WORD FORMATION 1: MAKING NOUNS

-tion (variation) Verbànoun (action of …)

-er (teacher / Verbànoun (person who …)
astronomer) Nounànoun
-ment (environment) Verbànoun (action of …)
-ant (assistant) Verbànoun (person who…)
-ent (student)
-age (advantage / Verbànoun (action / result of…)
bagagge) Nounànoun (collection of…)

-al (proposal) Verbànoun (action / result of…)

-ance (finance) Verbànoun (action / result of…)
-ence (experience)
-ery (bakery) Verbànoun (action / result of…)
-ism (realism) Nounànoun (doctrine of…)
-ship (friendship) Nounànoun (state of being …)
-ity (ability) Adjànoun (state or quality of being …)
-ness (illness) Adjà noun (state or quality of being …)
-cy (urgency) Adjà noun (state or quality of being …)
WORD FORMATION: MAKING ADJECTIVES

-able (fashionable) verbàadj (capable of …)

-ible (flexible)
-ble (able)
-al (musical) nounàadj (relating to …)
-ant (vigilant) verbàadj (in the act or progress of …)
-ed (excited) Emotional verbàadj
-ing (exciting)
-ent (intelligent) nounàadj (having the quality of …)

-er (bigger) adjàadj (comparative)

-est (biggest) adjàadj (superlative)
-ful (helpful) nounàadj (full of …/characterized by…)
-ic (volcanic) nounàadj (connected with …)
-istic (realistic) nounàadj (having the qualities of …)
-ite (polite) From latin verbs
-ive (massive) nounàadj (having the tendency to or the nature of …)
-ose (grandiose) nounàadj (full of / like …)
-(i)ous (poisonous) nounàadj (having the qualities of …)
WORD FORMATION: MAKING VERBS

-ise (symbolise) otheràverb (cause to be …)

-ate (differentiate) otheràverb (cause to be …)
-fy (exemplify) otheràverb (cause to be …)
-en Adjàverb (cause to be…)

WORD FORMATION: MAKING ADVERBS

In English, the basic rule is that adverbs can be created from many adjectives simply by adding
"-ly" at the end. But some are irregular:
• Hard / Fast are both adjectives and adverbs.
• Good --well