Word Forms
Verb
Noun
Adjective
Adverb
Jeong succeeds in school
Success is important to Jeong.
Jeong is a successful student.
Jeong successfully completed algebra.
Suffixes can help you recognize a
word’s part of speech.
• Verb Suffixes
-ate investigate
-en shorten
-ify notify
-ize hospitalize
• Nouns Suffixes
-ment
-ness
-ion
-ship
-ance
-ence
involvement
happiness
permission
friendship
tolerance
reference
-er
-or
-ism
-ist
-ity
-cy
writer
actor
communism
socialist
possibility
accuracy
• Adverb Suffixes
-ly
happily
• Adjectives Suffixes
-ous
-ful
-less
-ive
-able
-ible
-ant
-ent
-ic
-al
famous
helpful
careless
creative
acceptable
responsible
tolerant
dependent
allergic
classical
-ing
-ed
-ish
-ate
-y
-ly
-like
-some
-an
-ese
boring
excited
foolish
literate
scary
friendly
childlike
handsome
African
Chinese
-ing and –ed Adjectives
• He was a boring teacher, so there were
many bored students in his class.
• At the end of a tiring day, the tired children
were happy to go home.
Locate and correct the word form errors.
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2.
3.
4.
5.
I am interesting in Arab literature.
Read the chapter careful.
Is she a success businesswoman?
I am disappoint about my math grade.
Look in the back of the book for a
referencing.
Comparatives with adjectives and
adverbs
• With one syllable adjectives and adverbs,
add –er.
Marvin is busier than I am. (adjective)
Not: Marvin is more busier than I am.
Ali works harder than Tim. (adverb)
Not: Ali works more harder than Tim.
• With adjectives and adverbs with two or
more syllables, add more/less.
I am serious about work, but Marvin is
more/less serious than I am. (adjective)
I work carefully, but he works more/less
carefully than I do. (adverb)
Irregular Comparative Forms
• Jose is a good socializer.
• Jose is a better socializer than Lee. (adjective)
• Marie sings well.
• Marie sings better than Paula. (adverb)
• My spelling is bad.
• My spelling is worse than yours. (adjective)
• Martin drives badly.
• Martin drives worse than Charlie. (adverb)
Superlatives with adjectives and
adverbs
• With one syllable adjectives and adverbs,
add the + –est.
Alyssa is the tallest in the class. (adjective)
Not: Alyssa is the most tallest in the class.
Cathy reads the fastest in the class. (adverb)
Not: Cathy reads the most fastest in the
class.
• With adjectives and adverbs with two or
more syllables, add the most/least.
Target is the most/least convenient store in
the city. (adjective)
This train runs the most/least frequently of
all the trains. (adverb)
Irregular Superlative Forms
• CSUF has a good ESL Program.
• Fullerton College has the best program. (adjective)
• Marybeth writes well.
• Marie writes the best in our school. (adverb)
• My spelling is bad.
• Lana is the worst speller in the class. (adjective)
• Martin drives badly.
• Martin drives the worst of all his friends. (adverb)
Locate and correct the word form errors.
1. He has the expensivest car.
2. A Honda is more cheaper than a BMW.
3. We have the baddest record in the
league.
4. Is the highway convenienter than the
side streets?
5. I did good on the final exam.
Easily Confused Words, p. 83
Locate and correct the errors with easily
confused words.
1. Do you have there phone number?
2. I did to much exercise yesterday.
3. My broken toe effects my posture.
4. I know where your going.
5. We past the airport on our way home.