WORD

FORMATIONS
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PIERIS KRISHANI PIERIS 1
 4.7 USES NOUNS,VERBS,
ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
APPROPRIATELY

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 NOUNS

Noun is a word that names a person, place, thing,

or idea.

Example: dog, flower, girl, boy, mountain, rock.

Sentence Examples:
The dog barks.
The flower is beautiful.
The girl wears a school uniform.
 VERBS

Verb is an action word or state of being. It tells

what happen in a sentence.

Examples: run, swim, jump, think, laugh, cry.

Sentence Examples:
Tharuka will pass the exam.
Children jump high.
We will think about it.
 ADJECTIVES

Adjective is a describing word. It will describe a

person, place or thing.

Examples: small, heavy, red, orange, smart, kind,

loyal, angry.

Sentence Examples:
The bag is small.
Can you lift the heavy luggage?
Roses are red.
 ADVERBS

Adverb is a word that modifies a verb. Sometimes

they end in the letters “ly.” It can also refer to
where or when something happened.

Examples: quickly, forcefully, steadily, often,

rarely.

Sentence Examples:
She ran away quickly.
The door was opened forcefully.
We often drink soda.
 Noun Suffixes

 There are many different noun suffixes to learn.

 Learning the typical noun suffixes will help you

identify more nouns.

 Below find a list of noun suffixes to turn a verb

or adjective into a noun.
 -tion action

action lotion description

addition motion devastation
attention nation devotion
caution option direction
celebration position Education
commotion promotion explanation
condition question fiction
contraction station frustration
decoration subtraction hibernation
definition vacation invitation
-ity (state or condition)

quality Security
quantity Authority
popularity Sensitivity
creativity Opportunity
identity Unity
ability Reality
infinity Responsibility
validity Curiosity
facility Activity
gravity stupidity
 (someone or something
-er participating in an
action)

Baker Painter
Teacher Killer
Worker Leader
Dancer Manager
Driver Member
Farmer Teller
Cleaner Tusker
Driver Writer
Helper reader
hunter listner
-ness (state or condition)

kindness

gentleness

softness

sickness

cleanliness
-ism (practice or state)

multiculturalism

Racism

critisism

idealism

tourism
-ment (action or instance)

punishment

employment

wonderment

Development

movement
-ship (state of being)

friendship

kinship

citizenship

Internship

membership
-age (action/ instance result
of a verb)

damage

breakage

wastage

Message

leakage
-ery (behavioral condition or
location)

bravery

scenery

gallery

Nursery

category
-th (a state or quality)

depth

warmth

strength

Overgrowth

width
Verb Suffixes
-ed past-tense version of a
verb

Laughed

Climbed

Called

Missed

played
-en become

Soften

Fasten

Lengthen

strengthen
 action or process,
-er making an adjective
comparative

Faster

Bigger

fuller

Longer

taller
 verb form/present
-ing participle of an
action

Laughing

Singing

Talking

Sweeping

writing
-ise/-ize to cause or to
become

Memorialize

Authorize

commercialize

advertise

visualize
-ate to become

Activate

collaborate

Create

Meditate

elaborate
Adjective
Suffixes
Adjective meaning examples
suffix
 capable of being,
-able/ible capable or worthy of,
tending to
flammable

countable

beatable

acceptable

edible
-al, -ial, -ical pertaining to
something, relating to,
having the quality of

accidental
educational
historical
regional
social
universal
personal
mental
universal
-ant / -ent performing or
being, inclined towards
something/ someone

independent

vacant

important

brilliant

incessant
-ary relates to something,
relating to quality or
place

Machinery

Slippery

History

Satisfactory

imaginary
- ful full of

awful
skillful
successful
beautiful
wonderful
careful
- ic pertaining or relating to

athletic
scenic
fantastic
organic
acidic
historic
- ive Nature of

cooperative
sensitive
supportive
pensive
creative
- ious / ous Nature of

dangerous
nervous
gracious
mysterious
poisonous
victorious
- less without, lacking,
unable to act
powerless
friendless
worthless
useless
homeless
careless
fearless
-y characterized by,
tending to
rainy
funny
dirty
sleepy
beautifully
brainy
fruity
performing or tending toward, nature of

- LIKE like

lifelike
warlike
childlike
lifelike
ladylike
birdlike
- ish origin, nature

selfish
sheepish
pinkish
bookish
childish
boyish
foolish
- ile tending to, capable
of

futile

gentile

senile

fragile
- an / - ian one who is or does,
related to

Asian

Srilankan

Vegetarian
Adverb Suffixes
- ly Related to or quality

Softly

Slowly

Happily

Crazily

madly
- WARD / WARDS direction

Onwards

afterwards

backwards

inward
- wise In relation to

Otherwise,

likewise

clockwise
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REMEMBER…

In a sentence or text you have to change the form of a word,

e.g. from a noun to an adjective, or from a verb to a noun. For
example:

• The _____ was very famous. (sing)

You have to complete the sentence with the person noun (singer).
You change the verb (sing) into the person noun (singer).

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WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?

• Look at the word you have to change. Which words do
you know that are in the same word family?
• The beginning of the word is often the same and the end of
the word changes.
• What form is the new word? A verb? A noun? An
adjective? An adverb?
• Nouns often end: -ment, -ion, -ness, -ity.
• People nouns often end: -er, -or, -ist, -ian.
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• Some verbs end: -ise, -ate, -en.

• Adverbs often end: -ly.

• Is the new word negative? If so, you may need a prefix,

e.g. un- (unhappy), im- (impolite), in- (inexperienced), dis-
(dishonest), etc.

• If you don’t know the new word, guess. You may be right!

• Check your answers carefully when you finish.

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The underlined word is wrong in each sentences. write the correct form of the
word in the bracket to make meaningful sentences.

1. The exercises are very import to our lives.

2. We are going to organization a shramadhana campaign

3. Sanuji writes a book on religion rights.

4. Sigiriya is a wonder creation in the world.

5. They are very suit clothes.

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Find the correct form of the word in brackets to fill

the gaps.

1. He gets a lot of _____________ (ENJOY) from football.

2. Money doesn’t always bring ___________(HAPPY).
3. It is ____________ (HONEST) to take something that isn’t yours.
4. My dad gets very __________PATIENT) when he has to wait ages for the train.
5. I want to be a ___________ (SCIENCE) when I’m older.
6. It’s snowing. You need to ride your bike ______________________(CAREFUL).
7. _________________(PERSONAL) speaking, I didn’t like the film.
8. She's ___________________(OBSESS) with fashion. She buys all the fashion magazines.

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Write the missing noun or verb in the following chart.first has been done for you.

Noun Verb
Treatment Treat
Behaviour
Demand
Interact
Death
Performance
Refer
Elaction
Tolerance
Register

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FILL IN THE BLANK IN EACH LINE BY USING THE CORRECT

FORM OF THE WORD GIVEN AT THE END OF EACH LINE.
THE FIRST ONE IS DONE FOR YOU.

Each year a large number of 1) tourists visit Srilanka.As (tour)

a result, 2)____________ has become a major foreign exchange (tour)

3)___________ . Many tourists are attracted to Sri Lanka (earn)

beacause of it’s 4)____ weather, beautiful beaches and places of (sun)

cultural and 5)__________ interest. But for some others Sri Lanka’s (history)

main 6)_______________ is its animal and plant life. (attract)

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Verbs Nouns Adjectives Adverbs
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enable ability able ably
achieve achievement achievable

act act, action, activity active actively

add addition additional additionally

advise advice advisable advisably
agree agreement agreeable agreeably
appreciable,
appreciate appreciation appreciatively
appreciative
beautify beauty beautiful beautifully
believe belief believable believably
carefully,
care care careful, caring
carelessly
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collect collection collective collectively

complete completion complete completely
continuation, continually,
continue continual, continuous
continuity continuously
correction,
correct correct, corrective correctly
correctness

create creation, creativity creative creatively

dark, darkened,
darken dark, darkness darkly
darkening
decidedly,
decide decision decided, decisive
decisively
decorate decoration
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