VERB MADE FROM NOUN

Verbs made from adjectives and nouns1.. Adjectives -en Make verbs ending in -en from the following adjectives, making any necessary spelling changes, then put them in their correct pla

Verbs made from adjectives and nouns

1 Adjectives

-en

Make verbs ending in -en from the following adjectives, making any necessary

spelling changes, then put them in their correct places in the sentences below

tight

flat

broad

less

worse

dark

sweet

sharp

deaf

loose

bright

wide

deep

light

straight

ripe

weak

quiet

(a) Tomorrow will begin dark and cloudy but it will _ later

(b) You can _the risk of theft by locking your bicycle

(c) These apples _ in June

(d) You should _ this dish by adding sugar

(e) The hospital phoned to warn that her husband’s condition was beginning to

(f) This road is very narrow but they’re planning to it

(g) He managed to _ the ropes round his wrists and escape

(h) They decided to the ship by throwing some machinery into the sea

(i) I don’t know how that loud techno music doesn’t people

(j) They are going to _that rough area to make a football pitch (k) When the evening began to , we turned on the lights (l) They are going to the harbour so that it can take bigger ships

(m) Have you a knife? I want to _my pencil

(n) Foreign travel will your experience

(0) She gave the noisy baby a toy to _ it

(p) Can you that picture on the wall It’s crooked

(q) That screw’s loose it with a screwdriver

(r) The boxer began the fight strongly but began to in the fifth round

2 Verbs made from nouns

In each space below put a verb made from the noun in brackets after the sentence (a) The teachers _ the pupils to study (courage)

(b) I want to _my house by building an extra room (extent)

(c) Fireworks dogs and cats (fright)

(d) The doctor gave her some tablets to _the pain (relief)

(e) If the ambulance doesn’t come soon, he’ll to death (blood)

(f) The police can’t that he committed the crime (proof)

(g) More floods could _ hundreds of homes (danger)

(h) The police are trying to the body (identity)

(i) They plan to _ the bridge by building more stone supports (strength) Q) She said women must _themselves from male domination (liberty) (k) The smoke was so dense that we could hardly (breath)

(I) My brother and I decided to _ the money we found (half)

(m) Why can’t they the break so that we have time for a coffee? (length