refuse- refusal-

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anceperform-
perform- performance
performance
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annoy- annoyance
annoyance appear-
appear-
appearance
appearance enter-
enter- entrance
entrance
accept-
accept- acceptance
acceptance assist-
assist-
assistance-ing
assistance -ingmean-
mean-
 meaning
MAIN SUFFIXES ADDED TO VERBS TO feel-
MAKE feeling
NOUNS
meaning feel- feeling (NOUNS FROM VERBS)
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learn- learning drive-
driving
driving write-
write- writing
writing
begin-
begin- beginning
beginning heat-
heat-
heating
heating swim- swimming-
swim- swimming -
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ioninvent-
invent- invention
invention
discuss-
discuss- discussion
discussion
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construct- construction
construction
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act- action
action
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discriminate- discrimination
discrimination
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inform- information
information (***
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ment
ment arrange-
arrange-
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arrangement
-able sign-
arrangement
reason-
reason- excite-
signature
excite-
reasonable
reasonable marry- marriage
comfort-
comfort- fly- flight
forms: excitement retire-
decide- decision weigh- weight
excitement retire- post- postage laugh- laughter
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comfortable profit- profitable -
profit- profitable -
die- death retirement
retirement amuse-
choose- choice
amuse- see- sight mean- meaning
 MAIN al
alpolitics-
live- life politics- political
political
amusement
deliver-
amusement nation-
nation- national
delivery national
succeed- success prove- proof
SUFFIXES culture-
please- pleasure cultural
improve-
culture- cultural
feed-
improve- food logics-
logics- logical
improvement
improvement logicalcompare- comparison sell- sale
ADDED TO origin-
rob- robbery original
develop-
origin- original
know-
develop- region-
region- regional
development
knowledge
development regionaldepart- departure think thought
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embarrass-
environment- environmental
embarrassment
environmental
embarrass- embarrassment
MAKE ADJECTIVES (ADJECTIVES
education-
education- NOUNS) -ful
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educational -fulcolour
colour
-colourful help- helpful
-colourful help- helpful pain- pain-
painful
painful success-
success- successful
successful use- use-
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useful peace- peaceful beauty-
peace- peaceful beauty-
beautiful
beautiful wonder- wonderful-
wonder- wonderful -
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iblehorror-
horror- horrible
horrible sense-
sense- sensible
sensible
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access- accessible
accessible terror-
terror-
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terrible -iveoffence-
offence- offensive
offensive
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attraction- attractive action- active
attractive action- active
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creation-
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creation- creative
creative
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abundant- destruction-
destruction-
abundance
abundance
destructive
destructive effect- effective
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elegant- eleganceeffect-
elegance effective
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ignorant-
ignorance
construction-
ignorance important-
construction- constructive
important- importance
constructive --
importance
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relevant-
relevant- relevance
relevance
courage- -cy
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courageous
courageous danger-
accurate-
danger-
accuracy
dangerous
accuracy
dangerous efficient-
efficient- efficiency
disaster-
disaster- disastrous
efficiency
disastrous
fluent- fluency
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fluent-
envy- fluency-y private- privacy
privacy
envy- envious
envious luck-
luck- lucky
lucky cloud-
cloud-
frequent-
frequent- frequency
frequency urgent-
urgent-
 cloudy
MAIN SUFFIXES ADDED TOcloudy blood- bloody
blood- bloody
ADJECTIVES TO MAKE dirt-
dirt- dirty
dirty (NOUNS FROM ADJECTIVES)
NOUNS
urgency
dust-
dust- dustydiplomatic-
urgency
dusty funnydiplomacy
diplomatic-
fun-
fun- funny diplomacy
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thirst- thirsty
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ence
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angry noise-
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adolescent- noise- noisy
noisy hunger-
adolescence
adolescence hunger-
violent- hungry
hungry
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violence different-
different-
difference
difference patient-
patient- patience
patience
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intelligent- intelligence
intelligence innocent-
innocent-
innocence
innocence obedient-
obedient- obedience
obedience --
ity
itycomplex-
complex- complexity
complexity creative-
creative-
creativity curious- curiosity
creativity curious- curiosity
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equal- equality
equality generous-
generous- generosity
generosity
secure-
secure- security
security similar-
similar-
similarity-ness
similarity -nessblind-
blind- blindness
blindness
dark-
dark- darkness
darkness deaf-
deaf- deafness
deafness
happy-
happy- happiness ill- illness lonely-
happiness ill- illness lonely-
loneliness
loneliness mad-
mad- madness
madness sad- sad-
sadness
sadness weak-
weak- weakness
weakness polite-
polite-
politeness
politeness Irregular:: famous-
**Irregular famous-
fame
fame strong- strength poor-
strong- strength poor- poverty
poverty
deep-
deep- depth
depth dead-
dead- death
death free-
free-
freedom
freedom
 N
Nluckdestroyamuseeducatio
luckdestroyamuseeducatio
nacceptreasonfluency
nacceptreasonfluency
environmentpovertydeathinn
environmentpovertydeathinn

WORD FORMATION
ocencecuriosityprivacysimila
ocencecuriosityprivacysimila (ADJECTIVES —
ritystrengthwisdomcreativit
NOUNS —
ritystrengthwisdomcreativit
VERBS)
yaccesspoliticscolourdisgu
yaccesspoliticscolourdisgu
stbloodoffencesucceedexc
stbloodoffencesucceedexc
 WRITE THE ADJECTIVES OF THE FOLLOWING WORDS: Say if the original words are
nouns (N) or verbs (V) .itedirtpeaceattractbelieve
(Use your dictionary if necessary)
itedirtpeaceattractbelieve
lengthdepthfame
lengthdepthfame

 COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE WORDS IN BRACKETS:
(noun or adjective)

1- This village is a very ………………………………… place to spend a weekend. (PEACE)

2- The police should take ……………………………….. against drug dealers. (ACT)
3- This guide gives the reader a lot of ……………………………… about local customs. (INFORM)
4- They have no ……………………………….. in this country. (FREE)
5- Our parents didn’t have any …………….………………… of our illegal activities. (KNOW)
6- She’s following a very strict diet and she’s lost a lot of ……………………….. (WEIGH)
7- We apologised for the late …………………………. of the train. (ARRIVE)
8- Nowadays many people suffer from ……………………………… because of their race or sex.
(DISCRIMINATE)
9- I knew we were being followed from the very ………………………………. (BEGIN)
10- He met his girlfriend on a ………………………….. from London to Paris. (FLY)
11- We can have a quiet talk. There’s no need to be ………………………… (OFFEND)
12- The ………………………………. impact of pollution is becoming a real problem. (ENVIRONMENT)
13- The president was looking for weapons of mass …………………………….. in Iraq but he failed. (DESTROY)
14- Sometimes watching TV can be very ………………………….. (EDUCATION)
15- This new evidence will prove his ………………………………. (INNOCENT)
16- We had no ………………………..… but to obey. (CHOOSE)
17- People say ………….…….……….. is the best medicine. (LAUGH)
18- I’ve got the ………………………………… that he knows everything. (FEEL)
19- The play has been very ………………………………. on Broadway. (SUCCEED)
20- ………………………….. is very important in anything you do in life. (POLITE)
21- In some countries people live in conditions of extreme …………………………. (POOR)
22- I was surprised by the size and …………………………. of the problem. (COMPLEX)
23- He always thinks that crying is a sign of ………………………….. (WEAK)
24- Any ………………..…………. person would have done exactly what you did. (REASON)
25- It could be …………………….. to write a short summary of your argument first. (USE)
 ANSWER KEY
WRITE THE ADJECTIVES OF THE FOLLOWING WORDS: Say if the original words are
nouns or verbs)

-- luck: lucky -- destroy: destructive -- amuse: amusing -- education: educational

-- accept: acceptable -- reason: reasonable -- fluency: fluent -- environment: environmental
-- poverty: poor -- death: dead -- innocence: innocent -- curiosity: curious
-- privacy: private -- similarity: similar -- strength: strong -- wisdom: wise
-- creativity: creative -- access: accessible -- politics: political -- colour: colourful
-- disgust: disgusting -- blood: bloody -- offence: offensive -- succeed: successful
-- excite: exciting/ed -- dirt: dirty -- peace: peaceful -- attract: attractive
-- believe: believable -- length: long -- depth: deep -- fame: famous

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE WORDS IN BRACKETS:
(noun or adjective)

1- This village is a very …………………… place to spend a weekend (PEACE)

2- The police should take ……ACTION……….. against drug dealers. (ACT)
3- This guide gives the reader a lot of ……INFORMATION…… about local customs. (INFORM)
4- They have no ……FREEDOM….. in this country.(FREE)
5- Our parents didn’t have any ……KNOWLEDGE..… of our illegal activities. (KNOW)
6- She’s following a very strict diet and she’s lost a lot of ……WEIGHT…….. (WEIGH)
7- We apologise for the late ……ARRIVAL………. of the train. (ARRIVE)
8- Nowadays many people suffer from ……DISCRIMINATION…… because of their race or sex.
(DISCRIMINATE)
9- I knew we were being followed from the very …BEGINNING………. (BEGIN)
10- He met his girlfriend on a ……FLIGHT……. from London to Paris. (FLY)
11- We can have a quiet talk. There’s no need to be ……OFFENSIVE…… (OFFEND)
12- The ……ENVIRONMENTAL…. impact of pollution is becoming a real problem.
(ENVIRONMENT)
13- The president was looking for weapons of mass ……DESTRUCTION….. in Iraq but he failed.
(DESTROY)
14- Sometimes watching TV can be very …EDUCATIONAL…….. (EDUCATION)
15- This new evidence will prove his ………………………………. (INNOCENT)
16- We had no …CHOICE…… but to obey. (CHOOSE)
17- People say …LAUGHTER….. is the best medicine. (LAUGH)
18- I’ve got the ……FEELING……… that he knows everything. (FEEL)
19- The play has been very ……SUCCESSFUL………. on Broadway. (SUCCEED)
20- ………POLITENESS.... is very important in anything you do in life. (POLITE)
21- In some countries people live in conditions of extreme ……POVERTY…. (POOR)
22- I was surprised by the size and …COMPLEXITY…. of the problem. (COMPLEX)
23- He always thinks that crying is a sign of …WEAKNESS……….. (WEAK)
24- Any …REASONABLE……. person would have done exactly what you did. (REASON)
25- It could be ……USEFUL…... to write a short summary of your argument first. (USE)