1.4.- Speaking about character adjectives and forming adjectives

Individual speaking talking about a friend saying five character adjectives of him or her and why

Collaborative Exercises 6 and 7 on page 12

Individual speaking practice about identifying a known person with an assigned character adjective and why

Collaborative practice about identifying the suffixes to form adjectives in exercise 7 on page 12

Collaborative Exercise 2 on Page 13

Collaborative Exam Task on Page 13

Individual Exercise on

https://www.esleschool.com/adjective-suffixes/

Individual Practice about saying Derived Adjectives related to a Famous Person you know

Who are these characters? What do they do for a living?

Where do you think a wizard could work?

What do you think are the best character adjectives to describe a successful wizard?

Amelia, a wizard trainee

Amelia, a wizard trainee, stumbled through her spells with a forgetful mind and a powerful desire to excel. In her mentor's historical library, she often got lost amidst the beautiful tomes of magic.

Her childish enthusiasm sometimes led to foolish mishaps, but her determination remained admirable. One day, she attempted a dangerous transmutation, leaving her mentor both angry and concerned. Yet, Amelia's excitement never waned; she saw magic as an endless journey of discovery.

Though friendless among her peers, she found solace in her books and the crackling energy of her experiments. Every failure taught her something new, every success made her more talented.

n the end, Amelia's journey was not just about mastering spells but discovering herself—a creative force in a world where magic was both breakable and useful, where the most interesting adventures lay in the untamed realms of her imagination.

Are words in bold and underlined in text are nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs? Why?

Adjective Formation by adding prefixes and suffixes

There are no rules to help you recognize adjectives by their forms. But many adjectives are formed from other words by adding prefixes or suffixes.

 

Suffixes

Suffixes are added to the end of words and change grammatical category of the words. Here are some examples of suffixes:

 

Suffix	Examples
-able/-ible	admirable, acceptable, visible, horrible
-al	musical, historical, comical, magical
-ful	beautiful, forgetful, colourful, powerful
-ic	scenic, economic, romantic, Arabic
-ical	political, historical, satirical
-ish	Swedish, childish, Spanish, foolish
-ive/-ative	attractive, creative, imaginative
-less	friendless, meaningless, effortless
-ous	dangerous, poisonous, mountainous
-y	angry, dusty, cloudy, sticky
-ed	bored, excited, talented, tired
-ing	interesting, exciting, tiring

 

Adjectives can be made from nouns or verbs.

 

Noun to Adjective

 

beauty	beautiful
friend	friendless
danger	dangerous
dust	dusty

 

Verb to Adjective

 

break	breakable
use	useful
create	creative
wash	washable

 

Prefixes

Prefixes are added to the beginning of adjectives to change their meanings. The prefixes un-, in-, ir-, im-, and il- are often confused because they all mean not and opposite of.

 

Prefix	Examples
un-	unhappy, unimportant, unrealistic
in-	incomplete, infinite, inactive
ir-	irrelevant, irregular, irrational
im-	impossible, improper, immature
il-	illegal, illogical, illegible

 

Suffixes and spelling rules

Change the y to i before the suffix -ful

• beauty → beautiful
• plenty → plentiful

 

If the adjective ends in a vowel+y, do not change the y.

• joy → joyful

 

Drop the y before the suffixes -ous/-ious and-ic.

• mystery → mysterious
• history → historic

Collaborative Book Exercises 2 and 3 on page 13

Individual Exam Task on page 13

Talk about a friend saying five adjective characters he or she has and why you think so.