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II . Word Building A : Learning The suffix -ic combines with nouns to form adjectives. Adjectives formed in this way describe something as resembling, involving, or being connected with the thing referred to by the original noun. Examples artist ➝ artistic chaos ➝ chaotic The suffix -y combines with nouns to form adjectives. Adjectives formed in this way express the idea that something or someone is similar to or is characterized by the thing the noun refers to. A final e is replaced by -y. The suffix -y also combines with some verbs to form nouns which refer to an action, situation, or state. Examples dust ➝ dusty haste ➝ hasty deliver ➝ delivery recover ➝ recovery B : Practice Add - cy, -ic, or -y to or remove them from the following words to form new words. -cy delicate ➝ 1) bankrupt ➝ 2) accountant ➝ 3) secret ➝ 4) vacant ➝ 5) urgent ➝ 6) -ic atmosphere ➝ 7) magnetic ➝ 8) metal ➝ 9) -y gloomy ➝ 10) guilty ➝ 11) master ➝ 12)