 Word formation “ Adjectives ” :
Task One: I classify the nouns in the table according to the suffixes
care – harm – use – price – help – success – end – pain – beauty – meaning – fear
--ful --less
Task Two: Add the suffix: --ful or –less to the adjectives in brackets.
1. Mrs. Smith has never had an accident since she started driving.
She was a very …………………… (care) driver
2. This knife is ………………… (use), it won’t cut! We should get it sharpened.
3. Having a tooth out is a ……………… (pain) operation. Nowadays, most
people don’t feel a thing.
4. What a ……………… (beauty) dress you are wearing! It is really gorgeous.
5. There are still thousands of ……………… (home) people in the big cities
who sleep rough every night.
6. Although everybody knows that cigarettes are ……………… (harm) to our
health, many people still smoke.
7. The new sales assistant was really ………………… (help) and rude.
Task Three: I complete the dialogues with: adjectives ending in --less
1. A: Did the injection hurt you?
B: No, fortunately it was ___________.
2. A: Has he got somewhere to live?
B: No, the poor man is ____________.
3. A: That was a very silly mistake, wasn’t it?
B : Yes, it was ___________of me – I wasn’t concentrating.
4. A: Dorothy didn’t even phone to say she wasn’t coming tonight.
B: Yes, I agree – she’s really quite __________.
 Word formation “ Adjectives ” :
Task One: I classify the nouns in the table according to the suffixes
care – harm – use – price – help – success – end – pain – beauty – meaning – fear
--ful --less
Task Two: Add the suffix: --ful or –less to the adjectives in brackets.
8. Mrs. Smith has never had an accident since she started driving.
She was a very …………………… (care) driver
9. This knife is ………………… (use), it won’t cut! We should get it sharpened.
10.Having a tooth out is a ……………… (pain) operation. Nowadays, most
people don’t feel a thing.
11.What a ……………… (beauty) dress you are wearing! It is really gorgeous.
12.There are still thousands of ……………… (home) people in the big cities
who sleep rough every night.
13.Although everybody knows that cigarettes are ……………… (harm) to our
health, many people still smoke.
14.The new sales assistant was really ………………… (help) and rude.
Task Three: I complete the dialogues with: adjectives ending in --less
5. A: Did the injection hurt you?
B: No, fortunately it was ___________.
6. A: Has he got somewhere to live?
B: No, the poor man is ____________.
7. A: That was a very silly mistake, wasn’t it?
B : Yes, it was ___________of me – I wasn’t concentrating.
8. A: Dorothy didn’t even phone to say she wasn’t coming tonight.
B: Yes, I agree – she’s really quite __________.