Essential English Word Class Transformations You Must Memorize

Verb to Noun Transformations

1. v + ment endings

achieve —— achievement

advertise —— advertisement

agree —— agreement

amuse——amusement

commit —— commitment

develop —— development

disagree —— disagreement

equip —— equipment

govern —— government

manage——management

argue —— argument

2. V + ion endings

attract —— attraction

discuss —— discussion

express —— expression

instruct —— instruction

invent —— invention

predict —— prediction

impress —— impression

suggest —— suggestion

educate —— education

graduate —— graduation

operate —— operation

illustrate —— illustration

pollute —— pollution

introduce —— introduction

organize —— organization

imagine —— imagination

inspire —— inspiration

invite —— invitation

compete —— competition

pronounce —— pronunciation

admit —— admission

permit —— permission

conclude —— conclusion

decide —— decision

describe —— description

resolve —— resolution

solve —— solution

3. V + ance endings

allow —— allowance

appear —— appearance

perform —— performance

exist —— existence

4. V + ing endings

end —— ending

train —— training

mean —— meaning

say —— saying

remind —— reminding

bathe —— bathing

5. Adding er or or to form nouns indicating “a type of person”

work —— worker

teach —— teacher

sing —— singer

jump —— jumper

play —— player

learn —— learner

visit —— visitor

invent —— inventor

6. V + Others

beg —— beggar

sit —— seat

believe —— belief

behave —— behavior

know —— knowledge

fly —— flight

mix —— mixture

press —— pressure

serve —— service

succeed —— success

pursue —— pursuit

propose —— proposal

withdraw —— withdrawal

survive —— survival/survivor

arrive —— arrival

analyze —— analysis

Noun to Adjective Transformations

1. Change ent to ency or ence

efficient —— efficiency

patient —— patience/impatience

dependent —— dependence

independent —— independency

urgent —— urgency

2. Change ble to bility

possible —— possibility

responsible —— responsibility

3. Others

accurate —— accuracy

prosperous —— prosperity

true —— truth

wide —— width

long —— length

high —— height

Noun/Verb to Adjective Transformations

1. Noun + y

honest —— honesty

guilt —— guilty

health —— healthy

luck —— lucky

cloud —— cloudy

2. Change er to ry

hunger —— hungry

anger —— angry

fog —— foggy

sun —— sunny

fur —— furry

shine —— shiny

taste —— tasty

3. Noun/Verb + ed

For words ending in consonant + consonant, add ed

talent —— talented

offend —— offended

crowd —— crowded

For words ending in vowel e, add d

balance —— balanced

organize —— organized

pollute —— polluted

please —— pleased

For words ending in vowel + consonant, double the consonant and add ed

spot —— spotted

4. Noun + ful/less

care —— careful/careless

help —— helpful/helpless

use —— useful/useless

meaning —— meaningful/meaningless

colour —— colourful/colourless

pain —— painful/painless

thank —— thankful/thankless

5. Noun + able

change —— changeable

adjust —— adjustable

comfort —— comfortable

knowledge —— knowledgeable

suit —— suitable

For verbs ending in consonant + y, change y to i and add able

deny —— deniable

rely —— reliable

6. Noun + ous

courage —— courageous

danger —— dangerous

For words ending in y, change y to i and add ous

mystery —— mysterious

7. Change ce to t

confidence —— confident

difference —— different

dependence —— dependent

independence —— independent

8. Add al

addition —— additional

music —— musical

person —— personal

nation —— national

education —— educational

tradition —— traditional

origin —— original

For words ending in vowel, remove the vowel and add al

nature —— natural

globe —— global

Exceptions:

class —— classical

medicine —— medical

grammar —— grammatical

9. Noun + ly

friend —— friendly

live —— lively

love —— lovely

week —— weekly

man —— manly

10. Adding en

wood —— wooden

wool —— woolen

11. Directional Words

East —— eastern

West —— western

South —— southern

North —— northern

12. Continents

Asia —— Asian

Africa —— African

Europe —— European

America —— American

13. Others

energy —— energetic

strategy —— strategic

scientist —— scientific

fool —— foolish

love —— loving

pleasure —— pleasant

pride —— proud

Adjective to Verb Transformations

1. Add ize

modern —— modernize

social —— socialize

2. Add en

fast —— fasten

short —— shorten

wide —— widen

less —— lessen

Exceptions (with changes):

long —— lengthen

strong —— strengthen

3. Add en at the beginning

large —— enlarge

Adjective to Adverb Transformations

1. Adjective + ly

bad —— badly

bright —— brightly

casual —— casually

clear —— clearly

complete —— completely

correct —— correctly

final —— finally

fortunate —— fortunately

general —— generally

loud —— loudly

particular —— particularly

polite —— politely

proper —— properly

main —— mainly

most —— mostly

normal —— normally

quick —— quickly

quiet —— quietly

real —— really

recent —— recently

sad —— sadly

slow —— slowly

special —— specially

specific —— specifically

strong —— strongly

sudden —— suddenly

usual —— usually

2. For words ending in le, remove e and add y

comfortable —— comfortably

gentle —— gently

possible —— possibly

simple —— simply

terrible —— terribly

3. For consonant + y, change y to ily

easy —— easily

heavy —— heavily

happy —— happily

4. Special Cases

good —— well

true —— truly

Source: Primary School English. Contact for removal if infringement.

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