A) Study this list of proper adjectives.

Forming Adjectives

Study the list of adjectives formed from nouns

Noun	Adjective	Noun	Adjective
adventure	adventurous	faith	faithful
athlete	athletic	fool	foolish
beauty	beautiful	friend	friendly
boy	boyish	gold	golden
centre	central	hero	heroic
continent	continental	industry	industrial
courage	courageous	metal	metallic
coward	cowardly	music	musical
danger	dangerous	mystery	mysterious
noise	noisy	nation	national
poet	poetic	nature	natural
star	starry	person	personal
terror	terrible	skill	skilful
value	valuable	sun	sunny

Complete each sentence by inserting the adjective formed from the noun in brackets.

Example: This has been a very... decision. (fool)

This has been a very foolish decision.

1. The shop was situated in a... square. (centre)

2. Gold is a very... metal. (value)

3. The runner was a man of... build. (athlete)

4. We studied the... sky through a telescope. (star)

5. He feels quite... in this warm, light room. (comfort)

6. Mark Twain wrote many... stories. (humour)

7. A... person soon puts you at your ease. (friend)

3. The suffixes -ful and -less form adjectives from nouns. The suffix -ful means “full of” or “causing”, and -less means “without” or “not causing” the quality named by the noun.

Noun Adjective in -ful Adjective in -less

care careful careless

fear fearful fearless

help helpful helpless

hope hopeful hopeless

rest restful restless

use useful useless

b) Complete the sentences below, using an adjective ending in -ful or in -less:

1. The man felt no fear when he went hunting He was really a... hunter. (fear)

2. The young boy’s legs were hurt and of no use to him He found that his legs were... when he tried to walk. (use)

3. My friend talks all the time. His words are.. (end)

4. I liked the story very much. I thought it was.. (delight)

5. The sailors understood that their situation was very dangerous. Some of them had already lost any hope that they would be saved. They were sure that their situation was...

(hope)

6. Many racing cars have... engines. (power)

7. This grass snake is not dangerous at all. It is quite (harm)

8. He made a lot of mistakes in his composition due to … writing. (care)

9. Bright flowers make the room look.... (cheer)

10. A... person can do nothing for himself. (help)

11. Richard was ill and could not fall asleep. He had to spend a... night. (sleep)

12. Only a very... craftsman could make such a beautiful piece of furniture. (skill)

Suffixes -able, -ous, -al, -ful, -y, -less, -ic are often used to form adjectives.

1) -al geography — geographical conversation — practice — classic — tradition — experiment — person —   3) -ful boast — boastful faith — cheer – truth – colour — delight — harm — wonder -   5) -ic hero — heroic patriot — artist — fantasy — history —   7) -less noise — noiseless sleep — sound — care — fear —

2) -able enjoy — enjoyable value — honour — understand — remark — eat — drink –   4) -ous mystery — mysterious joy — glory — envy — nerve — danger — humour — fame –   6) –y sun – sunny greed – grass – health – luck –

a) Study this list of proper adjectives.

Britain Canada China Europe France Germany Ireland Russia Poland

British Canadian Chinese European French German Irish Russian Polish

Ukraine Italy Japan Scotland Spain Wales Greece Mexico Brazil

Ukrainian Italian Japanese Scottish Spanish Welsh Greek Mexican Brazilian

b) Insert the correct proper adjective in each phrase below:

... athletes (Canada)... dances (Spain)

... traditions (Japan)... championship (Europe)

... Isles (Britain)... songs (Scotland)

... humour (France)... music (Italy)

c) Use the correct proper adjectives in these sentences:

1. The... southern regions are known for their warm climate. (France)

2. Sir Francis Drake sailed to fight the... Armada. (Spain)

3. The names of many... places are hard to pronounce. (Wales)

4. The tour included a visit to several... cities. (Italy)

5. Roger is spending a holiday on the... coast. (Greece)

6. Most... farms are very large. (Canada)

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