• Exam: FCE
    • Course:
      SUPPORT DOCUMENTS
    • CONCEPTS: SUFFIXES

Instructions

Complete the sentences by dragging and dropping, or typing the correct word, or its corresponding letter, into the answer box.

Once all the sentences have been completed, click on CHECK to identify mistakes.

If the word chosen is correct, it will show in green.

If the word chosen is not correct, it will show in red, and when that happens, try another word and press the CHECK button again until all the answers show in green.

SUFFIXES 3 - THE FORMATION OF ADJECTIVES

Theory

A suffix is a letter or a group of letters attached to the end of a word to form a new word.
This is how NOUNS, ADJECTIVES, VERBS and ADVERBS are created.
For example:
The verb READ can be made form the noun READER by removing the suffix -ER.
READ can be made from the adjective READABLE by removing the suffix -ABLE.

Common suffixes used to make ADJECTIVES are:
ABLE - which is used to change the verb ADMIRE to the adjective ADMIRABLE.
IBLE - which is used to change the noun ACCESS to the adjective ACCESSIBLE.
AL - which is used to change the noun FACE to the adjective FACIAL.
FUL - which is used to change the noun COLOUR to the adjective COLOURFUL.
IC - which is used to change the noun ALLERGY to the adjective ALLERGIC.
ICAL - which is used to change the noun IDENTITY to the adjective IDENTICAL.
IOUS - which is used to change the noun AMBITION to the adjective AMBITIOUS.
ISH - which is used to change the noun CHILD to the adjective CHILDISH.
IVE - which is used to change the verb ACT to the adjective ACTIVE.
LESS - which is used to change the noun FEAR to the adjective FEARLESS.
Y - which is used to change the noun HAPPINESS to the adjective HAPPY.

TYPICAL FCE EXERCISES
(Use the words given on the right to generate the words needed for the spaces.)

The mystery of pigeons

Pigeons demonstrate behaviour that is extremely interesting according to a recent report which details a new role for pigeons. Asked by a (1) company to measure the effects of drugs on (2) behaviour, Jones noticed one day that some 70 women were employed to check flawed capsules. "That is a job any pigeon could do," he said, because he knew about the pigeon's (3) admirable learning ability. On completion, capsules left the production line. There, Jones arranged for a bright, narrow beam of light to pass through them. If a capsule was (4) faultless, the light showed a single spot; if it was faulty, the light showed a double spot. In their training, two pigeons were rewarded with food every time they correctly identified a wrong capsule. The experiment worked. A conveyor belt carried the capsules as fast as two a second past the pigeon inspector , who achieved 99 per cent success within a week. But the company rejected employment of the pigeons on a permanent basis. They feared publicity that might be bad: The public might think pigeons were not as (5) reliable as humans. "A main obstacle to progress," commented Jones sadly, " remains man's (6) unshakable belief in his superiority over other creatures."



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