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Here are the corrections: 1. Do you have their phone number? 2. I did too much exercise yesterday. 3. My broken toe affects my posture. 4. I know where you're going. 5. We past the airport on our way home.

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Here are the corrections: 1. Do you have their phone number? 2. I did too much exercise yesterday. 3. My broken toe affects my posture. 4. I know where you're going. 5. We past the airport on our way home.

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Word Forms

Verb Jeong succeeds in school


Noun Success is important to Jeong.
Adjective Jeong is a successful student.
Adverb Jeong successfully completed algebra.
Suffixes can help you recognize a
word’s part of speech.

• Verb Suffixes

-ate investigate -ify notify


-en shorten -ize hospitalize
• Nouns Suffixes

-ment involvement -er writer


-ness happiness -or actor
-ion permission -ism communism
-ship friendship -ist socialist
-ance tolerance -ity possibility
-ence reference -cy accuracy
• Adverb Suffixes

-ly happily
• Adjectives Suffixes
-ous famous -ing boring
-ful helpful -ed excited
-less careless -ish foolish
-ive creative -ate literate
-able acceptable -y scary
-ible responsible -ly friendly
-ant tolerant -like childlike
-ent dependent -some handsome
-ic allergic -an African
-al classical -ese Chinese
-ing and –ed Adjectives
• He was a boring teacher, so there were
many bored students in his class.

• At the end of a tiring day, the tired children


were happy to go home.
Locate and correct the word form errors.

1. I am interesting in Arab literature.


2. Read the chapter careful.
3. Is she a success businesswoman?
4. I am disappoint about my math grade.
5. Look in the back of the book for a
referencing.
Comparatives with adjectives and
adverbs
• With one syllable adjectives and adverbs,
add –er.

Marvin is busier than I am. (adjective)


Not: Marvin is more busier than I am.

Ali works harder than Tim. (adverb)


Not: Ali works more harder than Tim.
• With adjectives and adverbs with two or
more syllables, add more/less.

I am serious about work, but Marvin is


more/less serious than I am. (adjective)

I work carefully, but he works more/less


carefully than I do. (adverb)
Irregular Comparative Forms
• Jose is a good socializer.
• Jose is a better socializer than Lee. (adjective)
• Marie sings well.
• Marie sings better than Paula. (adverb)
• My spelling is bad.
• My spelling is worse than yours. (adjective)
• Martin drives badly.
• Martin drives worse than Charlie. (adverb)
Superlatives with adjectives and
adverbs
• With one syllable adjectives and adverbs,
add the + –est.

Alyssa is the tallest in the class. (adjective)


Not: Alyssa is the most tallest in the class.

Cathy reads the fastest in the class. (adverb)


Not: Cathy reads the most fastest in the
class.
• With adjectives and adverbs with two or
more syllables, add the most/least.

Target is the most/least convenient store in


the city. (adjective)

This train runs the most/least frequently of


all the trains. (adverb)
Irregular Superlative Forms
• CSUF has a good ESL Program.
• Fullerton College has the best program. (adjective)
• Marybeth writes well.
• Marie writes the best in our school. (adverb)
• My spelling is bad.
• Lana is the worst speller in the class. (adjective)
• Martin drives badly.
• Martin drives the worst of all his friends. (adverb)
Locate and correct the word form errors.

1. He has the expensivest car.


2. A Honda is more cheaper than a BMW.
3. We have the baddest record in the
league.
4. Is the highway convenienter than the
side streets?
5. I did good on the final exam.
Easily Confused Words, p. 83
Locate and correct the errors with easily
confused words.
1. Do you have there phone number?
2. I did to much exercise yesterday.
3. My broken toe effects my posture.
4. I know where your going.
5. We past the airport on our way home.

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