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Mosaic 1 Reading, 4/e
Brenda Wegmann
Miki Knezevic
New Challenges

Making New Words by Adding Suffixes

Form words used in the reading by adding the suffixes -able, -ial, -al, -ant, -er, -ity, and –less to the words in italics.



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A person who gardens (works in a garden) is a . (paragraph G)
2

A neighborhood made up mostly of residents is a neighborhood. (paragraph C)
3

The word describes a time when a country was a colony. (paragraph A)
4

Something that relates to nature is . (paragraph F)
5

Something related to a ceremony is . (paragraph F)
6

A peasant without land is a peasant. (paragraph G)
7

Something that follows a certain tradition is . (paragraph G)
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The people who inhabit a region are the of that region. (paragraph G)
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A place where it is pleasant to live is . (paragraph D)
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A person's ethnic character or background is his or her . (paragraph A)








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