Adjectives

1. ENGLISH LANGUAGE
4TH MARCH, 2019
ADJECTIVES ENDING IN –
able, ible –OUS, -AL, and-
FUL

2. Learning
Objectives
1. Define adjectives
2. Give examples of adjectives
3. Identify adjectives ending
with –able, -ible, -ful, and -al
4. Create adjectives using the
suffixes
5. Use these adjectives to make
sentences

3. Definition
An adjective is a word
that describes a noun. It
gives us more
information about
nouns. For example;
red. Beautiful, hot ,
happy, excellent,
handsome

4. SUFFIX ORIGIN MEANING EXAMPLES
-able Latin capable of being breakable, manageable,
knowledgeable, doable
-ible Latin capable of being combustible, sensible suggestible,
discernible
-ous Latin full of/abounding
in/ characterised by,
dangerous, victorious, furious,
courageous, adventurous
-ful Latin full of wonderful, beautiful, bountiful,
suspenseful
-al Middle
Eng/Latin
of/relating to/ characterised
by
accidental, monumental,
incremental, ecclesiastical

5. CLASS
ACTIVITY
Create ten
(10)adjectives using
the suffixes; -able, -
ible, -ous etc and
make sentences with
five (5).