Суффиксы прилагательных, означающих качество, признак, выраженных основой

2.1 Form nouns from the words by means of the suffix -less. Translate into English.

Model: help – помощь – helpless– беспомощный

aim, brain, care, change, cloud, house, price, value, voice, sound, job, name.

2.2 Translate into English, using the suffix -less.

бессердечный (heart), бессонный (sleep), безжалостный (pity), бесполезный (use), безграничный (bound), безлистый (leaf), без удобств (comfort), без будущего (future), без запаха (scent), без каблуков (heel), недвижимый (motion), безвредный (harm), не имеющий веса (weight), безденежный (money).

Match the words in column A with their synonyms in

column B:

A B

gloomy blameless

innocent spotless

weak boundless

pale defenceless

vast colourless

clean cheerless

quiet lifeless

correct pitiless

cruel noiseless

dead faultless

Transform these adjectives into the root words.

Model: helpful – полезный – help– помощь

forceful, successful, harmful, useful, fruitful, colourful, tasteful, powerful, changeful.

Answer the following questions.

a) Do you find physical exercises useful?

b) What films do you find the most successful?

c) Are the meals cooked by your mother tasteful?

d) What people are trustful?

e) What sort of activities are wasteful?

2.6 Form adjectives from the words by means of the suffix -y. Translate into Russian.

Model: steel – сталь – steely– стальной

grass, chalk, wind, dream, storm, taste, sugar, luck, rain, silk.

Transform these adjectives into the root words.

Translate into Russian.

Model: crowded– переполненный – crowd – толпа

moneyed, hooked, balconied, spectacled, haired, blooded, ragged.

2.8 Match the words in column A with their synonyms in column B:

A B

Form adjectives from the words by means of the suffix -ish. Translate into English.

a) fool, child, wood, water, cat, clown, snow, yellow, short, lazy, long, sad, warm.

b) Sweden, Denmark, Turkey, Finland.

2.10 Translate into English using the suffix -ish.

коричневатый (brown), сероватый (grey), упрямый как осел (mule), игривый (как котенок) (kitten), толстый, похожий на глыбу (lump), дьявольский (devil), хитроватый (sly).

2.11 Form adjectives from the words by means of the suffix -able

(-ible). Translate into English.

Model: answer – отвечать;

answerable – такой, на который можно ответить, возразить

approach, compare, convert, believe, break, change, eat, enjoy, suit, inhabit, reduce, move, observe, teach, distinguish, read, recognize, prove, desire, laugh, fashion, place, value, reason, size, favour, suit.

Answer the following questions.

1. What breakable things are there on your table?

2. Is your handwriting readable?

3. When is the weather most changeable?

4. Do you have any clothes which are not wearable?

5. Are the explanations given by your teacher always understandable?

6. Is it desirable for you to have two days off a week?

2.13 Form adjectives from the words by means of the suffix -ary

(-ory). Translate into English.

Model: element– элемент – elementary – элементарный

prime, discipline, evolution, imagine, reaction, legend, exploration, honour, tradition, compel, oblige.

2.14 Form adjectives from the words by means of the suffix -ic.

Translate into English.

Model: atom– атом – atomic– атомный

magnet, sulphur, artist, base, class, cube, atmosphere, electron, egoist, enthusiast, period, poet, symbol.

2.15 Form adjectives from the words by means of the suffix -ous.

Translate into Russian.

Model: gas– газ – gaseous– газообразный

analogy, poison danger, generosity, humor, desire, scandal, continue, infection.

2.16 Form adjectives from the words by means of the suffix -ive.

Translate into Russian.

Model: reflect– отражать – reflective – отражающий

create, indicate, imitate, illustrate, attract, prevent, possess, negate, invent, restore, decorate, execute, relate, regulate, demonstrate.

Read and translate the following adjectives.

Translate into Russian.

homelike, ladylike, manlike, lifelike, warlike, fishlike, businesslike, gooselike, babylike.

2.18 Form adjectives from the words by means of the suffix -ly.

Translate into Russian.

Model: earth – Земля – earthly – земной

man, god, wife, world, cost, coward, master, lord, king, queen, saint.

Translate into Russian.

brotherly love, neigbourly relations, orderly room, weakly child, bodily suffering, heavenly bodies, goodly sum of money, to feel poorly, elderly relatives, easterly wind, southerly direction, beastly weather, timely aid.

2.20 Form adjectives from the words by means of the suffix -ian.

Translate into Russian.

Model: Russia – Россия – Russian – русский

Brazil, Germany, Canada, Hungary, Mexico.

2.21 Translate into English using the suffix -ian.

австралийская шерсть (wool), индийский чай, украинская пшеница, армянское вино, калифорнийские фрукты, арабский хлопок, бразильский кофе, иранская нефть, кубинский сахар, сибирский лес, белорусские яблоки.

2.22 Form adjectives from the words by means of the suffix -al.

Translate into Russian.

Model: experiment – эксперимент – experimental–

экспериментальный

proportion, theory, logic, culture, ratio, pharmaceutics, nature, universe, electricity, occasion, origin, sensation, symmetry.