Thursday, November 29, 2012

Formation Of Adjectives

Adjectives  formed from Nouns:-
                                 Adjectives can be formed from nouns. For example, the adjective foolish is formed from the noun fool. Similarly the adjective courageous is formed from the noun courage. Some mor examples are given below.
Silk: silken
Dirt: dirty
Gold: golden
Glory: glorious
Man: manly
King: kingly

Adjectives formed from Verbs:-
                             Talk (verb): talkative (adjective)
                             Move (verb): movable (adjective)
                             Tire (verb):   tireless(adjective)

Adjectives formed from other Adjectives:- 
                            Black (adjective): blackish (adjective)
                            White (adjective): whitish (adjective)
                            Sick (adjective): sickly (adjective)




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