Wednesday 23 September 2020

GRAMMAR: WORD FORMATION

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Basic rules of word formation:

1. Making Nouns by using the following suffixes to the adjectives/verbs or another nouns:

Age: Al/Ial:Ance Ant: Cy: Dom: Ee: Ence: Er: Ery Ess: Hood: Ism Ity: Lity: Ment: Ness: Or: 

Ship:  Sion: Tion: Ty: Ure


1. Age:

1. pack + age = package
2. drain + age = drainage
3. break + age = breakage
4. wreck + age = wreckage
5. pass + age = passage
6. carry + age = carriage
7. store + age = storage
8. dose + age = dosage
9. percent + age = percentage
10. bag + age = baggage
11. rough = + age = roughage
16. marry + age = marriage
17. post + age = postage
18. store + age = storage
19. leak + age = leakage
20. ship + age = shippage

2. Al/Ial:

1. commit+al =committal
2. approve+al =approval
3. arrive+al =arrival
4. dismiss+al =dismissal
5. remove+al =removal
6. refer+al =referral
7. dispose+al =disposal
8. bury+al =burial
9. propose+al proposal
10. try +al =trial
11. refuse +al =refusal
12. sign+al=signal
13. profession+al=professional
14. bestow+al=bestowal
15. betray+al=betrayal
16. acquit+al=acquittal
17. deny+al=denial
18. refute+al=refutal
19. recite+al=recital
20. revive+al=revival
21. redress+al=redressal
22. appraise+al=appraisal
23. apprise+al=apprisal

3. Ance

1. clear + ance = clearance 
2. guide +ance= guidance
3. accept + ance = acceptance
4. relevant + ance = relevance
5. ignorant + ance = ignorance
6. important + ance = importance 
7. resemble + ance = resemblance
8. allow + ance = allowance
9. insure + ance = insurance
10. distant + ance = distance
11. maintain + ance = maintenance 
12. disturb + ance = disturbance
13. assistant + ance = assistance
14.  fragrant + ance = fragrance
15. grieve + ance = grievance
16.  dominate + ance = dominance
17. attend + ance = attendance



















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