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English
Vocabulary in Use Elementary
Suff ixes
59
Suff ixes come at the end of words. They help you to understand the meaning of a new word. Here are
some common suff ixes.
suff ix
meaning
examples
er, or
(noun)
person
worker
,
swimmer
,
instructor
er, or
(noun)
machine, thing
cooker
,
calculator
ful
(adjective)
full of
useful
,
beautiful
less
(adjective)
without
useless
,
endless
ly
makes
an adverb from an adjective
quickly
,
happily
ness
makes an abstract noun from an
adjective
happiness
,
sadness
y
makes an adjective from a noun
sandy
,
sunny
He’s
a hard
worker
. He works 12 hours a day.
She’s a very good
swimmer
. She was in the Olympic team.
Her tennis is much better now that she has a new
instructor
.
We’ve
got a new gas
cooker
so the food should be delicious!
Can we use our
calculators
in the maths test?
Thanks for the information. It was very
useful
.
What a
beautiful
photo. I think it will win the competition.
This book is no help at all – it’s
useless
.
I can’t finish this book – it’s
endless
.
He was
late for work so he went
quickly
to the station.
They are
happily
married with two young children.
The mother was smiling with
happiness
as she held her baby in her arms.
They said goodbye with great
sadness
because they knew they would probably never meet again.
That beach is
very popular with tourists
because it is long and
sandy
.
It’s a lovely
sunny
day – let’s go to the beach.
Exercises
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English Vocabulary in Use Elementary
Which of the example words from the opposite page do these pictures illustrate?
59.1
Find the adjectives and match them with the nouns they go with in the box. Some
adjectives can go with more than one noun.
electric worker fast beautiful cooker sandy weather sunny car hard idea useful
book endless swimmer beach guitar smile picture fun useless
1
6
2
7
3
8
4
9
5
Complete the sentences using the word in brackets and a suffix.
1
Can I use your bottle
, please? (open)
2 I’m tired because I slept very
last night. (bad)
3 The waiter was very
and explained everything on the menu. (help)
4 Thank you very much for all your
. (kind)
5 It’s
important not to make
mistakes in your writing. (care)
6 It was wet and
most of last week. (wind)
7 I did the homework very
. (easy)
8
Do you know a good
who could do some work on our house? (build)
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