Answer Key
Adjective suffixes (1)
Use the words in brackets to form adjectives. Use the following suffixes:
-ful, -less, -y, -ly, -ish
- Why is he always so [childish] (child)? He should know better at his age!
- Everybody needs to be very [careful] (care). It's a very dangerous track.
- Don't be so [selfish] (self) and give some chocolate to others!
- Jack is [friendly] (friend) guy. You will like him.
- It has been [windy] (wind) all day.
- This database is absolutely [useless] (use)! You can't get any relevant data out of it.
- The soup was too [salty] (salt)!
- She's very tired. She's had three [sleepless] (sleep) nights in a row.
- It's not a [weekly] (week) magazine. It's a [monthly](month) one.
- Is this operation really so [painful] (pain)?
Some adjectives for you to remember:
| -ful | Careful, hopeful, peaceful, beautiful, useful, harmful, painful, wonderful, successful |
|---|---|
| -less | Useless, pointless, breathless, endless, restless, careless, priceless, hopeless, sleepless, worthless |
| -y | Windy, cloudy, rainy, hungry, thirsty, healthy, sleepy, lucky, salty, |
| -ly | Friendly, lonely, weekly, monthly, costly, deadly, ghostly, homely, |
| -ish | Childish, selfish, foolish, Jewish |