520. Practice with Making Nouns into Adjectives

Section A: Use the noun in parentheses to make a proper adjective for each sentence blank below.
1. Our neighbor flies a ____ flag on his house. (Canada)
2. The television announcer has an _____ accent. (English)
3. My favorite candy is _____ fish gummies. (Sweden)
4. A ____ boat sailed into Miami. (Cuba)
5. There is a good _____ restaurant on our street. (Japan)
6. My favorite _____ play is Romeo and Juliet. (Shakespeare)
7. The ____ army was very powerful two centuries ago. (Rome)

Section B: Change each noun in parentheses to an adjective by adding -able, -less, -ful, or -less. Write the new word into the sentence blank.
8. That is a ____ garden. (beauty)
9. That was a ____ gesture to bring flowers to my grandma. (thought)
10. I live in a ____ neighborhood with sidewalks and very little car traffic. (walk)
11. It was ____ of you to leave your bike lying across the driveway. (thought)
12. The little boy next door is very ____. (help)

Answers: 1- Canadian; 2- English; 3-Swedish; 4- Cuban; 5-Japanese; 6- Shakespearean; 7- Roman; 8- beautiful; 9- thoughtful; 10- walkable; 11- thoughtless; 12- helpful.