POLITENESS POLITE IMPOLITE LOYALTY
FRIEND FRIENDLY UNFRIENDLY PATIENCE
MORALITY MORAL IMMORAL PRESENCE
MORTALITY MORTAL IMMORTAL ABSENCE
MODESTY MODEST IMMODEST IMPORTANCE
CORRECTION CORRECT INCORRECT LOGIC
FORMALITY FORMAL INFORMAL RESPONSE
LUCK LUCKY UNLUCKY EXPENSE
CARE CAREFUL CARELESS PLEASURE
CREATE CREATIVE UNCREATIVE IMPORTANCE
HONESTY HONEST DISHONEST AGREE
MATURITY MATURE IMMATURE ATTRACT
COMFORT COMFORTABLE UNCOMFORTABLE INTELLIGENCE
CONVENIENCE CONVENIENT INCONVENIENT SUCCESS
FAME FAMOUS INFAMOUS AMBITION
ABILITY ABLE UNABLE RATIONALITY
CAPABILITY CAPABLE INCAPABLE SENSITIVITY
USE USEFUL USELESS INTEREST
SATISFY SATISFIED DISSATISFIED POSSIBILITY
EFFECT EFFECTIVE INEFFECTIVE PROBABILITY
SAFETY SAFE UNSAFE WILL
HUMAN HUMAN INHUMAN LUCK
TASTE TASTY TASTELESS HELP
REASON REASONABLE UNREASONABLE FORGET
POPULATION POPULAR UNPOPULAR RESPECT
OBEY OBEDIENT DISOBEDIENT POWER
WISDOM WISE UNWISE INTELLIGENCE
RESIST RESISTABLE IRRESISTABLE FRIGHT
FEAR FEARFUL FEARLESS EAT

FILL THE GAPS WITH ADJECTIVES

1. Where I live drinking tea is …………………….. [POPULARITY]. We prefer drinking water.

2. Her behavior was ……………………… [MORALITY]. I cannot trust such a ………………. [HONESTY] person.

3. She is the most …………………. [ATTRACT] woman in the block. That’s what she’s …………….. [FAME] for. She is
……………….. [RESIST] for men. Men are ………….. [POWER] when she smiles at them. They start behaving …………….
[RATION] and …………….. [LOGIC].

4. Nowa Huta is ………………….[FAME] for being the most dangerous district in Kraków. It is …………………… [WISEDOM /
REASON] to walk there alone at night.

5. You can do this task …………………[EASE].

6. Bob cannot lie. He’s ………………[ABILITY ] to lie / …………………[CAPABILITY] of lying.

7. Please drive ……………………[CARE]. The last time you were too ………………..[CARE] and I was ………………… [FRIGHT]
8. Bob is not afraid of anything. He’s …………………..[FEAR].

9. Sorry, but Friday evening is a bit ………………… [CONVENIENCE] for me. I have another appointment which is
…………………. [IMPORTANCE].

10. These children understand what you are telling them. They aren’t ………………….[INTELLIGENCE], they are just
…………………. [OBEY]. That’s why they don’t listen to you.

11. Seeing a UFO is ……………..[PROBABILITY], but not ………………… [POSSIBILITY].

12. This soup is ……………….[ TASTE]. Put more spices in it. Otherwise it will be …………… [EAT]

13. Children who are ………………..[RESPECT] to their parents should be ……………….[PUNISHMENT].

14. Bob always tells the truth. He is …………….[TRU] and …………………. [HONESTY].

15. She set up her own company but the business was ………………..[SUCCEED] and she closed it down.

16. Bob never wants to help. He is …………….[HELP] and ……………..[WILL] to cooperate.

17. Being as ….................. [AMBITION] as you are, you will never be ……………….[FAME].

18. It was rather ………………..[SENSITIVITY] to tell her that she looked fat.

19. Wearing a seatbelt you can travel ……………….[SAFETY]

Typical adjective endings

Fill the gaps with the adjectives you know

-al -nt -ive -ous -[i]ble -ful -ed -ing -y

-[a]ble

loyal absent creative serious edible colourful bored boring crazy