DERIVATIVE


ADJECTIVE
-          ous: nervous, nutritious, dangerous, curious, tedious
-          able: capable, lovable, comfortable, available, edible
-          ful: tactful, beautiful, faithful, thankful, careful, meaningful
-          less: useless, careless, meaningless, fearless, endless, hopeless
-          al: economical, political, chemical, temporal, beneficial, social, special
-          ic: static, economic, fantastic, bombastic, physic, dramatic, romantic, mystic
-          ish: reddish, foolish, greenish, selfish, childish
-          ive: active, effective, negative, relative, innovative, regulative, comparative
-          ese: Japanese, Javanese, Batakese, Chinese, Vietnamese (nationality/origin) à I like Chinese food.
-          ant: arrogant, giant, dependant, distant, constant, brilliant
-          ent: independent, patient, confident, intelligent, silent, absent
-          ed (past participle): bored, interested, satisfied, helped
-          ing (present participle: boring, interesting, satisfying, helping
-          y: shy, easy, gloomy, rainy, sunny, gummy, cloudy, healthy, crazy, wealthy, spicy
-          ward: forward, backward, onward, upward, awkward
-          some: awesome, handsome
-          act: abstract, exact
-          ular: singular, rectangular, regular, spectacular, muscular
-          -istic: realistic, materialistic, sadistic
-          ry: dreary
-          er/est (comparison degree): wilder/wildest, faster/fastest, bigger/biggest


NOUN
-          ness: happiness, sadness, illness, effectiveness, dizziness
-          cy/icy: policy, vacancy, privacy, competency
-          ist: soloist, dentist, pianist, journalist, scientist
-          list: checklist, playlist, blacklist
-          ion/ation/ition: action, nutrition, innovation, competition, vacation, identification
-          son/sion: poison, passion, comparison
-          ty/ity: flexibility, specialty, possibility, penalty, gravity, responsibility, nationality, property, casualty, unity, city, utility
-          er: singer, commuter, finger, player, stalker, teenager, ranger, admirer, killer, stranger, danger, waiter
-          or: color, savior, behavior, actor, competitor, editor, sailor, tailor
-          ess: actress, waitress, stewardess, heiress, duchess, baroness
-          th: depth, width, faith, strength, length, death
-          ght: fight, light, flight, straight, knight, height, weight, sight
-          ing (gerund): hearing    

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Palita Ruhamaningtyas

I am an English teacher in SMA N 1 Pati who love to read and write. -You know my name, not my story. You know what I've done, not what I've been through. If you were on my shoes, you'd fall at the first step.- ^_^

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