The formation of Nouns

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THE FORMATION OF
NOUNS

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NOUN-FORMING SUFFIXES
• -er reader, teacher, worker
• -ist telegraphist, dramatist
• -ness openness, madness
• -ess heiress, hostess, actress
• -ion suspicion
• -(a)tion formation
• -sion admission
ess is practically the only gender-forming
suffix, expressing feminine gender

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NOUN-FORMING SUFFIXES
-hood: childhood, brotherhood
-ship: friendship, scholarship
-age: passage, marriage
-ism: tourism, heroism
-ant: assistant, applicant
-ence: conference, difference
-(t)ure: culture, structure
-ing: building, meeting
-dom: freedom, kingdom
-ment: development, movement
-ance: importance, distance
-ity (-ty): majority, property
-y: energy, destiny
-ian: politician, Russian

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FORM NOUNS FROM THE GIVEN WORDS WITH THE HELP
OF SUFFIXES -MENT, -ANT, -NESS AND -IST.
Model:) to employ - employment; piano – pianist
• Appoint, move, enjoy, mad, science, advertise, happy, judge, capital,
• entertain, material, govern, develop, improve.
ment
ant
ness
ist

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verb
To accelerate
To deliver
To apply
To succeed
To improve
To sustain
To acquire
To adapt
To establish
To collaborate
translation
ускорять, убыстрять
доставлять,
обращаться с просьбой,
(письменным) заявлением
поддерживать
приспосабливать
noun
acceleration
delivery
application
success
improvement
sustainability
acquirement
adaptability
establishment
collaboration
To adjust
Приспосабливаться.регулировать
adjustment
To persevere
упорно добиваться
perseverance