Primary Longman Elect 6A Chapter 2 Suffixes

Suffixes We can form adjectives describing people by adding suffixes to words. The meaning of the adjectives is related to the base word. -ing -ing care + ing  caring

Suffixes We can form adjectives describing people by adding suffixes to words. The meaning of the adjectives is related to the base word. -ing -ing caring — describes someone who takes care of people well

Suffixes We can form adjectives describing people by adding suffixes to words. The meaning of the adjectives is related to the base word. -ive -ing create + ive  creative

Suffixes We can form adjectives describing people by adding suffixes to words. The meaning of the adjectives is related to the base word. -ive -ing creative — describes someone who can create things

Suffixes Most words ending with –ive and some words ending with –ing are adjectives. -ing -ive good-looking caring creative attentive hard-working active imaginative outgoing understanding

Suffixes Some adjectives are not formed by adding suffixes to words. brave calm fit strong patient

Practice Fill in the blanks with the correct –ing or –ive adjectives. hard-working 1 A person who works hard is ___________ . 2 A person who attends to people well is ___________ . 3 A person who can imagine things is ____________ . 4 A person who understands people’s problems well is ____________ . 5 A person who is good at creating things is ___________ . attentive imaginative understanding creative

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