Word Formation

can form new words with different meanings by adding a

Negative Prefixes

un-

dis-

im-

ir-

in-

il-

unfair;
uncommon;
untrue...

illegal;
illegitimate;
illogical...

impossible;
immature;
imperfect...

disadvantage;
dislike;
dishonest...

irrational;
irrelevant;
irresponsible...

incorrect;
informal;
inconvenient...

Mis-

misunderstanding;
mistrust;
misbehave...

Non-

non-smoker;
non-violent;
non-profit...

starts with P or M, you add the prefix “im”:

 Adjectives starting with L, you add the prefix “il”:
 illiterate; illegible; illicit; illegality; illegal; illogical…

 Adjectives beginning with R , you add the prefix “ir”:
 irrational; irresistible; irregular; irreverent; irresponsible…

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- survival;
arrive - arrival;
try - trial...
combine - combination;
accuse - accusation;
image

employ - employment;
move - movement;
arrange – arrangement...

work - worker;
sing - singer;
win - winner...

carry - carriage;
use - usage;
pack - package...

perform - performance;
insure - insurance;
entry – entrance;
differ – difference;
prefer - preference...

Noun formation

-al

-ation

-ment

-er

-age

-ance/ -ence

- freedom;
wise - wisdom...
-hood
dark - darkness;
fit - fitness;
weak - weakness...
-ness
neighbour

-dom

relation - relationship;
friend - friendship;
champion - championship...

-ship

novel – novelist;
art - artist;
piano - pianist...

-ist

actor – actress;
prince - princess;
waiter - waitress...

- ess

true - truth;
grow- growth;
weigh – weight...

-th/ -t

study - student;
serve - servant;
assist - assistant...

-ant/ ent

- darkish;
green - greenish...
-ish
sleep - sleepy;
rain - rainy;
fun - funny...
-ful
use

-less

electric – electrical;
nation - national;
emotion - emotional...

-al

fame – famous;
fury - furious;
poison - poisonous...

-ous

create – creative;
attract - attractive;
act - active...

-ive

accept - acceptable;
agree - agreeable;
access - accessible...

-able/ ible

- tranquilise;
sympathy - sympathise...
-ise/ -ize
-ify
regular - regulate;
circular - circulate;
domestic -

-ate

deep - deepen;
wide - widen;
short - shorten...

-
to agree -
to recover -
to inform -
to propose-
to pay –
arrival
government
army
agreement
recovery
information
proposal
payment

active -
stupid -
human -
kindness
quietness
happiness
activity
stupidity

the friend -
the month -
the danger-
the fame

foolish
childish
funny
friendly
monthly
dangerous
famous

Form adjectives from the nouns: