How to create NOUNS?

There are a lot of ways to build nouns!

Nouns may be formed from verbs,

adjectives or other nouns. The
forms are often Latin or Greek in
origin.

1 VERB NOUN
Verbs can be changed into nouns if you add suffixes!
Suffixes are added at the _____________ of the noun.
Common suffixes:

a) al (e.g. refusal, proposal)

b)tion
(e.g. education, information)
c) ing (e.g. ending, writing)

OTHER SUFFIXES
-sion
-ment
-age
-ing

-ery

-ence

Now, discuss in your groups and give three more examples to change verb to noun!

e.g. refuse (verb) + -al (suffix) refusal (noun)

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Now, present your findings to your friends! Good luck!

How to create NOUNS?

There are a lot of ways to build nouns!

Nouns may be formed from verbs,

adjectives or other nouns. The
forms are often Latin or Greek in
origin.

2 ADJECTIVE NOUN
Adjectives can be changed into nouns if you add suffixes!
Suffixes are added at the _____________ of the noun.
Common suffixes:

a) ness
b)ity
c) y

(e.g. happiness)
(e.g. activity)
(e.g. honesty)

OTHER SUFFIXES
-ism
-ery
-th

-ty

Now, discuss in your groups and give three more examples to change adjectives to noun!

e.g. happy (adjective) + -ness (suffix) happiness (noun)

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Now, present your findings to your friends! Good luck!

How to create NOUNS?
There are a lot of ways to build nouns!

Nouns may be formed from

verbs, adjectives or other
nouns. The forms are often
Latin or Greek in origin.

3 VERB/NOUN/ADJECTIVE PERSONAL NOUN

Verbs, nouns and adjectives can be changed into personal nouns if you
add suffixes!
Suffixes are added at the _____________ of the noun/verb/adjective.
Common suffixes:

a) ent/-ant(e.g. attendant, president)

b)ist (e.g. columnist, terrorist)
c) ster (e.g. hipster, spinster)

OTHER SUFFIXES
-ar
-or
-eer
-er

-ee

-arian

Now, discuss in your groups and give three more examples to change verbs to personal nouns!

e.g. attend (verb) + -ant (suffix) attendant (noun)

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2.

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Now, present your findings to your friends! Good luck!
How to create NOUNS?
There are a lot of ways to build nouns!

Nouns may be formed from verbs,

adjectives or other nouns. The
forms are often Latin or Greek in
origin.

4 NOUN COLLECTIVE NOUN

A collective noun indicates a group of individuals.
Verbs can be changed into collective nouns if you add suffixes!
Suffixes are added at the _____________ of the noun.
Common suffixes:

a) hood
b)ship

OTHER SUFFIXES

(e.g. brotherhood, childhood)

(e.g. scholarship)

-dom

-ery

Now, discuss in your groups and give three more examples to change verbs to personal nouns!

e.g. brother (noun) + -hood (suffix) brotherhood (collective noun)

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Now, present your findings to your friends! Good luck!
How to create NOUNS?

Nouns may be formed from verbs,

adjectives or other nouns. The
forms are often Latin or Greek in
origin.

There are a lot of ways to build nouns!

5 VERB NOUN
Some verbs can also act as a noun without changing the spelling!
Example:

Control

cough

win

Circle

grin

laugh

spy
smile

Now, discuss in your groups and give three more examples of verbs to that can be used as nouns!

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Now, present your findings to your friends! Good luck!
How to create NOUNS?
There are a lot of ways to build nouns!

Nouns may be formed from verbs,

adjectives or other nouns. The
forms are often Latin or Greek in
origin.

5 NOUN FORMS ENDING IN -ing

Some nouns ending in ing are confused with gerund forms.
What is the difference?
Noun Word Form
A noun form may end in -ing. To test if it is a noun, put an article before it
and/or a prepositional phrase after it.

The landing of the airplane was not difficult.

The passengers enjoyed the landing of the aircraft.
The taking of of the airplane was not difficult.

Gerund Word Form

A gerund expresses the meaning of an activity. An article is not used before a
gerund.

Landing the airplane was not difficult.

The pilot enjoyed landing the airplane.
Taking of was not difficult.

Now, discuss in your group and give three more examples of noun forms ending in -ing! Make sample
sentences!

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Now, present your findings to your friends! Good luck!