Word Formation Exercises 1

Learn new vocabulary and become familiar with English words and how to modify them by adding or
removing certain affixes (suffixes / prefixes) to form adjectives from nouns, adverbs from adjectives, verbs
from adverbs, nouns from verbs or the other way around. Although there isn't really a general formation
rule that always works, once you have had enough practice with them, it gets easier to intuitively guess
different forms of a given word even if you don't know the meaning of it.

Complete the word forms chart below:

NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE ADVERB

1. analyze analytical analytically

2. identity identifiable identifiably

3. editor editorial editorially

4. economy economize economically

5. individual individuate individual

6. acquire acquisitive -

7. resource - resourcefully

8. tradition - traditional

9 participation participation -

10. conceive conceptual conceptually

11. hypothesis hypothetical

12. symbol symbolize

13. investigate investigative -

14. sustenance sustainable sustainably

15. emerge emergent

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 16. specifics specific

17. remove removable

18. ethics -

19. implication implied

20. evolution evolutionary

21. flexibility flex

22. deviate deviant

23. margin marginalize

24. pursuit

Correctness =

Correct answers:

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