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The key answer of exercise 9

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 5.2 - Ask the experts for the textbook Speakout Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Read the text below. How was the ice cream cone invented?
  2. Underline four adjectives in the text and add them to the word web below. Can you think of other examples of adjectives that fit these patterns?

Answer

a)

An ice cream seller ran out of spoons and dishes so he bought some wafers to put the ice cream in.

b)

  • -able / -ible → profitable
  • -ful → thankful
  • -ive → creative
  • -less → hopeless

Examples

  • -y → easy, rainy
  • -able / -ible → affordable, visible
  • -ful → beautiful, helpful
  • -ive → attractive, productive
  • -less → careless, helpless
  • -ic / -ical → heroic, historical

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