ADJECTIVE FORMATION

A) Join these words to the prefixes and suffixes to form adjectives. More than
one combination is sometimes possible.
Some Adjectives are formed by adding –full, -ed, -ing:

 success + -full  successful

 beard + -ed  bearded
 Interest + -ing  interesting

You also form adjectives by adding an-, - less where you want to describe or refer to
things that are the opposite of the original word:

Care
Care -ing
-ing
_________________________
Power
Power _________________________
_________________________
Use
Use -ed
-ed
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Colour
Colour _________________________
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Retire
Retire -ful
-ful _________________________
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Meaning
Meaning _________________________
Able Un- _________________________
Able Un-
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Fortunate
Fortunate _

Usual
Usual -less
-less

Happy
Happy
B) Write the correct adjective starting or ending in un-, -ing, -ed, -ful or –less

 They are very _________ because the ending of the film is _________ (surprise).

 People were very ________ because the news was very _________ (alarm).

 It was a very ________ film. The kids were very _________ watching it (amuse).

 That is a _________ word. It doesn’t mean anything to me (meaning).

 She is very untidy and __________ person. She doesn’t care about anything. (care)

 They are all __________ men. They aren’t afraid of anything.

 Don’t worry it’s a _________ extraction. It won’t hurt at all. (pain)

 It’s _______ to see such strange person. (usual)

 He can’t do anything. This means he is ________ to do anything correctly (able).