Question

Look at the adjectives in italics in these sentences. What are the nouns from these adjectives? There may be more than one. ( Check in an English-English dictionary if necessary.)
Exemple : Sge always wanted to be famous.- fame

1. There were several hopeful young dancers waiting for an audition.
2. He's useless. He doesn't even know how to change a light bulb.
3. My grandfather is very active for his age.
4. I shut the door on my finger and it was really painful.
5. Those children are so noisy!
6. I can't sing or play an instrument. I'm afraid I'm not very musical.
7. She was wearing a beautiful blue dress.
8. It was a brutal attack and it took him a long time to recover.
9. It's very dangerous to go walking in the mountains when there's a storm.
10. All today's political parties seem to be saying the same things.
11. Look how dirty your hands are! Please go and wash them.

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Answer 1

Răspuns:

1. hopeful-hope
2. useless- use
3. active- action
4. painful- pain
5. noisy- noise
6. musical-music
7. beautiful- beauty
8. brutal-brute
9. dangerous-danger
10. political-politics
11. dirty-dirt

Explicație:

reguli intalnite:  la adjectivele care au sufixele/se termina in ,,-ful'' ,,-less"  ,,-al" ,,-ous"  ,,-y" li se indeparteaza terminatia si se pastreaza radacina (in unele cazuri se aduaga ,,e"  ex 8). de asemenea, mai poti intalni si adjective care nu respecta aceasta regula ( ex 3), in acest caz trebuie sa le memorezi.

mai poti intalni si urmatoarele sufixe: -able,-ible,-ial,-ic,-ical,-ish,-ive,-ative,-eous,-ious