Summary of English Part of Speech Transformations

Summary of English Part of Speech Transformations01 Verb to Noun

1. v + ment endings

achieve —— achievement achievementadvertise —— advertisement advertisementagree —— agreement agreementamuse——amusement amusementcommit —— commitment commitmentdevelop —— development developmentdisagree —— disagreement disagreementequip —— equipment equipmentgovern —— government governmentmanage——management managementargue —— argument argument

2. V + ion endings

attract —— attraction attractiondiscuss —— discussion discussionexpress —— expression expressioninstruct —— instruction instructioninvent—— 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 solution

3. V + ance endings

allow —— allowance allowance

appear —— appearance appearanceperform —— performance performanceexist —— existence existence

4. V + ing endings

end —— ending endingtrain —— training trainingmean —— meaning meaningsay—— saying sayingremind —— reminding remindingbathe —— bathing bathing

5. Add -er or -or to denote a type of person

work——worker workerteach——teacher teachersing——singer singerjump——jumper jumperplay——player playerlearn——learner learnervisit——visitor visitorinvent——inventor inventor

6. V + others

beg——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 survival–survivor survivorarrive —— arrival arrivalanalyze —— analysis analysis

Summary of English Part of Speech Transformations02 Adjective to Noun

1. Change -ent to -ency or -ence

efficient——efficiency efficiencypatient——patience/impatience patience/impatiencedependent——dependence dependenceindependent——independency independencyurgent——urgency urgency

2. -ble endings change to -bility

possible——possibility possibilityresponsible——responsibility responsibility

3. Others

accurate——accuracy accuracyprosperous——prosperity prosperitytrue——truth truthwide——width widthlong——length lengthhigh——height height

Summary of English Part of Speech Transformations03 Noun/Verb to Adjective

1. Noun + y

honest —— honesty honestyguilt 罪恶——guilty guiltyhealth——healthy healthyluck——lucky luckycloud——cloudy cloudywind—windy windyrain——rainy rainysnow——snowy snowytourist —— touristy touristyer endings change to ry<hunger——hungry hungryanger —— angry angryfog—— foggy foggysun—— sunny sunnyfur—— furry furryshine——shiny shinytaste —— tasty tasty

2. Noun/Verb + ed

Words ending with consonant + consonant add ed directlytalent —— talented talentedoffend —— offended offendedcrowd —— crowded crowded

Words ending with vowel e add d directlybalance —— balanced balancedorganize——organized organizedpollute ——polluted pollutedplease ——pleased pleased

Words ending with vowel + consonant double the last consonant and add edspot —— spotted spotted

3. Noun + ful/lesscare —— careful/ careless careful/carelesshelp—— helpful / helpless helpful/helplessuse—— useful/ useless useful/uselessmeaning —— meaningful / meaningless meaningful/meaninglesscolour—— colourful /colourless colourful/colourlesspain 疼痛 ——painful /painless painful/painlessthank—— thankful / thankless thankful/thankless

3. Noun/Verb + ful/less

peace 和平 —— peaceful peacefulplay游戏 —— playful playfulhome —— homeless homeless

4. Noun/Verb + able

change —— changeable changeableadjust——adjustable adjustablecomfort——comfortable comfortableknowledge——knowledgeable knowledgeablesuit ——suitable suitableverbs ending with consonant + y change y to i and add able, deny—— deniable deniablerely—— reliable reliable

5. Noun + ous

courage——courageous courageousdanger—— dangerous dangerousending with y change y to i and add ousmystery 神秘—— mysterious mysterious

6. ce changes to t

confidence—— confident confidentdifference——different differentdependence —— dependent dependentindependence—— independent independent

7. Add al

addition—— additional additional,music—— musical musicalperson——personal (私人的)personalnation—— national nationaleducation——educational educational有教育意义的tradition—— traditional traditionalorigin起源——original original

Words ending with vowel remove the last vowel and add alnature——natural naturalglobe—— global global

Exceptions: class—— classical classicalmedicine 药——medical medicalgrammar—— grammatical grammatical

8. Noun + ly

friend—— friendly friendlylive——lively livelylove——lovely lovelyweek——weekly weeklyman——manly manly

9. Add en

wood—— wooden woodenwool—— woolen woolen

10. Directional words

East——eastern easternWest——western westernSouth——southern southernNorth——northern northern

11. Four continents

Asia 亚洲—— Asian AsianAfrica 非洲——African AfricanEurope欧洲—— European EuropeanAmerica 美洲——American American

12. Others

energy精力——energetic energeticstrategy——strategic strategicscientist——scientific scientificfool 傻子——foolish foolishlove——loving lovingpleasure——pleasant pleasant/ pleased pleasedpride——proud proud

Summary of English Part of Speech Transformations04 Adjective to Verb

1. Add -ize

modern——modernize modernizesocial——socialize socialize

2. Add -en

fast——fasten fastenshort—— shorten shortenwide——widen widenless——lessen lessenSpecial case (with transformation): long——lengthen lengthenstrong ——strengthen strengthen

3. Add en beforelarge —— enlarge enlarge

Summary of English Part of Speech Transformations05 Adjective to Adverb

1. Adjective + ly

bad——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 usually

2. Words ending with le, remove e + y

comfortable——comfortably comfortablygentle——gently gentlypossible——possibly possiblysimple——simply simplyterrible——terribly terribly

3. Consonant + y changes y to ily

easy——easily easilyheavy——heavily heavilyhappy——happily happily

4. Special casesgood——well welltrue——truly truly

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