8/12/2020 Word Formation Verbs to Nouns Exercise

How do you convert verbs into nouns in English? See the table below:)

F C E U S E O F E N G L I S H PA R T 3 W O R D F O R M AT I O N
VERBS TO NOUNS EXERCISE
b y B o b W i l s o n a t a u t o e n g l i s h . o r g

HOME FCE READING FCE USE Part 1 FCE USE Part 2 FCE USE Part 3 FCE USE Part 4 MESSAGES OFFICIAL SITE

appear to appearance choose to choice grow to growth prove to proof

assist to assistance employ to un/employment or employee improve to improvement

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1. The water-fuelled car was his greatest .......... . (ACHIEVE)

achi evement

2. The final .......... took 8 hours to reach. (AGREE)

agreement

3. The .......... on their faces was worthy of a photograph. (AMAZE)

amazement

4. The first .......... of problems in the design started in November of this year. (APPEAR)

appearance

5. Thanks to mobile phones, the emergency services come to people's .......... much faster these days. (ASSIST)

assi stance

6. My first .......... for a holiday would be Okinawa. (CHOOSE)

choi ce

7. The managing .......... of the pharmaceutical company was sent to prison for bribing medical staff. (DIRECT)

di rector

8. .......... is now at more than 20% in Spain, which is catastrophic. (EMPLOY)

unempl oyment

9. Helping companies to create jobs is the best way to stimulate .......... in an economy. (GROW)

growth

10. Electric cars have been showing remarkable .......... in recent years. (IMPROVE)

improvement

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11. People need to increase their .......... of nutritiion, especially about the dangers of sugar, red meat and refined flour. (KNOW)

knowl edge

12. For the first time, there is .......... that using baby formula has a negative effect on babies' health. (PROVE)

proof

13. The World Health Organisation .......... is for babies to be exclusively breastfed for the first six months. (RECOMMEND)

recommendation

14. The initial government .......... was to deny everything. In the end, however, the minister was forced to resign. (RESPOND)

response

15. The .......... of the Toyota Prius has been very encouraging for people who want a better planet. (SUCCEED)

success

16. The .......... to the energy crisis is not nuclear, because of the enormous hidden costs, the toxic waste and simply because it is
not renewable. (SOLVE)

soluti on

17. Thanks to all the great improvements, .......... now fill the streets of Valencia. (TOUR)

touri sts

18. There is a huge .......... of rice dishes in Valencia, apart from paella. (VARY)

variety

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