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Formation of Adj

This document discusses how to form adjectives from nouns and verbs by adding suffixes such as -ual, -ic, -ive, -ious, -ed, and -ing. It provides examples of adjective formation and discusses the differences between adjectives ending in -ed and -ing. Specifically, it notes that -ed adjectives often describe emotions or completed actions while -ing adjectives describe things that cause emotions. The document includes practice problems matching words with the correct adjective suffix.

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Formation of Adj

This document discusses how to form adjectives from nouns and verbs by adding suffixes such as -ual, -ic, -ive, -ious, -ed, and -ing. It provides examples of adjective formation and discusses the differences between adjectives ending in -ed and -ing. Specifically, it notes that -ed adjectives often describe emotions or completed actions while -ing adjectives describe things that cause emotions. The document includes practice problems matching words with the correct adjective suffix.

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How to form

adjectives
Formation of Adjectives
We can form adjectives by adding suffix to nouns and verbs.

-ual (habitual, factual)


-ic (acidic, artistic)
-ive (active , effective
-ious ( anxious, spacious)
-ed ( bored , annoyed)
-ing (boring, amusing)
Noun Adjective

accident accidental

danger dangerous

length long

star starry

wind windy
Verb Adjective

enjoy enjoyable

help helpful

obey obedient

play playful

talk talkative
Examples of forming adjectives
• Our house color is a kind of yellow. → We live in
a ________ house.
• He often acts like a child. → He often acts in a  ________
way.
• The event was a big success. → We enjoyed a ________
 event.
• She adopted a dog without a home. → She adopted a 
________  dog.
• Look out, that plant is poison. → Look out for
that  ________  plant.
• It looks like it will rain today. → It looks like
we’ll have  ________ weather today.
• She always acts with courtesy. → She always
behaves in a  ________  manner.
• We go for a walk each day. → We go for a 
________  walk.
Adjectives ending in '-ed' and '-ing'

• Look at these examples to see how adjectives ending


in -ed and -ing are used.

• I was really bored in that presentation.


• That was a really boring presentation.
Adjectives ending in '-ed'

• Describe emotions – they tell us how people


feel.
• Indicate something is already completed or
someone has done something.

•He was surprised to see Helen after all those years.


•She was really tired and went to bed early.
•The workers packed the canned fruit in boxes
Adjectives ending in '-ing'

• Adjectives that end in -ing generally describe


the thing that causes the emotion – a boring
lesson makes you feel bored.
•Have you seen that film? It's really frightening.
•I could listen to her for hours. She's so interesting.
•I can't sleep! That noise is really annoying!
Examples of ADJECTIVES
ENDING IN –ED/-ING
annoyed annoying
bored boring
confused confusing
disappointed disappointing
excited exciting
frightened frightening
interested interesting
surprised surprising
tired tiring
worried worrying
She's a big dog but you don't need to
be ___.
1.frightened
2.frightening
The instructions for my new coffee
machine are really ___.
1.confused
2.confusing
That shop never has any customers.
I'm ___ it's still there.
1.surprised
2.surprising
The battery on my phone only lasts
about two hours. It's really ___.
1.annoyed
2.annoying
I was ___ that I didn't get the job.
1.disappointed
2.disappointing
I'm reading a really ___ book.
1.interested
2.interesting
You look really ___. Why don't you
go to bed?
1.tired
2.tiring

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