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韓Sir 資深英語教師
在英語世界內，把動詞變名詞的後綴(suffixes)叫做"nominalizers"(例："teach"加"er"變"teacher")；把名詞變動詞的後綴或前綴(affixes)稱"verbalizers"(例："class"加"ify"變"classify")。這一回跟大家談一談"adjectivizers"跟"adverbializers"，前者是把名詞變形容詞的後綴，而後者是把形容詞或名詞變副詞的後綴或前綴。
Table 1:
Nouns Adjectivizers Adjectives
care -ful/-less careful/careless
music -al musical
trouble -some troublesome
gold -en golden
custom -ary customary
Table 2:
Adjectives/Nouns Adverbializers Adverbs
slow -ly slowly
home -ward homeward
clock -wise clockwise
shore a- ashore
試把每句前面提供的名詞或形容詞，加上adjectivizer或adverbializer，令其成為文法正確的句子：
例：(nation)A good government can keep good nationalrelations.
1. (quarrel)
The teacher did not like having that_____boy in his class.
2. (water)
They almost died of dehydration after days in the_____desert.
3. (like)
I respect your opinions and I expect you to do_____.
4. (sky)
Jack pointed_____and wanted to tell Rose that he saw a rainbow.
5. (legend)
Who is your most favourite_____hero?
6. (stray)
Parents are most worried if their kids are led_____by gangsters.
Key:
1.quarrelsome(愛爭吵的)
2.waterless(缺水的)
3.likewise(同樣地)
4.skyward(朝天的)
5.legendary(享有盛名的)
6.astray(誤入歧途)
作者按：
上周四(28/1/2010)本欄"De Facto & Other Latin Terms"內的其中一個拉丁文"perse"，應作"per se"，特此更正並致歉。
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