word formation

Word Formation

• Base form in capital letters at the end of the line​
  
• Change to adjective, noun, verb or adverb​
  
• Affixes (HONEST – DISHONESTY)​
  
• Internal changes (STRONG – STRENGTHEN)​
  
• Compounding (RAIN – RAINDROP)​
  
• Several changes (EXPECT – UNEXPECTEDLY)  
  

We'll work on the second one today

Word formation

Verb:             to educate

Noun:           education, to educate

Adjective:  educational, educated

Adverb:       educationally

Try this:

Make nouns, adverbs and verbs from these adjectives:

long       weak       deep     strong     wide     short     warm

Make a table in your notebook to fill in, and for easy checking in a bit

adjective	noun	adverb	verb
long	length	lengthy	lengthen
weak	weakness	weakly	weaken
deep	depth	deeply	deepen
strong	strength	strongly	strengthen
wide	width	widely	widen
short	shortage	shortly	shorten
warm	warmth	warmly	warm

Word Formation

Quiz

Large spiders, _______ from South East Asia, are now being seen in the local countryside.
(ORIGIN)

Collecting garden gnomes might seem an unusual
____ , but many people do it.
(ACTIVE)

Professor Watkins wasn't only an _____ to me, but to thousands of others lucky enough to have met him.
(INSPIRE)

For someone so young, Carl is a very literate and
______ young man.
(ELOQUENCE)

The new year ____ in this area of the country involve dancing and a drink made from melons.
(CELEBRATE)

The ____ of the Rubik's Cube peaked in the early 1980s.
(POPULAR)

This musician's work is very ___ and difficult to understand. Many people say it's just noise.
(CONCEPT)

Tom ____ told us he wasn't coming, then he turns up with two guests! I'm furious with him.
(INITIAL)

The speaker explains how to make our .......................................

function better. (memorise)

We can make....................................................

in our ability to memorise. (improve)

We use a .........................................

of long-term and short-term memory. (combine)

There are several things we can do to recall ....................

. (inform)

We can use word ........................................

to remember a concept. (associate)

The term .........................................

means imagining a picture. (visualise)

You can use different ...........................................

to remember historical facts. (formulate)

Following these tips will improve your ...................................

to remember. (be able to)

Some extra help

word formation

you will be given what is called a 'stem' word which you need to change in order to fill the gap. 

This stem word can be altered into different word types like: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, gerunds (-ing verbs). This can be done adding prefixes (un-, dis-, a-, per- , pro- etc.) or suffixes )-able, -al, -ly, -ic, -ical, etc.). 

For example: you are given the word LONG. You can change this to longest or longer, but also to length or lengthy. In a similar way, LIKE can be changed to likely/unlikely, dislike, liking, alike, likeness. 

This exercise really tests your ability to connect different words back to one 'stem', and tie the  meanings of words together. 

Word formation

After the/a/an/ some/any/many / his etc / you use a noun. Check if there is not a noun after the gap. If there is, use an adjective.

His ... to succeed impressed us very much. DETERMINE   answer: determination

If there is  a gap in front of a noun  or after  a form of to be you get an adjective.

It is ... to see how far he can jump. ASTONISH  answer: astonishing.

He  received a very ...... letter. BEAUTY   anser: beautiful

If there is a gap after a verb or before an adjective  you use an adverb.

They  spoke .... about the difficult situation. INTELLIGENCE  answer : intelligently

Nobody knew where the .... difficult test would take place. EXTREME  answer: extremely

Sometimes you need to add a prefix or suffix as well.

After the divorce Fred felt very ... for quite a long time. HAPPINESS  answer unhappy

extra practice 

Word formation

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.

 0 Don’t be nervous (nerve) about your exam.
You’ll be fine. 

 1 She had to be picked up from camp because she felt __________ (home).

 2 He was __________ (disappoint) when he didn’t get to play in the first team.

 3 There’s a lot of __________ (compete) between the brugklasses.

 4 His father lost his job, now he has been out of __________ (employ) for three years.

 5 My dad  runs a __________ (success) haulage business.

 6 Not everyone enjoyed 'Face'. Some people thought it isn’t very __________ (well / write).

  7 I thought Megan Markel was __________ (beautiful / dress) for her wedding, she was ________ – (wear) a Givenchy dress.

Word formation

verb                                                          noun                              adjective                                adverb 

To be strong                                        strength                        strong                                     strongly 

To separate                                         separation                    (in)separate                         seperately 

To be social                                         society                           (un)social / societal          socially  

To be happy                                        (un)happiness            (un)happy                              happily 

To prefer                                               preference                   preferable                             preferably 

To be able                                            (dis)ability                    (dis)able                                 ably 

To be conscious of smth              (un)consciousness  (un)conscious                     (un)consciously 

To behave                                             behaviour                     behavioural                         - 

To remark                                             remark                          (un)remarkable                  remarkably 

 

word formation

verb               noun             adjective                adverb

dellight       delight         delightful               delighted

-                      elegance     elegant                   elegantly

except        exception   exceptional           exeptionally

amas              mass             massive                  massively

substantiate  substance  substantial           tantially

Try to change the stems into as many things as you can. 

Send them to me to check. 

trick  access excellent impress colour

favour mind help dull hope sophisticated

mess mud ice popular  apply able electronic