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FCE Word Formation Adjectives

This document provides a summary of key words related to the use of -ful/-less and -fully/-lessly in the First Certificate of English (FCE) exam. It lists nouns, verbs, and their corresponding adjectives and adverbs formed using these suffixes, such as "careful/careless" and "carefully/carelessly." It then provides example questions testing the use of these words, asking the test taker to identify the correct adjective or adverb form based on the word stems and context clues.

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FCE Word Formation Adjectives

This document provides a summary of key words related to the use of -ful/-less and -fully/-lessly in the First Certificate of English (FCE) exam. It lists nouns, verbs, and their corresponding adjectives and adverbs formed using these suffixes, such as "careful/careless" and "carefully/carelessly." It then provides example questions testing the use of these words, asking the test taker to identify the correct adjective or adverb form based on the word stems and context clues.

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FCE (First Certificate)

Word Formation: Adjectives with -ful/-less


Most adjectives which end in -ful make the negative with -less. But, not all. Note also
that we can make adverbs from these adjectives with -fully or -lessly. For example,
carefully and carelessly. This is a list of key words which might appear in the FCE
exam.
The words in this table all use -ful and -less to make the adjectives.
Noun
care
harm
help
hope
pain
power
use
thought
taste

Verb
care
harm
help
hope
pain
power
use
think
taste

Adjective
careful/careless
harmful/harmless
(un)helpful/helpless
hopeful/hopeless
painful/painless
powerful/powerless
useful/useless
thoughtful/thoughtless
tasteful/tasteless

The adjectives in this table take -ful or -less, but not both.
Noun
count
end
home
peace
play
price
success
truth
worth

Verb
count
end
play
price
succeed
worth

Adjective
countless/countable
endless
homeless
peaceful
playful
priceless
(un)successful
(un)truthful/(un)true
worthless

Write the correct adjective or adverb for each of these questions. You will need to use ful/-less or -fully/-lessly. Some answers will also need un-.
1.

What a lovely present! That was very .. of you. (THINK)

2.

He drives really ..- one day he's going to have an


accident. (CARE)

3.

He's told me ..times about how good he is at football.


(COUNT)

4.

Because of his bad interview, he was ..in his job


application. (SUCCEED)

5.

"I didn't eat your chocolate," she said .., hiding the empty
wrapper. (TRUE)

6.

It's ... England will never win the World Cup football
again. (HOPE)

7.

My best friend is a rich, .. lawyer. (POWER)

8.

You must remember to recharge your phone. Without its batteries,


it's .. (USE)

9.

Cigarettes are ..to your health. (HARM)

10. The sales assistant was really ..and rude. (HELP)


11. A newborn baby is completely ... (HELP)
12. "Don't worry - this injection will be completely ... (PAIN)
13. Thieves broke into the museum and stole a ..painting by
Van Gogh. (PRICE)
14. She's really rich, but her clothes are always very ..and
elegant. (TASTE)
15. I bought some shares in the company 5 years ago, but unfortunately now they
are ... (WORTH)
16. His speech went on .. I thought he'd never stop talking.
(END)

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