Question

Noun Suffixes


-er added to
a verb is used for the person who does an activity: writer, worker, singer,...
(sometimes -or, as in actor, sailor, supervisor,...)


-er/-or are
also used for things which do a particular job: tin-opener, projector, ...


-er and -ee
can contrast with each other, meaning “person who does something” (-er) and
“person who receives or experiences the action” (-ee): employer/employee, ...


-(t)ion is
used to make nouns from verbs: communication, pollution, admission, ...


-ist
(person) and -ism (activity or ideology): marxist/Marxism, terrorist/terrorism,
...


-ist is also
used for people who play musical instruments: pianist, violinist, ...


-al is added
to some verbs to make nouns: arrival, refusal, ...


-ness is
used to make abstract nouns from adjectives: happiness, goodness, weakness, ...


-less
home-homeless


-ment is
used to make abstract nouns from verbs: excitement, enjoyment, ...


-hood is
used to make abstract nouns, especially family terms, from nouns: childhood,
brotherhood, ...


-ship is
used to make abstract nouns, especially status, from nouns: friendship,
membership, partnership, ...


-(i)ty is
used to make abstract nouns from adjectives: honesty, loyalty, ...



TASK 2





Do the exercises. Practise the noun formation.


1. Form corresponding nouns.


1. to add —
_________________


2. to admire
— _________________


3. to
celebrate — _________________


4. to
compose — _________________


5. to
cooperate — _________________


6. to
decorate — _________________


7. to devote
— _________________


8. to
dictate — _________________


9. to
educate — _________________


10. to
examine — _________________


11. to
invite — _________________


12. to
observe —_____________


13. to
protect — _________________


14. to
subtract — _________________


15. to
translate — _________________

Answer 1

Ответ:

addition

admiration

celebration

composition

cooperation

decoration

devotion

dictation

education

examination

invitation

observation

protection

subtraction

translation