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    The document discusses how to change a noun to an adjective by adding suffixes to the noun. It provides examples of common adjective suffixes like -ly, -able, -al, -ous, -ary, -ful, -ic, -ish, -less, and -like that can be added to nouns to make them adjectives. It also discusses modifications that may need to be made if the noun ends in -e, -y or -t before adding the suffix.

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    The document discusses how to change a noun to an adjective by adding suffixes to the noun. It provides examples of common adjective suffixes like -ly, -able, -al, -ous, -ary, -ful, -ic, -ish, -less, and -like that can be added to nouns to make them adjectives. It also discusses modifications that may need to be made if the noun ends in -e, -y or -t before adding the suffix.

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    The document discusses how to change a noun to an adjective by adding suffixes to the noun. It provides examples of common adjective suffixes like -ly, -able, -al, -ous, -ary, -ful, -ic, -ish, -less, and -like that can be added to nouns to make them adjectives. It also discusses modifications that may need to be made if the noun ends in -e, -y or -t before adding the suffix.

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    Miss S adoun 2nd year

    Lesson 5 : How to change a noun to an adjective

    A noun is a person, place or thing; an adjective modifies or describes the noun. The girl is a beauty -- beauty being a noun.
    The girl can also be beautiful -- beautiful, in this case, being an adjective. Turning a noun into an adjective requires only a
    few minor changes to the ending of a word.

    Adding S uffixes
    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 -ly, -able, -al, -ous, -ary, -ful, -ic, -ish, -less, -like and -y. For example, turn the noun
    "danger" into the adjective "dangerous" by adding the suffix -ous. Other examples include: "The lady enjoys magic; however,
    she is not very magical herself." "Those who have health are considered healthy, while those who follow fashion are thought
    of as fashionable." In these instances, the root nouns were turned into adjectives by adding appropriate suffixes.
    Modifications to Make It Work

    S ometimes 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.

    Common Adjective S uffixes I (Noun → Adjective)

    S UFFIX NOUN – ADJECTIVE NOUN – ADJECTIVE NOUN – ADJECTIVE

    -AL relating to accident – accidental brute – brutal region – regional


    region – regional person – personal universe –universal

    -ARY relating to quality or place custom – customary moment – momentary caution – cautionary
    compliment – complimentary honor – honorary diet – dietary

    -FUL full of beauty – beautiful wonder – wonderful awe – awful


    skill – skillful success – successful delight – delightful

    -IC having the nature of; caused athlete – athletic base – basic history – historic
    by photograph – photographic science – scientific rhythm– rhythmic

    -ICAL having the nature of magic – magical logic – logical history – historical
    practice – practical statistic – statistical alphabet – alphabetical

    -IS H origin, nature fool – foolish child – childish self – selfish


    sheep – sheepish pink – pinkish girl – girlish

    -LES S without power – powerless friend – friendless worth – worthless


    use – useless home – homeless penny – penniless

    -LIKE like like – lifelike lady – ladylike war – warlike


    child – childlike bird – birdlike spring – springlike

    -LY like friend – friendly cost – costly month – monthly


    day – daily order – orderly coward – cowardly

    -OUS quality, nature poison – poisonous danger – dangerous nerve – nervous


    courtesy – courteous mystery – mysterious victory – victorious

    -Y like rain – rainy fun – funny dirt – dirty


    mess – messy dirt – dirty spot – spotty

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