6. Underline the adjectives in the following sentences Write the verb form or the noun form of the adjectives as indicated in the space provided (5 marks a Today, the principal gave his monthly speech. (noun form) Srujan bought a beautiful saree for his mother. (noun form) mas a wonderiul victory for Rituks team. (verb form) I got to hear some exciting news in the morning. (verb form) e it was delightful to watch the movie. (noun form)
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Adjectives
You must remember from our previous lesson that adjectives add a description to the sentence. An Adjective adds a description to the noun(Adjective means added to). An adjective can describe a person, animal, place, thing or tell the number or quantity of the noun.
An adjective can be a single word (like exciting, amusing) or a compound(hard-working, self-centered) that actually modifies the noun. The different kinds of adjectives define the noun, verb or sometimes even other adjectives.
But how are Adjectives formed? How does beauty(noun) convert to beautiful(adjective)? Is there a thumb rule to work this out without being an english grammar maestro? We are so excited to answer all these in a very refreshing logical way. Let’s get cracking!
Formation of adjectives
Formation of Adjectives
This is the holy grail of formation of Adjectives, some really simple rules to make your life in grammatical terms, easier.
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Kinds of Adjectives
Comparison of Adjectives
Suffix Rules + Exceptions Example word Adjective form
-y -Add -y as a suffix
-If ending has an ‘e’, remove it -Hair
-Imagine
-Gloss -Hairy
-Imaginary
-Glossy
-al -Add -al as a suffix
-If ending has an e, remove it and add -al or -ial or -ual -Tragic
-Nature
-Intention
-Concept
-Commerce
–Finance
-Fanatic -Tragical
-Natural
-Intentional
-Conceptual
-Commercial
-Financial
-Fanatical
-ly -Add -ly as a suffix –Earth
-Endearing
-Kind
-Time
-Mature -Earthly
-Endearingly
-Kindly
-Timely
-Maturely
-ful -Add -ful as a suffix
-If ending in -ty, replace it with i -Beauty
-Dread
-Play
-Grace
-Bounty
-Play -Beautiful
-Dreadful
-Playful
-Graceful
-Bountiful
-Playful
-ory -Add -ory as a suffix
-If ending has an ‘e’, remove it -Introduction
-Advise
-Anticipate
-Compensate -Introductory
-Advisory
-Anticipatory
-Compensatory
-ic -Add -ic as a suffix
-If ending in -y, remove it -Artist
-Energy -Artistic
-Energetic
-ous -Add -ous as a suffix
-If ending in -y, remove it
-If ending has an ‘e’, remove it
-Sometimes, words ending with -cle are replaced by -cul -Glamour
-Fame
-Mystery
-Miracle -Glamourous
-Famous
-Mysterious
-Miraculous
-ish -Add -ish as a suffix -Child
-Brown
-Book -Childish
-Brownish
-Bookish
-ive -Add -ive as a suffix
-If ending in -ion, remove it
-If ending in -e, remove -Description
-Impulse -Descriptive
-Impulsive
-en -Add -en as a suffix -Black
-Silk -Blacken
-Silken
-some -Add -some as a suffix -Trouble
-Dark
-Whole -Troublesome
-Darksome
-Wholesome
-less -Add -less as a suffix -Child
-Brain
-Shame -Childless
-Brainless
-Shameless
1. Adjectives formed from Nouns:
Keep the above table in mind and try to convert a few Nouns in your surroundings into Adjectives. Have a look at some examples here:
Noun Adjective Noun Adjective
Girl Girlish Danger Dangerous
Trouble Troublesome Accident Accidental
Gold Golden Length Lengthy
Man Manly Human Humanly
Courage Courageous Sense Senseless
Storm Stormy Laugh Laughable
Envy Envious King Kingly
Tragedy Tragic Creation Creative
Advise Advisory Nature Natural
Let’s use some of these adjectives made from nouns in sentences to further understand their usage
Explanation:
from nouns from the following adjectives a) foolish