3. Forming Adjectives

There are various ways to form adjectives from nouns and verbs as follow: Add '–al': music=musical; nation=national; person=personal. Add '–ful': care=careful; doubt=doubtful; peace=peaceful. Add '–ic': acrobat=acrobatic; artist=artistic; photograph=photographic. Add '–ive': attract*=attractive; effect=effective; act*=active; instruct*=instructive; progress=progressive. Add '–ous': mountain=mountainous; danger=dangerous. Add '–y': greed=greedy; oil=oily Change 'y' to 'i' and add '–ful': beauty=beautiful; pity=pitiful. Change 'y' to 'i' and add '–ous': mystery=mysterious; glory=glorious. Drop 'e' and add 'y': anger=angry; ease=easy; ice=icy. Drop 'e' and add 'al': nature=natural; agriculture=agricultural. * Verb