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Practical

 English  –  Key  Language  

Executive  meetings  
Grammar:  Word  formation  –  Word  formation  
 
Suffixes:  making  nouns  from  verbs  and  adjectives    
make  an  improvement    
a  management  meeting    
an  investment  opportunity    
a  weakness  of  the  company    
an  election    
a  big  organization    
staff  punctuality    
have  a  discussion    
poor  spelling    
 
You  add  -­‐ment,  -­‐ation,  -­‐ion,  or  -­‐ing  to  some  verbs  to  make  nouns.    
improve  ➝  improvement    
manage  ➝  management    
invest  ➝  investment    
elect  ➝  election    
inform  ➝  information    
discuss  ➝  discussion    
spell  ➝  spelling    
 
You  add  -­‐ness  or  -­‐ity  to  some  adjectives  to  make  nouns.    
weak  ➝  weakness    
punctual  ➝  punctuality    
 
Note:    
You  sometimes  need  to  add  an  a  before  -­‐tion    
organize  ➝  organization  
   

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