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TOEIC Grammar Guide - Word Families: Learning Hint
TOEIC Grammar Guide - Word Families: Learning Hint
TOEIC Grammar Guide - Word Families: Learning Hint
Introduction
How well you understand many kinds of grammar are tested. Your knowledge of vocabulary is
also tested. For this section, the correct answer may be a noun, verb, adjective, or adverb. The
correct choice may also depend on its form. Should it be singular or plural? Is it the right tense
for the sentence? Should it be comparative or superlative? These are some things to think
about. Finally, does the choice you pick make sense? Read through the sentence with your
answer.
Learning Hint:
With word families, the possible answers are four forms of the SAME word. Memorize common
noun forms, adjectives, adverbs, and verb forms.
Word Forms
Word families tests how well you know the various types of words that can be made from one
word. A word can go from noun to verb to adjective to adverb by changing the ending of the
word.
Example:
Finale (noun, thing) -> finalist (noun, person) -> finalize (verb) -> final (adjective) -> finally
(adverb)
Remember the common word endings used to make the different kinds of words:
-ian -ish
-ism -ive
-ment -ous
-ness
-ship
-or
-er