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ADJECTIVE Updated
ADJECTIVE Updated
Here are the clues to help us identify adjective easily in TOEFL question:
a. Suffixes that form Adjective
-ful (beautiful, useful) -ish (childish, selfish)
-less (speechless, powerless) -y (healthy, salty)
-al (industrial, political) -ant/-ent (different, significant)
-ive (creative, attractive) -ic (Islamic, historic)
-ble (comfortable, valuable) -an (Brazilian, European)
-ous (dangerous, famous) -ese (Chinese, Japanese)
-ar (circular, rectangular) -en (wooden, golden, woolen)
-ern : southern, western -noun+ly: friendly, manly, costly
Adjective + Noun
Example:
Bungee Jumping is a dangerous sport.
Internet is a source of useful information.
3. Adjective + Noun √
Averb + Noun X
Example:
A beautiful girl √
A beautifully girl X
2. The building seems … since the owner left it a few years ago.
a. abandoned c. abandonment
b. abandon d. abandoning
4. The factory management received many letters from the … customer complimenting them on
their new products.
a. satisfied c. satisfied
b. satisfying d. satisfyingly
5. Modern art is on display at the Guggenheim Museum, a building with an unusually design.
A B C D
6. Video artist combine many different ways of using video equipment both to
A B
create and to record various types of expression artistic.
C D
9. Steam turbines are used to provide energy for most generators electric and ship
A B C
propellers.
D
10. An attempt by government, business, or educationally institutions to remedy the
A B
past effect of discrimination against minority groups is referred to as ‘affirmative action’.
C D
11. Used for making pottery, clay has two characteristics distinctive: it can be molded and it can be
A B
baked to form a brittle but otherwise durable material.
C D
12. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries reserve varying portions
A B
of their nationally land, sea, and air forces as NATO forces.
C