Word formation What is it We can make

Word formation

What is it? We can make nouns, adjectives, adverbs and verbs by adding prefixes and suffixes. Indecisive “in” is a negative preffix Strenghten “en” is a verb suffix, so it transforms the noun “strength” into a verb

nouns

Y (nouns) adjective difficult honest modest noun difficulty honesty modesty

ce (nouns) adjective confident important patient noun confidence importance patience

NESS (nouns) adjective kind sad noun kindness lazy sadness laziness happy happiness fondness

ity (nouns) adjective popular active minor noun popularity activity minority

adjectives

-ous (adj) noun danger adventure fame adjective dangerous unadventurous famous

-able (adj) noun comfort knowledge fashion adjective uncomfortable knowledgeable fashionable

-al (adj) noun nature tradition music adjective unnatural traditional musical

-y (adj) noun health wealth adjective noise healthy wealthy noisy anger angry

The room was so ADJ___________that we left (NOISE) noisy He is, by far, the most ADJ_________man I know… a risk-taker (ADVENTURE) adventurous She is, however, quite ADJ_________and cautious (ADVENTURE) unadventurous If you want to overcome N__________you should take up a hobby (LAZY) laziness

NOW ON YOUR OWN… Who wrote the __________of being Earnest? IMPORTANT importance I was amazed by the _________of the people there (KIND) kindness ____________people are always wellinformed (KNOW) knowledgeable

Questions? ? Exercises: WB p 9 and SB p 13