Whether it is the college entrance examination English or the academic examination English, the transformation of adjective parts of speech is a high-frequency test point in grammar fill-in-the-blank questions, and cloze tests will also be involved! Transforming adjectives into adverbs is a common form of part of speech conversion.Essential for Academic Exam Students: English Part of Speech Conversion1. Verbs to Nouns1. v + ment endingachieve —— achievement achievementadvertise —— advertisement advertisementagree —— agreement agreementamuse —— amusement entertainmentcommit —— commitment commitmentdevelop —— development developmentdisagree —— disagreement disagreementequip —— equipment equipmentgovern —— government governmentmanage —— management managementargue —— argument argument2. V + ion endingattract —— attraction attractiondiscuss —— discussion discussionexpress —— expression expressioninstruct —— instruction guidanceinvent —— invention inventionpredict —— prediction predictionimpress —— impression impressionsuggest —— suggestion suggestioneducate —— education educationgraduate —— graduation graduationoperate —— operation operationillustrate —— illustration illustrationpollute —— pollution pollutionintroduce —— introduction introductionorganize —— organization organizationimagine —— imagination imaginationinspire —— inspiration inspirationinvite —— invitation invitationcompete —— competition competitionpronounce —— pronunciation pronunciationadmit —— admission admissionpermit —— permission permissionconclude —— conclusion conclusiondecide —— decision decisiondescribe —— description descriptionresolve —— resolution resolutionsolve —— solution solution3. V + ance endingallow —— allowance allowanceappear —— appearance appearanceperform —— performance performanceexist —— existence existence4. V + ing endingend —— ending endingtrain —— training trainingmean —— meaning meaningsay —— saying sayingremind —— reminding remindingbathe —— bathing bathing5. Adding -er or -or to form nouns indicating ‘a type of person’work —— worker workerteach —— teacher teachersing —— singer singerjump —— jumper high jumperplay —— player performer, athletelearn —— learner learnervisit —— visitor visitorinvent —— inventor inventor6. V + othersbeg —— beggar beggarsit —— seat seatbelieve —— belief beliefbehave —— behavior behaviorknow —— knowledge knowledgefly —— flight flightmix —— mixture mixturepress —— pressure pressureserve —— service servicesucceed —— success successpursue —— pursuit pursuitpropose —— proposal proposalwithdraw —— withdrawal withdrawalsurvive —— survival survivorarrive —— arrival arrivalanalyze —— analysis analysis
2. Adjectives to Nouns
1. Change -ent to -ency or -enceefficient —— efficiency efficiencypatient —— patience / impatience patience / impatiencedependent —— dependence dependenceindependent —— independency independencyurgent —— urgency urgency2. Change -ble to -bilitypossible —— possibility possibilityresponsible —— responsibility responsibility3. Othersaccurate —— accuracy accuracyprosperous —— prosperity prosperitytrue —— truth truthwide —— width widthlong —— length lengthhigh —— height height3. Nouns/Verbs to Adjectives1. Noun + yhonest —— honesty honestguilt —— guilty guiltyhealth —— healthy healthyluck —— lucky luckycloud —— cloudy cloudywind —— windy windyrain —— rainy rainysnow —— snowy snowytourist —— touristy touristyEnding in -er, change -er to -ryhunger —— hungry hungryanger —— angry angryfog —— foggy foggysun —— sunny sunnyfur —— furry furryshine —— shiny shinytaste —— tasty tasty2. Noun/Verb + edWords ending in consonant + consonant, add -ed directlytalent —— talented talentedoffend —— offended offendedcrowd —— crowded crowdedWords ending in vowel letter e, add -d directlybalance —— balanced balancedorganize —— organized organizedpollute —— polluted pollutedplease —— pleased pleasedWords ending in vowel + consonant, double the last consonant and add -edspot —— spotted spotted3. Noun + ful/lesscare —— careful / careless careful / carelesshelp —— helpful / helpless helpful / helplessuse —— useful / useless useful / uselessmeaning —— meaningful / meaningless meaningful / meaninglesscolour —— colourful / colourless colourful / colourlesspain —— painful / painless painful / painlessthank —— thankful / thankless thankful / thanklesspeace —— peaceful peacefulplay —— playful playfulhome —— homeless homeless4. Noun/Verb + ablechange —— changeable changeableadjust —— adjustable adjustablecomfort —— comfortable comfortableknowledge —— knowledgeable knowledgeablesuit —— suitable suitableVerbs ending in consonant + y change y to i and add -abledeny —— deniable deniablerely —— reliable reliable5. Noun + ouscourage —— courageous courageousdanger —— dangerous dangerousChange y to i and add -ousmystery —— mysterious mysterious6. Change ce to tconfidence —— confident confidentdifference —— different differentdependence —— dependent dependentindependence —— independent independent7. Add -aladdition —— additional additionalmusic —— musical musicalperson —— personal personalnation —— national nationaleducation —— educational educationaltradition —— traditional traditionalorigin —— original originalRemove the last vowel if the word ends with a vowelnature —— natural naturalglobe —— global globalSpecial case:class —— classical classicalmedicine —— medical medicalgrammar —— grammatical grammatical8. Noun + lyfriend —— friendly friendlylive —— lively livelylove —— lovely lovelyweek —— weekly weeklyman —— manly manly9. Ending + enwood —— wooden woodenwool —— woolen woolen10. Directional wordsEast —— easternWest —— westernSouth —— southernNorth —— northern11. Four ContinentsAsia —— AsianAfrica —— AfricanEurope —— EuropeanAmerica —— American12. Othersenergy —— energetic energeticstrategy —— strategic strategicscientist —— scientific scientificfool —— foolish foolishlove —— loving lovingpleasure —— pleasant pleasantpride —— proud proud4. Adjectives to Verbs1. Add -izemodern —— modernize modernizesocial —— socialize socialize2. Add -enfast —— fasten fastenshort —— shorten shortenwide —— widen widenless —— lessen lessenSpecial cases (with transformation):long —— lengthen lengthenstrong —— strengthen strengthen3. Add en before the wordlarge —— enlarge enlarge5. Adjectives to Adverbs1. Adjective + lybad —— badly badlybright —— brightly brightlycasual —— casually casuallyclear —— clearly clearlycomplete —— completely completelycorrect —— correctly correctlyfinal —— finally finallyfortunate —— fortunately fortunatelygeneral —— generally generallyloud —— loudly loudlyparticular —— particularly particularlypolite —— politely politelyproper —— properly properlymain —— mainly mainlymost —— mostly mostlynormal —— normally normallyquick —— quickly quicklyquiet —— quietly quietlyreal —— really reallyrecent —— recently recentlysad —— sadly sadlyslow —— slowly slowlyspecial —— specially speciallyspecific —— specifically specificallystrong —— strongly stronglysudden —— suddenly suddenlyusual —— usually usually2. Words ending in le, remove e and add ycomfortable —— comfortably comfortablygentle —— gently gentlypossible —— possibly possiblysimple —— simply simplyterrible —— terribly terribly3. Consonant + y, change y to ilyeasy —— easily easilyheavy —— heavily heavilyhappy —— happily happily4. Special casesgood —— well welltrue —— truly truly
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