Use of English

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Use of English - Word Formation

BIRTH OF A NOUN

This lesson helps to revise and consolidate forming verbs, adjectives and adverbs from nouns; the skill that comes in handy when dealing with Use of English, Part 3. 

QUICK RECAP

What is a (an):

Noun

Verb

Adjective

Adverb

Noun: Person, place, thing or an idea or feeling. 

Verb: Verbs are the action words in a sentence that describe what the subject is doing. 

Adverb: An adverb is a part of speech that provides greater description to a verb, adjective, another adverb, a phrase, a clause, or a sentence. A great way to pick out an adverb from a sentence is to look for the word ending in -ly. 

Adjective: an adjective describes or modifies a noun. It provides more information about a noun, indicating things like size, shape, color,

WORD FORMATION

Verb:             to educate

Noun:           education

Adjective:  educational, educated

Adverb:       educationally

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. 

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

WORD FORMATION

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

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!

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

I've been so ... all day, I didn't get anything done.

1. Productive
2. Unproductive
3. Producer
4. Production

What is the correct ... of "adjective"?

1. translator
2. translate
3. translation
4. transition

You shouldn't be so ... to your parents!

1. unrespectful
2. disrespectful
3. disrespective
4. unrespective

I don't know if that shirt is in stock, I will check the ... for you

1. avail
2. available
3. availableness
4. availability

Some parents ... what their children do in their spare time.

1. ignorance
2. ignorant
3. ignoring
4. ignore

I didn't complete my homework, but my teacher was ... about it

1. understanding
2. understandable
3. understood
4. understandand

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

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

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

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

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

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)

When you have to show your passport, this is a way to ... yourself.
(IDENTIFY)

You must appear very positive and ... (enthusiasm).

I looked at the parking spot in ... . Someone had stolen my car!
(BELIEVE)

Convince the interviewer that you are the most ... person for the job.
(SUIT)

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