English World - ADJECTIVES WITH PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES


 

  • Most common adjectives do not have a particular ending.However there are ceratin common endings for adjectives which are formed from nouns and verbs.
  • these are:

            ►-able ( predictable)
            ►- al ( practical)
            ►- ant ( observant)
            ►- ar ( polar)
            ►- ary ( reactionary)
            ►- ate ( passionate)
            ►- ial ( racial)
            ►- ent ( dependent)
            ►- esque ( grotesque)
            ►
- ful ( remorseful)
            ►- ian ( Albanian)
            ►- ible ( sensible)
            ►- ic ( dramatic)
            ►- ical ( economical)
            ►- ious ( vicious)
            ►- ish ( selfish)
            ►- ist ( racist)
            ►- ive ( reactive)
            ►- less ( mindless)
            ►- like ( man-like)
            ►- ly ( warmly)
            ►- ory ( celebratory)
            ►- ous ( glamorous)
            ►- some ( lonesome)
            ►
- y ( sunny)


  • the most common prefixes used with adjectives are:

           ► a- ( asocial)
           ► ab- ( abnormal)
           ► anti- ( anticlockwise)
           ► dis- ( discontent)
           ► hyper- ( hypersensitive)
           ► il- ( illegal)
           ► im- (immortal)
           ► in- ( incredible)
           ► ir- ( irrational)
           ► mal- ( malnourished)
           ► non- ( non-violent)
           ► over- ( overactive)
           ► pre- ( prepacked)
           ► pro- ( pro-industry)
           ► sub- ( subterranean)
           ► super- ( superconfident)
           ► un- ( unappreciated)
           ► under- ( underfed)
 

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