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Special Category: -ive (as in give)

This is a bunch of words that end in -ive and have a short i sound (like "give.") There is some consistency to this -- words in English just don't end in V unless they're truncated words ("rev"). These are pretty straightforward; this is a good category to include early when a student's skills are still fairly basic.

give	live	captive	active	motive
native	olive	forgive	defensive	destructive
detective	intensive	impulsive	excessive	fugitive
talkative	adhesive	adaptive	adjective	relative
negative	offensive	supportive	positive

Extensive List

abrasive	abusive	accumulative	active	adaptive	additive	addictive	adhesive
adjective	adjudicative	administrative	adoptive	affirmative	aggressive	alliterative	alternative
ameliorative	appreciative	apprehensive	argumentative	assertive	assimilative	associative	attentive
attractive	authoritative	automotive	captive	causative	coercive	cogitative	cognitive
cohesive	collaborative	collective	collusive	combative	combustive	commemorative	commiserative
communicative	commutative	comparative	competitive	comprehensive	compressive	compulsive	conceptive
concessive	conciliative	conclusive	concussive	conductive	conducive	congestive	conjunctive
connective	connotative	consecrative	consecutive	conservative	constitutive	constrictive	constructive
consultative	consummative	consumptive	contaminative	contemplative	contortive	contraceptive	contrastive
contributive	convective	convulsive	cooperative	deceptive	decisive	declarative	decongestive
decorative	deductive	defective	defensive	definitive	deflective	degenerative	deliberative
delusive	demonstrative	denotative	depletive	depreciative	depressive	derisive	derivative
derogative	descriptive	desiccative	designative	destructive	detective	deteriorative	determinative
detonative	detractive	devastative	diffusive	digestive	digressive	dilative	diminutive
directive	discriminative	discursive	disincentive	disjunctive	dismissive	dispersive	disruptive
dissociative	dissuasive	distributive	divisive	dominative	donative	duplicative	educative
effective	effusive	elaborative	elective	eliminative	elucidative	elusive	emotive
emulsive	emulative	enumerative	erosive	eruptive	estimative	evacuative	evaluative
evaporative	evasive	evocative	exaggeration	exceptive	excessive	exclusive	excursive
execrative	executive	exhaustive	exhilarative	exonerative	expansive	expensive	explanative
expletive	exploitative	explosive	expressive	expulsive	extensive	extortive	extrapolative
facilitative	facultative	federative	festive	fictive	figurative	fixative	forgive
formative	fugitive	furtive	generative	gesticulative	give	granulative	gravitative
hallucinative	hortative	hyperactive	hypertensive	hypersensitive	illuminative	illusive	illustrative
imaginative	imitative	impassive	impactive	imperceptive	imperative	implicative	implosive
impressive	impulsive	imputative	inactive	inappreciative	inattentive	incentive	inceptive
incisive	inclusive	incohesive	inconclusive	inconsecutive	incubative	indecisive	indicative
inductive	indurative	ineffective	inexpensive	inexpressive	infective	infiltrative	inflective
inflictive	informative	ingestive	inhibitive	initiative	injunctive	innovative	inoculative
inoffensive	inoperative	inquisitive	inscriptive	insensitive	insinuative	instigative	instinctive
instructive	integrative	intellective	intensive	interactive	interpretive	interrogative	interruptive
intransitive	introspective	introversive	intrusive	intuitive	invective	inventive	investigative
irradiative	iterative	laxative	legislative	live	locomotive	lubricative	lucrative
manipulative	massive	meditative	meliorative	misrepresentative	missive	mitigative	motivative
motive	mutative	narrative	native	negative	nominative	nonabrasive	nonaddictive
nonadhesive	nonnative	nonproductive	nonresponsive	normative	nutritive	objective	obsessive
obstructive	obtrusive	occlusive	offensive	olive	operative	opinionative	oppressive
originative	outlive	overactive	overprotective	oxidative	palliative	participative	partitive
passive	pejorative	penetrative	pensive	perceptive	percussive	permeative	permissive
persecutive	personative	perspective	persuasive	pervasive	perversive	photoconductive	photosensitive
plaintive	positive	possessive	postoperative	precipitative	preclusive	precognitive	predictive
preemptive	prelusive	preparative	prerogative	prescriptive	preservative	presumptive	preventative
preventive	primitive	probative	procreative	productive	prognosticative	progressive	prohibitive
projective	proliferative	promotive	propagative	propulsive	proscriptive	prospective	protective
protractive	protrusive	provocative	punitive	purgative	proposive	putative	putrefactive
qualitative	quantitative	radiative	radioactive	ratiocinative	reactive	receptive	recessive
reciprocative	reclusive	reconstructive	recriminative	recuperative	redemptive	redistributive	reductive
reflective	reflexive	reformative	refractive	regenerative	regressive	regulative	rehabilitative
reiterative	rejective	relative	relive	remonstrative	remunerative	repetitive	reprehensive
representative	repressive	reprobative	reproductive	repulsive	respective	responsive	restive
restorative	restrictive	resuscitative	retaliative	retentive	retributive	retroactive	retrospective
revulsive	rotative	ruminative	reclusive	seclusive	secretive	sedative	seductive
segregative	selective	sensitive	separative	significative	simulative	speculative	sportive
stimulative	subjective	subjunctive	submissive	subordinative	substantiative	substantive	subversive
successive	suffocative	suffusive	suggestive	superlative	supersensitive	supportive	suppressive
suppurative	suspensive	talkative	tentative	terminative	titillative	tolerative	tractive
transgressive	transitive	translative	transmissive	ulcerative	ultraconservative	unattractive	unobtrusive
vegetative	vindictive	violative	vituperative	vocative	votive