Verbs to adjectives

A lot of verbs can be changed to adjectives by the addition of a suffix (e.g., -able, -ous, -ful)
to the end of the word. Some verbs can have more than one adjective form (e.g., bore =
boring or bored). Sometimes you may need to remove or change a letter at the end of the
word before adding a suffix (e.g. vary = variable)

Complete the following sentences with an adjective formed from the verb in bold.

1. My grandmother is still very ________ at the age of 88. act
2. Her work is entirely ________ . admire
3. We spent a very ________ weekend by the sea. agree
4. She wrote us an ________ letter. apologise
5. I don't want to watch that ________ television programme. bore
6. I'm ________. Let's go out to the club. bore
7. Be ________ not to make any noise, the baby is asleep. care
8. Judged by last year's performance, it is a ________ success. compare
9. He's very ________ and loves playing sports. compete
10. She made some ________ suggestions for improving the shop. construct
11. The computer has given us ________ problems since we bought it. continue
12. She's been in ________ pain for three days. continue
13. He's a ________ child, always full of ideas. create
14. He was nervous, but tried to sound ________ . decide
15. People living in small villages need a ________ bus service. depend
16. She had a ________ expression on her face. doubt
17. He's a very ________ child and often has headaches. excite
18. The news about the house is very ________ . excite
19. She's ________ at the thought of going on holiday. excite
20. We are ________ that the company will accept our offer. hope
21. Any exercise is ________ to sitting around doing nothing. prefer
22. She was hardly ________ when she came out of prison. recognise
23. It was very ________ to see them getting on so well. satisfy
24. We became ________ when we found out that she knew about the deal. suspect
25. She's a very ________ person to have in the office. use