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What is nominalisation ? Forming a noun from a verb or adjective is called nominalisation.
Formation of Nouns From Verbs
Most nouns are formed from verbs by using suffixes. Here are some examples.
1. -ment Verb Noun Achieve advertise allot amuse appoint argue attach develop employ equip excite fulfil govern improve invest judge move state treat achievement advertisement allotment amusement appointment argument attachment development employment enjoyment equipment excitement fulfilment government improvement investment judgement movement statement treatment
2. -ance Verb Noun abound accept allow appear attend Convey endure ignore inherit insure perform rely resist abundance acceptance allowance appearance attendance, attention conveyance endurance ignorance inheritance insurance performance reliance resistance
3. -ence Verb Noun confer confide differ excel infer occur prefer refer reside conference confidence difference excellence inference occurrence preference reference residence
4. -al Verb Noun arrive bury deny dismiss dispose propose remove renew survive try arrival burial denial dismissal disposal proposal removal renewal survival trial
5. -ion Verb Noun act agitate attract calculate connect constitute construct correct create decorate elect action agitation attraction calculation connection constitution construction correction creation decoration election
6. -sion Verb Noun collide compel convert decide exclude expel extend include revise suspend collision compulsion conversion decision exclusion expulsion extension inclusion revision suspension
7. -ssion Verb Noun admit commit concede omit permit proceed recede remit submit succeed admission commission concession omission permission procession recession remission submission succession
8. -ption Verb Noun absorb consume deceive describe receive subscribe absorption consumption deception, deceipt description reception, receipt subscription
9. -ation Verb Noun admire alter cancel civilize examine form imitate oblige proclaim resign admiration alteration cancellation civilization examination formation imitation obligation proclamation resignation
10. -ition Verb Noun add ignite define oppose propose repeat recognise addition ignition definition opposition proposition repetition recognition
11. -cation Verb Noun apply clarify justify multiply notify qualify application clarification justification multiplication notification qualification
12. -y Verb Noun assemble deliver discover flatter enquire recover assembly delivery discovery flattery enquiry recovery
13. -ure Verb Noun close depart expose fail please press closure departure exposure failure pleasure pressure
14. -age Verb Noun bond break carry pack pass post bondage breakage carriage package passage postage
15. -t and -th Verb Noun complain grow heal steal weigh complaint growth health stealth weight
16. Miscellaneous Verb Noun abide advise analyse begin bind bite bless choose contain die dine do eat exceed feed float flow % go lend abode advice analysis beginning bond bite bliss choice contents death dinner deed eatable excess food fleet flood flight gait loan
Exercise 1 (For Practice) Make nouns from the following verbs : (a) pay, replace, resent, treat (b) remember, resist, rely, ignore (c) exist, interfere, refer, reside (d) betray, withdraw, refuse, renew (v) correct, digest, elect, relate (vi) provide, exclude, revise, suspend (vii) recede, commit, submit, succeed (viii) consume, describe, receive, subscribe (ix) incline, occupy, quote, reveal (x) define, appose, suppose, repeat (xii) add, propose, repeat, recognise (xii) flatter, dedicate, rectify, simplify (xiii) disclose, compose, expose, fail (xiv) leak, marry, stop, waste (xv) furnish, give, grieve, know, laugh, learn, live, loose, mean, mock, offend, fly, mean, sell, tell.
Exercise 2 (For Practice) Fill in the blanks using the right form of the words given in brackets : 1. His failure was a great ………. (disappoint) to us all. 2. Pay ……….. (attend) to what your teacher says. 3. I did not like his ……… (propose). 4. Thank you for the ……….. (invite). 5. Please, take a quick ……….. (decide). 6. Television has little ………… (attract) for me. 7. The doctor’s ………… (treat) cured her. 8. He was asked to give an ………. (explain). 9. He is worth his ……….. (weigh) in gold. 10. It is a ………. (please) to write to you. 11. Her ……… (hate) for the man is a mystery. 12. A little ……. (know) is a dangerous thing. 13. A loud ……… (laugh) is good for health. 14. Do you need a ……….. (lend) from the bank ?
15. Ours is the land of ………… (prosper). Formation of Nouns From Adjectives Some suffixes may be used to form nouns from some adjectives.
1. -ness Adjective Noun aware busy cheap empty happy heavy sharp shy ugly wicked awareness business cheapness emptiness happiness heaviness sharpness shyness ugliness wickedness
2. -ity Adjective Noun active civil curious extreme generous inferior noble public pure vital activity civility curiosity extremity generosity inferiority nobility publicity purity vitality
3. -ty Adjective Noun certain novel loyal royal certainty novelty loyalty royally
4. Changing -t to -ce Adjective Noun absent brilliant obedient patient absence brilliance obedience patience
5. Changing -t, -te to -cy Adjective Noun Accurate Decent honest private vacant accuracy decency honesty privacy vacancy
6. Miscellaneous Adjective Noun brave brief broad dear deep double false grand hot just long moist open pious poor proud solitary true wise young bravery brevity bredth dearth depth duplicity falsehood grandeur heat justice length moisture opening piety poverty pride solitude truth wisdom youth
Exercise 1 Fill in the blanks with the suitable forms of verbs given in brackets : 1. There is no ………. (short) of sugar in the country. 2. …………. (familiar) breeds contempt. 3. His ………….. (personal) attracts everyone. 4. …………. (possible) of his success is high. 5. There is ………….. (certain) no truth in what he says. 6. Everyone loves ………….. (clean). 7. …………… (just) delayed is (Just) denied. 8. His …………… (wise) is well known. 9. Finish it with the given ………… (long) of time. 10. The ……….. (brave) of our armed forces is great. 11. You cannot be excused for your …………. (absent). 12. There is ………… (dear) of honest people these days. 13. Gandhiji believed in ………… (true). 14. This is a matter of great ………. (urgent). 15. …………. (free) is our birth right.
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