Word-Formation
EXERCISE
Make Nouns from the words given below :
1. sell, clothe, speak, grieve, choose, advise
sale, cloth, speech, grief, choice, advice
2. inimical, airy, nervous, childish, secret, proud
inimicalness, airiness, nervousness, childishness, secrecy, pride
1. sell, clothe, speak, grieve, choose, advise
sale, cloth, speech, grief, choice, advice
2. inimical, airy, nervous, childish, secret, proud
inimicalness, airiness, nervousness, childishness, secrecy, pride
3. rob, live, give, revise, repeat, believe
robbery, liveliness, giver, revision, repetition, belief.
4. refuse, agree, hard, confuse, fulfil, depend
refusal, agreement, hardness, confusion, fulfilment, dependence
5. appear, decide, preside, succeed, sell, establish
appearance, decision, president, success, sale, establishment
6. beg, bury, enter, equal, mix, develop
beggar, burial, entrance, equality, mixture, development
robbery, liveliness, giver, revision, repetition, belief.
4. refuse, agree, hard, confuse, fulfil, depend
refusal, agreement, hardness, confusion, fulfilment, dependence
5. appear, decide, preside, succeed, sell, establish
appearance, decision, president, success, sale, establishment
6. beg, bury, enter, equal, mix, develop
beggar, burial, entrance, equality, mixture, development
EXERCISE
Make Adjectives from the words given below : 1. ease, value, purity, origin, person, worth
easy, valuable, pure, original, personal , worthy
2. nation, hunger, storm, memory, air
national, hungry, stormy, memorable, airy
3. adventure, poverty, innocence, centre, terror
adventurous, poor, innocent, central, terrified
4. pain, gold, noise, beauty, fool, wealth
painful, golden, noisy, beautiful, foolish, wealthy
EXERCISE
Make Verbs from the words given below :1. able, clear, dark, false, just, large, popular
enable, clarify, darken, falsen, justify, enlarge, popularise
2. advice, bath, belief, pure, safe, strong, wide
advise , bathe, believe, purify, safeguard, strengthen, widen
3. breath, cloth, courage, glory, light, sure
breathe, clothe, encourage, glorify, lighten, ensure
4. glad, height, practice, sale, service, sympathy, system
gladden ,heighten, practise, sell, serve, sympathize, systematize