SUFFIXES - FORMING NOUNS

- - ation, - tion, - ion, - ition, - sion = the activity or state of

- - ment = the action or result of

I Make the nouns out of the given verbs by placing them in the corresponding column:

relate, pronounce, punctuate, announce, assign, distribute, transport, correct, collect, direct, absorb, decorate,
explore, invest, pay, excite, educate, coordinate, retire, develop, satisfy, employ, organize, encourage, pollute,
disappoint, explain, translate, imitate, entertain, arrange, achieve, amuse, improve, involve, judge, measure,
collect, embarrass, agree, interpret, solve, imagine, discuss, decide, permit, concentrate, intent, advertise, argue,
donate, appreciate, engage, define, combine, compose, treat, equip, calculate, celebrate, move, punish, enlarge,
enrich, fulfil,

- ation, - tion, - ion, - - ment - ation, - tion, - ion, - - ment

ition, - sion ition, - sion
relation announcement translation measurment
pronunciation assignment imitation embarrassment
punctuation investment collection agreement
distribution payment interpretation advertisement
transportation excitement solution argument
correction retirement imagination engagement
collection development discussion treatment
direction employment decision equipment
absorption encouragement permission movement
decoration disappointment concentration punishment
exploration entertainment intention enlargement
education arrangement donation enrichment
coordination achievement appreciation fulfilment
satisfaction amusement definition
organization improvement combination
pollution involvement composition
explanation judgement calculation
celebration

II Make the nouns out of the given adjectives by adding the suffixes

- - ity or – ty or – ness = the condition, the state or the quality of

complex – complexity ready – readiness busy -business flexible - flexibility

crazy - craziness probable –probability generous - generosity bitter - bitterness
creative – creativity formal - formality dark - darkness sentimental -
sentimentality
empty -emptiness hungry -hungriness humid - humidity grateful - gratefulness
mad – madness kind - kindness weak - weakness awful - awfulness
helpful –helpfulness quick - quickness wireless - wirelessness able - ability
stupid – stupidity ill - illness helpless - helplessness cruel - cruelty
great –greatness secure - security close – closeness bold - boldness
responsible – good – goodness curious - curiosity equal - equality
responsibility
pure – purity aware - awareness hilarious - hilariousness blind - blindness
visible -visibility regretful - regretfulness angry - angriness vain - vanity
sick -sickness bitter - bitterness sharp - sharpness fit - fitness
tidy -tidiness rare - rarity possible - possibility thoughtful -
thoughtfulness
sad -sadness forgetful - forgetfulness happy - happiness homeless - homelessness
active -activity lonely - loneliness foolish - foolishness careless -
elastic -elasticity beautiful - beautifulness lazy - laziness peaceful -

III Make new nouns out of the given nouns by adding the following suffixes:

- - hood = the state or quality of; a group of people of the type mentioned
- - ship = the state or quality of; the status or office of, skill or ability, the group of

parent - parenthood, owner - ownership, child - childhood, friend - friendship, boy - boyhood, citizen - citizenship,
musician - musicianship, partner - partnership, leader - leadership, parent - parenthood, king - kingship, town –
township, neighbor - neighborhood, lord - lordship, censor - censorship, adult - adulthood, battle - battleship,
member - membership, brother - brotherhood, intern - internship, sponsor - sponsorship

SUFFIXES - FORMING ADJECTIVES

IV Make adjectives out of the given nouns and verbs by adding the appropriate suffixes:

Note: Some of the words can be used in more than one category.

stress, job, imagine, sense, rely, scene, hope, home, create, honor, sympathy, sorrow, hair, act, reason, fashion,
economy, comfort, attract, meaning, forget, harm, expense, change, horrify, eat, horror, narration, support, end,
success, exclude, access, science, real, peace, care, mass, divide, energy, system, help, sleep, effect, wash, reason,
drink, drama, regret, use, compete, comfort, cube, apologize, power, thought, produce, enjoy, tragedy, base, cheer,
pain, protect, describe, change, count, athlete, alcohol, beauty, doubt, respond, believe, history, material, meaning,
addict, obsess, repair, romance, thank, speech, secret, decide, responsibility, accept, hero, progress, adore,
aggression, break, specify, art, destruct, memory, allergy, shame, offend, terror, value, fantasy, geometry, penny,
relate, debate, idiom, suit, alternate, analyze, agree, academy, dispute

- ful - less - ve - able (- ible) - ic

stressful jobless imaginative sensible scenic
hopeful homeless creative reliable sympathetic
sorrowful hairless active honorable economic
meaningful meaningless attractive reasonable horrific
forgetful endless expensive fashionable scientific
harmful careless narrative comfortable realistic
successful helpless supportive changeable energetic
peaceful sleepless exclusive edible systematic
careful thoughtless massive accessible dramatic
helpful speechless effective divisible cubic
regretful shameless competitive washable apologetic
powerful penniless productive reasonable tragic
thoughtful protective drinkable basic
cheerful responsive usable athletic
painful addictive comfortable alcoholic
beautiful obsessive enjoyable historic
doubtful secretive describable materialistic
meaningful decisive countable romantic
thankful progressive believable heroic
shameful aggressive repairable specific
destructive responsible artistic
offensive acceptable allergic
relative adorable terrific
alternative breakable fantastic
memorable geometric
valuable idiomatic
debatable analytic
suitable academic
agreeable
disputable