-ful
-less
-able/-ible
-y
-ly
-ish
-ive
-al
-ic
-ant/-ent
-ous
-ese |
beautiful, careful, doubtful, forgetful, grateful,
harmful, hopeful, meaningful, plentiful,
shameful, useful
careless, doubtless, endless, harmless, homeless,
hopeless, jobless, meaningless, powerless, toothless, useless
acceptable, avoidable, credible, edible, measurable,
reasonable, reliable, understandable, unforgettable, washable
cloudy, dirty, dusty, foggy, funny, muddy, noisy,
nosy, rainy, sandy, shady, snowy, starry, sunny, wavy, windy
cleanly, daily, deadly, elderly, heavenly, hourly,
lovely, monthly, motherly, sickly, weekly, worldly, yearly
apish, boyish, bluish, brownish, childish, foolish,
girlish, greenish, reddish, Spanish, Swedish, yellowish
active, attractive, constructive, competitive,
creative, defensive, destructive, educative, objective, preventive
additional, annual, commercial, cultural,
educational, electrical, habitual, historical, industrial, national, natural,
allergic, basic, economic, electric, historic,
optimistic, pessimistic, realistic, tragic
absent, dependent, different, diligent, efficient,
ignorant, important, present, relevant, significant, urgent
anxious, continuous, delicious, famous, generous,
jealous, luxurious, poisonous, precious, religious, suspicious
Japanese, Javanese, |
-ful -less -able/-ible -y -ly
-ive -al -ic -ant/-ent -ous -ese
Here are some exercises of how to create adjective with suffixes.
Check the examples in the table .
Complete the words with the correct suffixes.
1. They are (thank) for all the
help he has given to them.
2. Even the doctor could not save
him after he drank the (dead) poison.
3. I don’t like (nose)
neighbors.
4. Three thousand rupiah is very
(reason) for that pen.
5. Jack is a very (act) student.
6. Don’t spend all your money on
those (use) things.
7. This chair is very (comfort).
8. Although the man is forty, he
is still rather (child).
9. This road is (dust) on hot
days and (mud) on wet days.
10. You can trust Jack. He is a
(rely) person.
11. Food was (plenty) during the
celebration.
12. It was a (memory) day for all
of us.
13. The (educate) system in Indonesia is different from that in the USA
14. They had a picnic under a (shade)
tree.
15. The (care) driver often gets
accidents.
16. We spent a (peace) morning on
the beach.
17. I am still (hope) that I will
find the missing cat.
18. The sun, the moon, the planets
and the stars are called (heaven) bodies.
19. She is wearing a (green)
blouse.
20. It is (understand) that they
refused the proposal.
21. The only (value) thing I have
is my friends.
22. You are very (luck) to get the
scholarship.
23. This restaurant serves
(wonder) food.
24. I do not want to be (depend)
on others.
25. His (week) wage is Rp400,000.
26. The girl treated her (sick)
mother kindly.
27. To a hungry man nothing is
more (prefer) than food.
28. The government is going to
renovate the (history) building.
29. Look at those (love) rabbits
over there.
30. We hope that the government
will overcome the (economy) crisis soon.
31. That was a (fool) thing to do.
32. Her face still turns red
whenever she remembers the (shame) experience.
33. Sweeping the floor is one of
my (day) chores.
34. An (honour) person would never
attack his enemy from the back.
35. She waited for the (sun) day
to wash and dry her clothes.
36. Be (care)! The road is
slippery.
37. I believe this (sand) beach
will never fail to attract a large number of tourists.
38. Eight is (divide) by two.
39. The girl in the shampoo advertisement had long, (silk)
hair.
40. Although the salesgirl had
assured him that the shirt was (wash), it shrank after the first wash.
41. My aunt doesn’t have any
children. She is (child).
42. Mary is still (doubt) about
what she ought to do.
43. It is (cloud); I think it is
going to rain.
44. The manager blamed him for
being (irresponse).
45. The shop offers (compete)
prices.
46. The boy is (diligence).
47. Don’t drink the water. It is
(poison).
48. Do you know the man with the
(wave) hair?
49. This place is (fame) for its
traditional food.
50. Arrange these words to make up
a (meaning) sentence.
51. The desk is (dirt). Clean it
please.
52. This picture is (differ) from
that one.
53. Bank BCA and Bank Danamon are
(commerce) banks.
54. This painting is very
(beauty).
55. Honey bees are (harm) insects.
56. You have to save money for the
(rain) day.
57. They canceled the flight
because it was (fog).
58. How much is this (electricity)
typewriter?
59. Some students were (absence)
yesterday.
60. Those people are (home). They
usually sleep under the bridge.
61. We are open to (construct)
criticisms.
62. It is not (accept) to use the
word in formal letters.
63. I do not want that room. It is
(noise).
64. You can write (add) remarks
under the letter.
65. Paul is (job) now. His
employer dismissed him last week.
66. The millionaire has built a
(luxury) house on the hill.
67. The (Spain
68. He is majoring in (electricity)
engineering.
69. Indonesia
70. Do you know our Minister of
(Religion) affairs?
71. Clothes and food were scarce
during the (Japan
72. That film is not (educate).
Don’t watch it.
73. My grandfather is (tooth). He
is using artificial teeth.
74. I am very (grate) for your
assistance.
75. They can never forget the
(history) meeting between the two leaders.
76. It was an (object) analysis
about the political situation.
77. What is your (anno) salary?
78. Their parents were killed in
the (tragedy) car accident.
79. She became very (defend) when
I asked her about how much the car had cost.
80. If other men spoke to his
wife, he got terribly (jealousy).
[Reference: Sesa, Leonardus (2000) English Workbook, Makassar]
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