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Adjective
A noun is a person, place or thing; an adjective modifies or describes the noun. Turning a
noun into an adjective requires only a few minor changes to the ending of a word. An adjective
can be a single word (like exciting, amusing) or a compound (hard-working, self-centered) that
actually modifies the noun. The different kinds of adjectives define the noun, verb or sometimes
even other adjectives.
1.1). Adjectives formed from Nouns: 
A noun is a person, place or thing; an adjective modifies or describes the noun. Turning a
noun into an adjective requires only a few minor changes to the ending of a word.
The simplest way to turn a noun into an adjective is to add suffixes to the end of the root
word. The most common suffixes used to create adjectives are:

Suffix Rules + Exceptions Example word Adjective form


Add -y as a suffix Hair Hairy
-y
If ending has an ‘e’, remove it Gloss Glossy
Nature Natural
Intention Intentional
Add -al as a suffix
Concept Conceptual
-al If ending has an e, remove it and
Commerce Commercial
add -al or -ial or –ual
Finance Financial
Fanatic Fanatical
Earth Earthly
Kind Kindly
-ly Add -ly as a suffix
Time Timely
Mature Maturely
Add -ful as a suffix Beauty Beautiful
-ful
If ending in -ty, replace y with i Play Playful
Add -ary as a suffix.
-ary Imagine Imaginary
If ending has an ‘e’, remove it
Introduction Introductory
Add -ory as a suffix
-ory Advise Advisory
If ending has an ‘e’, remove it
Compensate Compensatory
Tragedy Tragic
Add -ic as a suffix
-ic Artist Artistic
If ending in -y, remove it
Energy Energetic
-ous -Add -ous as a suffix -Glamour -
-If ending in -y, remove it Glamourous
-Fame
-If ending has an ‘e’, remove it -Famous
-Mystery
-Sometimes, words ending with -Mysterious
-Miracle
-cle are replaced by –cul -Miraculous
-Child -Childish
-ish -Add -ish as a suffix -Brown -Brownish
-Book -Bookish
-Add -ive as a suffix
-Description -Descriptive
-ive -If ending in -ion, remove it
-Impulse -Impulsive
-If ending in -e, remove
-Black -Blacken
-en -Add -en as a suffix
-Silk -Silken
-
-Trouble
Troublesome
-some -Add -some as a suffix -Dark
-Darksome
-Whole
-Wholesome
-Child -Childless
-less -Add -less as a suffix -Brain -Brainless
-Shame -Shameless
-like
-able

1. Adjectives formed from Nouns: 


Keep the above table in mind and try to convert a few Nouns in your surroundings into
Adjectives. Have a look at some examples here:

Noun Adjective Noun Adjective

Dangerou
Girl Girlish Danger
s

Troublesom Acciden Accidenta


Trouble
e t l
Gold Golden Length Lengthy

Man Manly Human Humanly

Courag Courageou
Sense Senseless
e s

Laughabl
Storm Stormy Laugh
e

Envy Envious King Kingly

Traged Creatio
Tragic Creative
y n

Advise Advisory Nature Natural

Magical
Dangerous
Careful
Careless
Hardness
Healthy
Offensive
Metallic
Sometimes you will have to make slight modifications to the root noun if it ends in -e, -y
or -t. For example, if the noun is "offense," the adjective is "offensive." In this case, drop the -e
from the noun and add -ive to create the adjective.

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