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You can make related words by adding or subtracting prefixes and suffixes.
Example:
Adjective: cheer + ful = cheerful
Adverbs: cheerful + ly = cheerfully
Note: Some adjectives are formed by adding suffixes to the nouns.
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Look at the definitions of related nouns below and see if you can understand the
adjectives.
athlete: n. a person who is skilled in exercise or sports.
cheer: n. a shout of happiness.
health: n. the physical condition of a person.
music: n. sound having rhythm, melody, or harmony.
student: n. a person who studies.
NOUN
athlete
ADJECTIVE
athletic
ADVERB
athletically
cheer
cheerful
cheerfully
health
healthy
healthily
music
musical
musically
student
studious
studiously
Exercise 1: Study the words in the chart. Then fill in the rest of the chart. You may use
a dictionary.
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
1. independence
2. danger
3. care
4. care
5. impatience
6. courage
7. weakness
8. jealousy
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Exercise 2: Fill in the blanks. Use words from Exercise 1.
1.
She lowered the sleeping dog ________________ onto his blanket.
2.
Feelings of ________________ will become resentment and can ruin a relationship
if allowed to grow.
3.
The shy boy ________________ said his long speech in front of the whole school.
4.
Let us celebrate tonight the fifty years of Indian ________________.
5.
He waited _______________ for his new toy, he wasn't able to sleep the day before.
6.
The skydiver jumped ________________ out of the plane.
7.
He trembled with ________________ before he had finished the test.
8.
He grew ________________ of his personal appearance.
Exercise 3: Complete the chart. You may use a dictionary.
ADJECTIVE
NOUN
ADVERB
brave
confidently
difference
fearless
generously
heroism
proud
willingly
Exercise 4: Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.
1.
Seol’s decision to go back to the plane wreckage was very
(courage / courageous / courageously).
2.
Although aware that the airplane could explode any moment, Seol
(fearlessness / fearless / fearlessly) returned to the phone again and again.
3.
Seol’s boss was (pride / proud / proudly) of him for his (brave / bravery / bravely)
4. The story suggests that anyone is capable of (heroism / heroic / heroically) acts.
SOLUTIONS
5. Seol’s (willingness / willing / willingly) to risk his life to save others was
extraordinary.
6.
Frankly, I’m not (confidence / confident / confidently) that I could do what Seol Ik
Soo did.
Created by: Alexandra Jiménez