+ able (comfort → comfort able ) + ese (China → Chin ese ; Japan → Japan ese ) + ful (beauty → beauti ful ; color → color ful ) + ical (economy → econom ical ) + al (comic → comic al ; fiction → fiction al ) + ish (self → self ish ; England → Engl ish ) + ous (fame → fam ous ; courage → courage ous ) + y (fun → fun ny ; luck → luck y ) + ed (talent → talent ed ; interest → interest ed )
V + ive (act → act ive ; invent → invent ive ) V + ing (care → car ing ; excite → excit ing ) V + ed (confuse → confus ed ) V + less (count → countless)
V + ation (examine → examin ation ) V + ment (enjoy → enjoy ment ; agree → agree ment ) V + ence ( depend → depend ence ; correspond → correspond ence ) V + ion (exhaust → exhaust ion ; collect → collect ion ) V + y (discover → discover y ; recover → recover y )
We use the suffixes: - er (paint – paint er ; work – work er ) - ist (art – art ist ; piano – pian ist ) - or (invent – invent or ; act – act or ) - ian (library – librar ian ; music – music ian ) to form personal nouns.
We use prefixes: un- (usual- un usual; likely– un likely; disturbed- un disturbed; necessary- un necessary) il - (logical- il logical; legal- il legal; literate- il literate ) dis - (content- dis content; pleased- dis pleased; respectful- dis respectful) in- (advisable – in advisable; accurate – in accurate; appropriate – in appropriate) ir - (responsible- ir responsible; regular- ir regular ) mis - (informed- mis informed; understanding- mis understanding; heard – mis heard) im - (possible- im possible; measurable- im measurable; patient- im patient; movable- im movable ; personal- im personal) to form negative adjectives
We use suffix - less (care-care less ; home-home less ; tune- tune less ; doubt – doubt less ; flavour - flavour less ) to form negative adjectives.
