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Summary of High School English Word Form Conversions
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1. Verb to Noun
1. Ends with v + mentachieve —— achievement (achievement)advertise —— advertisement (advertisement)agree —— agreement (agreement)amuse——amusement (amusement)commit —— commitment (commitment)develop —— development (development)disagree —— disagreement (disagreement)equip —— equipment (equipment)govern —— government (government)manage——management (management)argue —— argument (argument) 2. Ends with V + ionattract —— attraction (attraction)discuss —— discussion (discussion)express —— expression (expression)instruct —— instruction (instruction)invent—— invention (invention)predict —— prediction (prediction)impress —— impression (impression)suggest —— suggestion (suggestion)educate —— education (education)graduate —— graduation (graduation)operate —— operation (operation)illustrate —— illustration (illustration)pollute —— pollution (pollution)introduce —— introduction (introduction)organize —— organization (organization)imagine —— imagination (imagination)inspire—— inspiration (inspiration)invite —— invitation (invitation)compete —— competition (competition)pronounce —— pronunciation (pronunciation)admit —— admission (admission)permit —— permission (permission)conclude —— conclusion (conclusion)decide —— decision (decision)describe —— description (description)resolve —— resolution (resolution)solve —— solution (solution) 3. Ends with V + anceallow —— allowance (allowance)appear —— appearance (appearance)perform —— performance (performance)exist —— existence (existence) 4. Ends with V + ingend —— ending (ending)train —— training (training)mean —— meaning (meaning)say—— saying (saying)remind —— reminding (reminding) bathe —— bathing (bathing) 5. Add -er or -or to form nouns indicating “a type of person”work——worker (worker)teach——teacher (teacher)sing——singer (singer)jump——jumper (high jumper)play——player (performer, athlete)learn——learner (learner)visit——visitor (visitor)invent——inventor (inventor) 6. V + othersbeg——beggar (beggar)sit——seat (seat)believe —— belief (belief)behave —— behavior (behavior)know—— knowledge (knowledge)fly—— flight (flight)mix —— mixture (mixture)press —— pressure (pressure)serve —— service (service)succeed —— success (success)pursue —— pursuit (pursuit)propose —— proposal (proposal)withdraw —— withdrawal (withdrawal)survive —— survival–survivor (survivor)arrive —— arrival (arrival)analyze —— analysis (analysis) 2. Adjective to Noun1. Change -ent to -ency or -enceefficient——efficiency (efficiency)patient——patience/impatience (patience/impatience)dependent——dependence (dependence)independent——independence (independence)urgent——urgency (urgency) 2. Ends with -ble, change -ble to -bilitypossible——possibility (possibility)responsible——responsibility (responsibility) 3. Othersaccurate——accuracy (accuracy)prosperous——prosperity (prosperity)true——truth (truth)wide——width (width)long——length (length)high——height (height) 3. Noun/Verb to Adjective1. Noun + y guilt 罪恶——guilty (guilty)health——healthy (healthy)luck——lucky (lucky)cloud——cloudy (cloudy)wind—windy (windy)rain——rainy (rainy)snow——snowy (snowy)tourist —— touristy (touristy) er ending, change er to ryhunger——hungry (hungry)anger —— angry (angry) fog—— foggy (foggy)sun—— sunny (sunny)fur—— furry (furry) shine——shiny (shiny)taste —— tasty (tasty) 2. Noun/Verb + edWords ending with consonant + consonant, directly add edtalent —— talented (talented)offend —— offended (offended)crowd —— crowded (crowded) Words ending with the vowel letter e, directly add dbalance —— balanced (balanced)organize——organized (organized)pollute —— polluted (polluted)please —— pleased (pleased) Words ending with vowel + consonant, double the last consonant and add edspot —— spotted (spotted) 3. Noun + ful/lesscare —— careful/ careless (careful/careless)help—— helpful / helpless (helpful/helpless)use—— useful/ useless (useful/useless)meaning —— meaningful / meaningless (meaningful/meaningless)colour—— colourful /colourless (colourful/colourless)pain 疼痛 ——painful /painless (painful/painless)thank—— thankful / thankless (thankful/thankless)peace 和平 —— peaceful (peaceful)play游戏 —— playful (playful)home —— homeless (homeless) 4. Noun/Verb + ablechange —— changeable (changeable)adjust——adjustable (adjustable)comfort——comfortable (comfortable)knowledge——knowledgeable (knowledgeable)suit —— suitable (suitable) For verbs ending with consonant + y, change y to i and add able,deny—— deniable (deniable)rely—— reliable (reliable) 5. Noun + ouscourage——courageous (courageous)danger—— dangerous (dangerous) Words ending with y, change y to i and add ousmystery 神秘—— mysterious (mysterious) 6. Change ce to tconfidence—— confident (confident)difference—— different (different)dependence —— dependent (dependent)independence—— independent (independent) 7. Add al to the endaddition—— additional (additional)music—— musical (musical)person—— personal (personal)nation—— national (national)education—— educational (educational)tradition—— traditional (traditional)origin—— original (original) For words ending with the vowel letter e, remove the last vowel and add alnature—— natural (natural)globe—— global (global) Exceptions:class—— classical (classical)medicine 药—— medical (medical)grammar—— grammatical (grammatical) 8. Noun + lyfriend—— friendly (friendly)live—— lively (lively)love—— lovely (lovely)week—— weekly (weekly)man—— manly (manly) 9. Add en to the endwood—— wooden (wooden)wool—— woolen (woolen) 10. Words indicating directionEast—— eastern (eastern)West—— western (western)South—— southern (southern)North—— northern (northern) 11. Four Major ContinentsAsia 亚洲—— Asian (Asian)Africa 非洲—— African (African)Europe 欧洲—— European (European)America 美洲—— American (American) 12. Othersenergy精力—— energetic (energetic)strategy—— strategic (strategic)scientist—— scientific (scientific) fool 傻子—— foolish (foolish)love—— loving (loving)pleasure—— pleasant (pleasant) / pleased (pleased)pride—— proud (proud) 4. Adjective to Verb1. Add -ize to the endmodern—— modernize (modernize)social—— socialize (socialize) 2. Add -en to the endfast—— fasten (fasten)short—— shorten (shorten)wide—— widen (widen)less—— lessen (lessen) Exceptions (with changes):long—— lengthen (lengthen)strong —— strengthen (strengthen) 3. Add en before the wordlarge —— enlarge (enlarge) 5. Adjective to Adverb1. Adjective + lybad—— badly (badly)bright—— brightly (brightly)casual—— casually (casually)clear—— clearly (clearly)complete—— completely (completely)correct—— correctly (correctly)final—— finally (finally)fortunate—— fortunately (fortunately)general—— generally (generally)loud—— loudly (loudly)particular —— particularly (particularly)polite—— politely (politely)proper —— properly (properly)main—— mainly (mainly)most —— mostly (mostly)normal—— normally (normally)quick—— quickly (quickly)quiet—— quietly (quietly)real—— really (really)recent —— recently (recently)sad—— sadly (sadly)slow—— slowly (slowly)special—— specially (specially)specific—— specifically (specifically)strong—— strongly (strongly)sudden—— suddenly (suddenly)usual—— usually (usually) 2. For words ending with le, remove e + ycomfortable—— comfortably (comfortably)gentle—— gently (gently)possible—— possibly (possibly)simple—— simply (simply)terrible—— terribly (terribly) 3. Change consonant + y to ilyeasy—— easily (easily)heavy—— heavily (heavily)happy—— happily (happily) 4. Special Casesgood—— well (well)true—— truly (truly)By learning in this way, the brain can connect the different forms of these root words, greatly improving learning efficiency.
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