GAZİ UNIVERSITY 2018-2019 FALL TERM

SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES B1 WEEK 3

WORD FORMATION TIPS – VERBS to NOUNS

As you know, in English, we can change the meaning and also the part of speech of words
by adding affixes. There are two types of affixes:

a group of letters placed before the root of a word:

unhappy – dishonest – impossible – replay – undo
Prefix
Affix
Suffix a group of letters placed after the root of a word:
comfortable – successful – happily – kindness – messy

In this worksheet, we are going to study suffixes that are added to verbs to change them
into nouns. Here is the list showing some (and most common) of these with examples:

SUFFIX VERB FORM NOUN FORM

-ment agree agreement
govern government
-ion educate education
(-ation, -tion, -sion) confuse confusion
-nce attend attendance
(-ance, -ence) accept acceptance
-t /-th give gift
heal health
-ing bless blessing
seat seating
-al propose proposal
dismiss dismissal
-ure sign signature
close closure
-y / -ry bake bakery
recover recovery
-age post postage
marry marriage
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A. Turn the following verbs into nouns by using the affixes in the box. Make changes if
necessary.
-ment -ion / -sion / -tion / -ation -nce / -ence / -ance -t / -th

-ing -al -ure -y / -ry -age

Verb Noun Verb Noun

disturb 1________________ fail 8________________

understand 2________________ meet 9________________

injure 3________________ insure 10________________

break 4________________ survive 11________________

bury 5________________ try 12________________

object 6________________ die 13________________

enter 7________________ omit 14________________

B. Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the words given. You may need to make the
words plural.

1. I checked to see if the ____________________ for the wedding were completed. (prepare)
2. After seeing how much he could earn, he decided to become a ____________________
manufacturer. (clothe)
3. People in the eastern regions of Turkey are trying to attract businessmen to make
____________________ there. (invest)
4. According to my ____________________, the business will collapse in a year if more and
more people are employed. (estimate)
5. She uses her power of ____________________ really well when selling a product to a
customer. (persuade)
6. Have you seen our company’s ____________________ in the newspapers and magazines?
(advertise)
7. What are the ____________________ that you are looking for in a junior manager? (qualify)
8. He is under ____________________ of committing the crime, but the police could not prove
this. (suspect)
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9. The accident took place at the ____________________ of the two roads. (cross)
10. The ____________________ company refused to pay for the damage completely. (insure)
11. The judge made his mind without taking any ____________________ into consideration.
(object)
12. Consuming too much sugar damages ____________________ seriously. (heal)
13. The police officer announced that they took action against ____________________. (bribe)
14. The jury told us they will discuss and let us know about their ____________________ about
in an hour. (decide)
15. I tried to learn his ____________________ time so that I could say him goodbye at the
airport. (depart)
16. The students found the correct answers by ____________________ and error method. (try)
17. The party which won the elections assigned the ministers to take part in the new
____________________. (govern)
18. Love can be defined as ____________________ between the two people. (attract)
19. After some ____________________, the students had total control over the subject.
(repeat)
20. Although I knew the exact hour of her ____________________, I didn’t go to see her.
(arrive)
21. After the ____________________ of his grandfather, he burst into tears. (bury)
22. The results of the ____________________ showed that the man was bout two meter tall.
(investigate)
23. The ____________________ of the population in this country results from the lack of birth
control. (grow)
24. She said that it would be a ____________________ to join us at dinner. (please)
25. There is no need to put ____________________ on your child; she will study sooner or later
because she will want to be successful. (press)
26. People who have heart diseases must avoid ____________________. (excite)
27. The ____________________ of his new book took two months. (publish)
28. Out of ____________________, out of mind. (see)
29. This cocktail is a ____________________ of four different drinks. (mix)
30. Everyone was shocked by the ____________________ of monkeys at the zoo. (die)