Some examples of words that drop the "e" and add "ous" to form their adjectival form include:
reputable resumable undesirable excusable reusable confusable opposable pleasurable unnamable consumable
Three syllables: hi-de-ous.
danced, hoped, closed, typed, opened, pulled, tied.
A few include: exclude- exclusion, intrude- intrusion, invade- invasion, erode- erosion, conclude- conclusion, allude- allusion, decide- decision
Some examples of words where adding a silent "e" makes the vowel long are "hope," "save," and "slide."
slime is a word where you can add y because to make slimy drop the e and add y to make it slimy
add the suffix
reputable resumable undesirable excusable reusable confusable opposable pleasurable unnamable consumable
This is a very common English pattern: bake>baking, for example.
three... e-norm-ous
Flies. You drop the "y" and add "i-e-s"
You can add either an E or an A after the E to get a long E sound. The words beet and beatare homophones (sound-alike words).
Three syllables: hi-de-ous.
The word "outrage" keeps its E when adding OUS.Most nouns that form an -ous adjective drop a final silent E. However, this is not done when the noun ends in GE. Otherwise, it would appear to have a gus or goose sound rather than the original J sound of the -age form.Examples :adventure - adventurousfame - famousadvantage - advantageouscourage - courageousThere are many special forms created by -ous including wondrous and miraculous.
To add "tion" to the word "reduce," you would simply attach it to the end of the word, resulting in the new word "reduction."
you drop it
intense immense