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mad_rdg

careless carelessly carlessness

The loss of all her computer data was due to entirely to her own ......
a)care; b)careless; c)carelesly; d)carelessness

Answer: d
Could you tell me wich worksheet should I search as I �m having a problem with this type of structures, I �m confusing them... I know that "careless" is a noun but with "carelesly"(and not only "-eslly"ending words) and "carelelessness" I �m having a problem:) Thank you!:)

23 Jun 2010

MarianaC

Hi mad_rdg!

This is a type of exercise to make students work with word forms.

The root is "care", which is a verb. "Careless" is an adjective made up of the verb "care" followed by the suffix "less" meaning without. To make it an adverb, you can add the suffix "ly" to many adjectives, therefore constructing "carelessly". "Ness" is the suffix added to many adjectives as well, but this time to create a noun (carelessness).

Because of the structure of this sentence, "entirely to her own..." the possessive adjective "her" shows you need a noun after it, and as the only noun in the multiple choice is D, then that �s the answer!

Cheers!

23 Jun 2010

SaraMariam

Very nice explanation Mariana :) I totally agree :)

23 Jun 2010

douglas

Good expalnation Mariana.

In short:

careless is a adjective

carelessly is an adverb (words ending in "ly" usually are)

carelessness is a noun (words ending in "ness" usually are)

Douglas

23 Jun 2010

viccxx

Here is small tip to help you distinguish them.

Look at the gap. If it can be filled with the word "what" then what you are missing is the noun:

it was due to her own....(what)?... carelessness (noun)

if the gap can be filled with "what kind" you are missing an adjective

it was due to her.......(what kind) ....actions. careless (adjective)

if the gap can be successfully filled with "how" you are missing the adverb

it was due to the fact she was acting ..............(how?) .... carelessly

if the verb is missing the gap can be filled with "what did he do"

she .............what did she do ............carelessly acted (verb)

Hope it helps you tell them apart

23 Jun 2010

mad_rdg

Thank you! I have another exercise:
He has always had a ____ career as a writer.
a) highly successfully
b) highly succesfull
c) high successful
d) hich successfully

B is the right answer?:)

24 Jun 2010

douglas

"c" is the right answer

24 Jun 2010