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Adjectives made from Nouns

-y -Iy
The addition ot -y or -ty to a noun often makes an adjective,
e.g. a windy nighf, fathertyadviee, a daily newspaper.
Put each ot the tollowing words in its correct place in the sentences below.
salty grassy scholarly rainy
friendly ghostly weekly yearly
(a) 11'5 a very academic, book.
(b) 11'5 been dry for two weeks but I think next weekend will be o
(c) We found a nice place by the river for our pienie.
(d) Julia will help you. She's a very pleasant, girl.
(e) The water of the lake was rather , like sea-water.
(f) A figure in white suddenly appeared before us.
(g) He makes visits to his firm's head office in Paris, usually in April.
(h) 'Time' is an American news magazine.

2 -ous
In each space below put an adjective end ing in -ous made trom the noun in
brackets after the phrase.
politician (suspicion)
a an
person
journey (adventure)
disappearance
plant (poison) (disaster)
soldier (courage)
country (mountain)
storystar (fame)(mystery)
sunset (glory) (ambition)
a aa
(a) a a aan a a -ic film movement (nerves)
organisation (religion)
army
earthquake (victory)
escape (miracle)(danger)
disease
student
machine (infection)
(humour) (industry)
(b) a a(i) (j) (m) an
(h)
(k) (n)
(d) (e)(I) (r)
(p) aa
(o) (q)
(f) (g)
(c) an a
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Make adjectives end ing in -ie trom the tollowing nouns, making any
necessaryspelling changes, then put them in their correct places below.
democracy art drama sympathy climate
photography poetry energy science alcohol
(a) Whisky of course is an drink.
(b) She paints and draws. She's very _
(c) Sweden and Brazil have different weather. They're in different zones.
(d) They have free elections. 11'5 a country.

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