Langue anglaise · Advertising, Consumers and Safety
Word formation — forming adjectives from nouns with suffix -y
Turn a noun into an adjective with one small ending
6 minutes
Le contenu académique est en arabe, comme au BAC et comme dans l’application.
Ce que le programme attend de toi
- Forming adjectives from nouns with suffix -y (e.g. health → healthy)
La méthode
- Add -y to the noun, adjusting spelling as needed: plain add (health → healthy), double the final consonant after a short vowel (fun → funny, mud → muddy), drop a silent e (ice → icy, noise → noisy)
Les erreurs fréquentes
- Spelling error when adding -y (e.g. doubling the final consonant)
Extrait du cours
Read these two sentences: Health is important. Eat a healthy breakfast every day. The second word grew a new ending.
Le vocabulaire
- healthy (صحي)
- risky (محفوف بالمخاطر)