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SUFFIXES 3 - Making Adjectives with Endings

"Things" and "actions" and "qualities" are made into new qualities (adjectives).

1. Noun to Adjective: Take a "thing" and make it a "quality."
Care is a noun, but we add -ful and it is now an adjective that can describe someone. care + -ful = careful
wind + y = windy
interest + ing = interesting

2. Verb to Adjective: An "action" becomes a "quality.
thank + -ful = thankful
suggest + -ive = suggestive
agree + -able = agreeable

3. Adjective to larger Adjective: For example, you can take the "quality" green and make it a more general "quality" by adding -ish. Try these:
lone + -ly = lonely

Your bag of words is getting much larger!

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