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Derived Adjectives

This document discusses different types of derived adjectives formed by adding suffixes to nouns and verbs. It provides examples of adjective suffixes like -ful, -less, and -ly and the meanings they confer. Rules for changing word endings before adding suffixes are mentioned. Exercises are provided to form derived adjectives from sample words. Proper adjectives formed from proper nouns are also discussed along with rules for forming them. An explanation of the order of adjectives in a series is given with the typical order being limiting adjectives preceding descriptive adjectives.

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Derived Adjectives

This document discusses different types of derived adjectives formed by adding suffixes to nouns and verbs. It provides examples of adjective suffixes like -ful, -less, and -ly and the meanings they confer. Rules for changing word endings before adding suffixes are mentioned. Exercises are provided to form derived adjectives from sample words. Proper adjectives formed from proper nouns are also discussed along with rules for forming them. An explanation of the order of adjectives in a series is given with the typical order being limiting adjectives preceding descriptive adjectives.

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1 DERIVED ADJECTIVES are formed when adjective-forming suffixes are added to common nouns or verbs.

These words are derived from nouns, and verbs. WORD spoon peace pain grace fear use speech pain fear use day ** month annual order continue ambition mystery ** ridicule courage danger superstition sheep book style convert comfort believe SUFFIX - ful ADJECTIVE spoonful peaceful painful graceful fearless useful speechless painless fearless useless daily monthly annually orderly continuous ambitious mysterious ridiculous courageous dangerous superstitious sheepish bookish stylish convertible comfortable believable Full of

- less

lack of

- ly

(if word ends in y, change y to I, then add the suffix)

- ous

- ish

- ible - able

column - ar columnar triangle triangular circle circular rectangle rectangular comic, magic - al comical, magical titan - ic titanic angel angelic support - ive supportive cream -y creamy alarm - ing alarming charm charming act acting amaze amazing win, trouble - some winsome, troublesome ** (if word ends in y, change y to I, then add the suffix)

EXERCISES: Write the derived adjective form of the underlined words. ______________________ 1. full of doubt _______________________2. superstitions beliefs _______________________3. imagine minds _______________________ 4. interest story _______________________ 5. fright Friday the 13th (full of fright) PROPER ADJECTIVES - adjectives form from proper nouns from specific name of a person or place. They are used to described a noun or pronoun. PROPER NOUN Japan Lebanon Portugal China Philippines America Canada Korea Britain Jew SUFFIX - ese PROPER ADJECTIVE Japanese Lebanese Portuguese Chinese Filipino American Canadian Korean British Jewish

change the spelling - n or - an, - ian

- ish

EXERCISES: Write the proper adjectives: 1. The _________________ (Philippines) soldiers fought the Americans. 2. ____________________ (Singapore) came here to check the art exhibits. 3. The __________________ (Russia) people have gone through a lot of political changes. 4. France is said to be the home of fashion. Its people popularized ________________ (France) perfumes. 5. One popular god in ________________________ (Greece) mythology is Zeus.

ORDER OF ADJECTIVES - When two or more adjectives are place before the noun they modify, they are in a series. Order of adjectives in a series:

3 1. LIMITING ADJECTIVES: a. ARTICLE a, an, the b. DEMONSTRATIVE - this, these, that, those c. NUMERICAL - one, two, three, one hundred (cardinal numbers) or first, second, fifth (ordinal numbers) 2. DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES: a. EVALUATION (opinion or observation) beautiful, ugly, good, bad b. SIZE big, small, large, short, long c. AGE - young, old, twenty-five years d. SHAPE round, square, triangular e. COLOR - red, yellow f. ORIGIN Filipino, British, American, Chinese g. MATERIAL - silk, wooden, plastic, cement, woolen h. PURPOSE - rocking (chair), cooking (pan), sewing (machine) GUIDE ONLY: Article LIMITING Demons- numetrative rical Evalua- Size tion Age DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES Shape Color Origin Material Purpose

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