高考英语词缀练习
一. The suffixes –ment, -ation, -tion, -sion and–ion are added to verbs to form nouns.
manage---management inform---information
produce---production decide---decision educate---education Give the noun form of the following verbs.
1. commit 7. confu
2. attract 8. congratulate
3. appoint 9. consider
4. impress 10. explain
5. civilize 11. acquire
6. compo 12. depress
二、. The suffix –able can be added to verbs to form adjective meaning able to be –ved, worthy of being ved or that ought to be ved.
Add –able to the following verbs to form adjectives.
Desire---desirable Favor---favorable
Consider---considerable Accept---acceptable
Drink---drinkable Advi---advisable
Remark---remarkable Prefer---preferable
1. It is _______ always to wear a at belt when you are driving.
2. To do the job of the sale reprentative, it is ___________ that you know something about the products as well as about the market.
3. The bank will lend you money on very ___________ terms as long as they are convinced that you will be able to return the money in good time.
4. The government has recently announced its new policy on envrionment protection, but a ____________ number of people object that the government has acted too slowly.
5. Finland is a country in Northern Europe and is____________ for its large number of lakes.
6. Conventionally, a dark suit is __________ to a lighted-colored one for official occasions.
7. The quality of water has very much improved in this region and now the water coming directly from a tap is perfectly ____________.
8. After a one-week talk they have finally reached an agreement on this issue __________ to both sides.
三. The suffix –er or –or can be added to a verb to form a noun which refers to the person who performs the action of the verb. Sometimes a noun formed in this way refers to an object instead of a person. For example: Singer/Teacher/Cooker/Silencer
Now form nouns by adding -er or –or to the verbs below and then define them in English.
1. obrve 4. learn
2. ski
3. visit
5. report
6. drink
四、The suffix –ous can be added to nouns to form adjectives with the meaning “having much”, “ful of” or “causing”. For example:
Mountain---mountainous: having a lot of mountains
Joy-joyous: full of joy
The suffix –al can also be added to nouns to form adjective with the meaning “related to ” or “of ”. for example:
Culture-cultural: of or related to culture
Tradition---traditional: of or related to tradition
Now form adjectives by adding –ous or –al to the nouns given below.
Make changes in spelling where necessary. Then complete the following ntences with the adjectiv
es which have been thus formed.
tropic global danger
center environment occasion
music nature
1. They are planning a trip to __________ countries such as Singapore and Indonesia.
2. The young girl playing the violin on the stage comes from a __________ family; her father writes songs for films and her mother is a well-known pianist.
3. Sometimes people get drunk and fight in the streets, but the happenings are only _______ here.
4. If we do not take a measure to reduce pollution, the _______ effect of this new factory would be a disaster.
5. All the nations in the world should join hands to fight against AIDS; on a ________ level, the dia may well become the leading cau of child death.
6. The river is very deep. It is ____________ for a child to swim in.
7. The country is rich in _________ resources, which include forest, coal and oil.
8. Becau the cost of living is too high in downtown areas, the company is moving from its __________ place to a new office at the edge of the city. 五. The suffixes–al, -ing, and –age can be added to verbs to form nouns.
Study the examples below.
Refu---refusal Build---building Waste---wastage Give the corresponding nouns for the words given below. Change the spelling where necessary.
1. shop 7. gather
2. feel 8. remove
3. store 9. arrive
4. cook 10. pass
5. end 11. write
6. begin 12. marry
六．The suffix –hood –ship and –dom can be added to nouns or occasionally to adjective to form abstract nouns. For example:
child---childhood fal---falhood friend---friendship hard---hardship king---kingdom free---freedom
Give the noun from of the following words by adding suffix to them.
Make changes in spelling where necessary.
1. relation 7. brother
2. citizen 8. author
3. leader 9. adult
4. member 10. neighbor
5. boy 11. wi
6. lively 12. owner
七.The suffix –ness can be added to adjectives to form nouns with the meaning of “the quality” or “conditions of being” For example
Great---greatness Cold---coldness
Add –ness to the adjectives given below. Make changes in spelling where necessary. Then complete the followiing ntences with some of the nouns thus formed.
weak kind
happy sad
strange ill
easy tired
dark lazy
nervous careless
八.The suffix -y can be added to nouns to form adjective with the meaning of full of, covered with, having the quality of, or inclined to. For example:
Cloudy/Sandy/Snowy/Sleepy
Now form adjectives by adding –y to the nouns listed below. Make changes in spelling where necessary. Then complete the following ntences with some the adjective thus formed.
dirt sun taste
salt health anger
rain silk ice
wealth luck noi
九．The suffix -en can be added to some adjectives and some nouns to form verbs with the meaning of “come to be”or “cau to be”.
For example: Sharpen: come becau to be shaper
Heighten: come or cau to be higher
Rewrite the following ntences, using –en verbs to replace the underlined parts.
1. In the past few years the inside conflicts have made the government’s position weaker.
2. Every Sunday the father takes his child to libraries, muums, exhibitions or natural parks, as he believes that this helps to make the child’s mind become broader.
3. As she was waiting for the result to come out, her excitement grew in height.
4. Before night fell, the tting sun made the clouds redder.
十.The suffix–ful is added to nouns to form adjectives with the meaning of “full of”, giving or having for example
Uful delightful hopeful helpful
十一.The suffix-less is added to nouns to form adjective with meaning of without or not giving. For example:
Childless doubtless careless speechless Add -full or -less to the following noun to form adjective. Then complete the ntences with the newly formed adjective.
1.I’m fed up with your _____________ complaining. (end)
2.You often look __________ the days; is there anything wrong?
(Thought)
3.Smoking is __________ to a person’s health, and I don’t understand
why there are still so many people who smoke. (harm)
4.After listening to the speaker for three hours the audience became
___________ (rest)
5.Driving around the foot of the mountain, the tourists suddenly came
in sight of a very _____ lake (beautiful)
6.Were you ___________ in persuading him to change his mind?
(success)
7.Did you go to their wedding celebration? I hear that there was a lot
of fun and it was a really ______ time. (joy)
十二.The suffix –zie (or i) is added to adjective or nouns to form verbs, with the meaning of “causing” or making. For example:
Modernize Apologize
Add ize or i to the following noun to form verbs. Then complete the ntences with the newly formed verbs.
1.In the end, we all decided to ________ a concert for Easter.(organ)
2.If you _________ a window on a computer screen, you make it very
small, becau you do not want to u it.(minim) .
综合练习
1.That m an w as_____enough n ot t o t ell t he m anager t hat h e w ould n ot d o t he j ob.
A.care
B.careful
C.careless
D.carelessness
2.The s oldier d ied f or s aving t he c hild,so h is________ is h eavier t han M ount Tai.
A.die
B.dead
C.died
D.death
3.He is a n e xpert a t c hemistry. We a ll c all h im a________.
A.chemistry
B.chemical
C.chemist
D.physician
4.To e veryone’s________，the g irl f inished t he j ob q uite w ell.
A.satisfied
B.satisfactory
C.satisfying
D.satisfaction
5.No o ne s hould e nter t he s pot w ithout t he________of t he p olice.
A.permit
B.permission
C.permitting
D.permittence
6.How________ h e i s! He is a lways a cting________.He is r eally a________.
A. f oolish;foolishly;fool
B. f ool;foolish;fool
C. f oolish;fool;fool
D. f oolishly;foolish;fool
7.The n ecklace t hat s he l ost is v ery e xpensive.It’s o f g reat ________.
A.valuable
B.value
C.valueless
D.unvaluable
8.The b lack p eople w ere a gainst s lavery a nd f ought f or t heir________bravely.
A.free
B.freely
C.freedom
D.frees
9.You’d b etter g ive u p s moking i f you w ant t o keep ________.
A.health
B.healthy
C.healthily
D.healthier
10.Marx left h is h omeland f or s ome________reasons.
A.politically
B.politics
C.political
D.politician
11.The d octor’s a dvice ________him f rom d rinking a nd s moking.
D.discouraged
12.I’d like t o b uy a h ou,modern,comfortable a nd a bove a ll in a q uiet ________.
13.The d octor s aid t hat t he o ld m an’s c ondition w as________and t hat t hey h ad tried t heir b est.
A.hope
B.hoped
C.hopeful
D.hopeless
14.It’s________to p ersuade h im t o g ive u p s moking.He’s very s tubborn.
A.possible
B.possibly
C.impossible
D.impossibility
