Suffixes


In word building we use different suffixes to change an adjective to a noun and a noun to an adjective. 

In your books you have to complete exercise 5a and 5d. You can use the picture as a reference or as well you can use the chart in page 133. 



Post your answers as a comment below. 

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  1. Exercise 5.a.
    The words in pink are the adjectives and the words in blue are nouns.
    kind, kindness: -ness
    patient, patience: -ce
    comfortable, comfort: -able
    healthy, health: -y
    natural, nature: -al
    dangerous, danger: -ous
    difficult, difficulty: -y
    popular, popularity: -ity

    Exercise 5.d.

    traditional (A)
    noisy (A)
    confidence (N)
    adventurous (A)
    activity (N)
    musical (N) or (A) depends on context
    possibility (N)
    honesty (N)
    fashionable (A)
    famous (A)
    touristy (N)
    importance (N)
    laziness (N)
    modesty (N)
    Juan Diego Barboza

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  2. Exercise 5a
    kind, kindness:( NESS)
    dangerous, danger: (ous)
    popular, popularity (ity)
    patient, patience (ce)
    natural, nature (al)
    healthy, health(9y)
    comfortable, comfort (ABLE)
    difficult, difficulty (Y)
    Exercise 5d
    -Adjectives
    traditional
    noisy
    adventurous
    famous
    musical
    fashionable
    -NOun

    confidence

    activity
    musical
    possibility
    honesty


    touristy
    importance
    laziness
    modesty
    Ana Catalina Nororis

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  3. 5a) the words in blue are nouns and the ones in pink are adjectives.
    kind, kindnESS; Patient, patienCE; comfortABLE, confort; healthY, health; naturAL, nature; dangerOUS, danger; difficult, difficultY; popular, popularitY.

    5d) Nouns: Confidence, activity, possibility, honesty, musical, importance, laziness, modesty
    Adjectives: Traditional, noisy, adventurous, fashionable, famous, touristy

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  4. Exercise 5a

    Adjectives
    Kind
    Natural
    Patient
    Nouns
    Difficulty
    Comfort
    Health
    Danger
    Popularity

    Excercise 5d
    Traditional (A)
    Noisy (A)
    Confidence (N)
    Adventurous (A)
    Activity (N)
    Musical (N)
    Possibility (N)
    Honesty (N)
    Fashionable (A)
    Famous (A)
    Touristy (N)
    Importance (N)
    Laziness (N)
    Modesty (N)
    Fabian Cordero

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  5. Exercise 5a:

    blue words are nouns, pink words are adjectives

    Adj - nouns

    kind - kindness: -ness
    patient - patience: -ce
    healthy - health: -y
    popular - popularity: -ity
    dangerous - danger: -ous
    comfortable - comfort: -able
    natural - nature: -al
    difficult - difficulty: -y

    Exercise 5d:

    Traditional (A) Noisy (A) Confidence (N)
    Adventurous (A) Activity (N) Musical (A)
    Possibility (N) Honesty (N) Fashionable (A)
    Famous (A) Touristy (N) Importance (N)
    Laziness (N) Modesty (N)

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  6. 5A)

    Kind, Kindness, ness
    Patient, Patience, ce
    Difficult, Difficulty, y
    Popularity, Popular, ity
    Danger, Dengerous, ous
    Comfortable, Comfort, able
    Nature, Natural, al
    Healthy, Health, y

    5D)

    Traditional A
    Noisy A
    Confidence N
    Adventurous A
    Activity N
    Musical N
    Possibility N
    Honesty N
    Fashionable A
    Famous N
    Touristy A
    Importance N
    Laziness N
    Modesty N

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  7. kind - kindness: -ness
    confident-confidence: -ce
    difilcult-difilculty: -y
    popular - popularity: -ity
    danger - dangerous: -ous
    Fashion - fashionsble: -able
    nature - natural: -al
    noise- noisy: -y

    5D)

    Traditional A
    Noisy A
    Confidence N
    Adventurous A
    Activity N
    Musical N
    Possibility N
    Honesty N
    Fashionable A
    Famous N
    Touristy A
    Importance N
    Laziness N
    Modesty N

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  8. 5A.
    Nouns/adjectives/suffix
    *Nature/natural/-al
    *Kind/kindness/-ness
    *Danger/dangerous/-ous
    *Patience/pacient/-ce
    *Popularity/popular/-ity
    *Difficulty/difficult/-y
    *Health/healthy/-y
    *Comfort/comfortable/-able

    5B.
    Nouns
    *Confidence
    *Activity
    *Possibility
    *Honesty
    *Importance
    *Laziness
    *Modesty

    Adjectives
    *Traditional
    *Noisy
    *Adventurous
    *Musical
    *Fashionable
    *Famous
    *Touristy

    Jairo Méndez Gómez

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  9. Exercise 5a
    kind- kindness -ness
    patient- patience -ce
    comfortable- comfort: -able
    healthy- health -y
    natural- nature -al
    dangerous- danger: -ous
    difficult-difficulty -y
    popular-popularity -ity

    5d
    Traditional ~A
    Noisy ~A
    Confidence~ N
    Adventurous~ A
    Activity~ N
    Musical ~N
    Possibility~ N
    Honesty~ N
    Fashionable~ A
    Famous~ N
    Touristy~ A
    Importance~ N
    Laziness~ N
    Modesty~ N

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  10. 5a
    Adjective/Noun/Suffix
    Kind/kindness/-ness
    Patience/patient/-ce
    Healthy/health/-y
    Dangerous/danger/-ous
    Confortable/comfort/-able
    Difficult/difficulty/-ity
    Popular/popularity/-y
    Natural/nature/-al
    5d
    A: knowledgeable, traditional, noisy, adventurous, musical, famous.
    N: sadness, confidence, activity, possibility, honesty, fashionable, touristy, importance, laziness, modesty.
    Sofía Rojas Vargas

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  11. Part 5A.

    Kind: kindness -ness
    patient: patience –ce
    Healthy: health -y
    popular, popularity: -ity
    dangerous, danger: -ous
    comfortable, comfort: -able
    natural, nature: -al
    difficult, difficulty: -y

    Part 5B.

    Traditional A
    Adventurous A
    Fashionable A
    Famous N
    Touristy A
    Importance N
    Laziness N
    Modesty N
    Noisy A
    Confidence N
    Activity N
    Musical N
    Possibility N
    Honesty N

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  12. the words in pink are adjectives and the blue ones are nouns

    comfortable- comfortably-comfortable
    health- healthy
    difficult. difficulty
    patient-patience
    nature-natural
    kind-kindly


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  13. 5a
    kind, kindness -NESS
    dangerous, danger -ous
    popular, popularity -ity
    patient, patience -ce
    natural, nature -al
    healthy, health-9y
    comfortable, comfort -ABLE
    difficult, difficulty -y
    5b
    Traditional A
    Noisy A
    Confidence N
    Adventurous A
    Activity N
    Musical N
    Possibility N
    Honesty N
    Fashionable A
    Famous N
    Touristy A
    Importance N
    Laziness N
    Modesty N

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  14. 5a
    Kind, kindness, -ness
    Patient, patience, -ce
    Difficult, difficulty, -y
    Popularity, popular, -ity
    Danger, dangerous, -ous
    Comfortable, comfort, -able
    Nature, natural, -al
    Healthy, health, -y

    5B
    Adjectives
    tradicional
    noisy
    adventurous
    fashionable
    importance
    musical
    famous

    Nouns
    confidence
    activity
    possibility
    honesty
    importance
    lazyness
    modesty

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