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English
Adjective Word suffixes Skills Exercises for A2 –
English Word Skills Exercises for A2

1. Complete the adjectives with all the possible


suffixes below.
-able -al -ful -ish -less -ly -ous -y
1 furious
2 peace……………
3 luck……………
4 economic……………
5 enjoy……………
6 self……………
7 week……………
8 taste……………
Answer
2 peaceful lucky 3 4 economical 5 enjoyable
6 selfish 7 weekly 8 tasteless

2. Complete the text with the correct suffixes


from exercise 1. Use one suffix three times.
The Beale codes
This is the story of three 1mysteri……………
documents and a box of buried treasure. The
treasure, worth $64 million in today’s money,
belonged to an American man called Thomas
Beale. He got it by risking his life on
a 2danger…………… adventure in New Mexico and
he buried it somewhere near the 3snow……………
mountains of Virginia. He then wrote three
messages in secret code to describe the exact
location. Later, Beale became 4friend……………
with a man called Robert Morriss. He believed that
Morriss was a 5reli…………… person so he left the

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three messages with him when he had to go away


in 1822. He never returned. Morriss could not solve
the secret messages and, years later, gave them to
a friend. The friend used an
important 6nation…………… document (the
Declaration of Independence) to solve one of the
messages, but the other two remain a mystery to
this day. Some historians are
very 7suspici…………… of the whole story. They
think people are 8fool…………… of to waste their
time hunting for treasure that might not exist. But
thousands of code-breakers and treasure-hunters
are still 9hope…………… that they can find the
treasure.
Answer
1 mysterious dangerous 3 snowy 4 friendly
2
5 reliable 6 national 7 suspicious 8 foolish
9 hopeful

3. Complete the adjectives by adding them to


the table below. You can make more than one
adjective from some of the words.
afford beauty care child coward drink
green help magic pain

-ful

-less

-ish

-able

-ly

-al

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Answer
-ful: beautiful; careful; helpful; painful
-less: careless; childless; helpless; painless
-ish: childish, greenish
-able: affordable, drinkable
-ly: cowardly

-al: magical

4. Complete the sentences with words from


exercise 3.
1 This coffee isn’t very nice, but I suppose it’s
…………………………..
2 I bruised my arm playing basketball and it’s still
very …………………………..
3 The receptionist was very
………………………….. and suggested lots of good
restaurants near the hotel.
4 There isn’t much to do on this island, but the
scenery is …………………………..
5 We can’t eat this bread – the edges look
…………………………..
6 More people go abroad for holidays now that
flights are more …………………………..
Answer
1 drinkable painful 3 helpful
2 4 beautiful
5 greenish 6 affordable

5. Complete the sentences with the correct form


of the words in brackets.
1 The criminal chose the most
………………………….. way to travel – by bus.

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(economy)
2 The food was disappointing: overpriced and
………………………….. (taste)
3 The witness said the suspect had
………………………….. eyes: a mixture of brown
and green. (brown)
4 It was ………………………….. that James wasn’t
carrying anything valuable when he was mugged.
He only lost a cheap watch. (luck)
5 The police are pleased when burglars are
………………………….. and leave fingerprints
behind. (care)
6 They noticed the contrast between the
………………………….. setting and the terrible
crime. (peace)
7 The mugging victim was …………………………..
that the police hadn’t arrested anyone. (fury)
8 The lawyer didn’t want to use him as a witness
because he wasn’t very ………………………….. –
his version of what happened kept changing. (rely)
9 It’s ………………………….. to walk around on
your own late at night. (danger)
Answer
1 economical tasteless 3 brownish 4 lucky
2
5 careless 6 peaceful 7 furious 8 reliable
9 dangerous

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