Saturday, March 8, 2014

Grammar Tip #4: WORD FORMATION

The following list does not include the adjectives derived from participle forms of verbs e.g.(verb) interest (adjective) interesting /interested nor does the list include the adverbs derived by adding suffix "-ly" at the end of adjectives. eg.(adjective) deep (adverb) deeply.

Notice that this chart shows word formation starting with the letter "A". If you click on the following link, the chart will continue alphabetically WORD FORMATION CHARTS.

                                           -A-

VERBSNOUNADJECTIVEADVERB
enableabilityable unableably
absence absenteeabsent
accidentaccidental
accommodateaccommodation
acknowledgeacknowledgement
actaction activity activist actress actoractive inactive
activateactivation
addaddition additiveadditional additive
adequacy inadequacyadequate inadequate
admireadmirationadmirableadmirably
advantage disadvantageadvantageous disadvantageous
advertiseadvertisement advertiser
admitadmission admittance
adoptadoption
adviseadvice advisabilityadvisable inadvisableadvisably inadvisably
affectionaffectionate unaffectionate
affecteffecteffective ineffective
agree disagreeagreement disagreementagreeable disagreeableagreeably disagreeably
alcoholalcoholicalcoholically
allowallowance
ambitionambitious
amuseamusement
annoyannoyance
exciteexcitement
anxietyanxious
apologizeapologyapologeticapologetically
appear disappearappearance disappearanceapparentapparently
applaudapplause applauder
applyapplication applicantapplicableapplicably
appointappointment
appreciateappreciationappreciative
approve disapproveapproval disapproval
argueargument argumentationarguable argumentativearguably
arrangearrangement
arrivearrival
assistassistance
associateassociation
assumeassumption
astonishastonishment
attendattendance
attentionattentive
attractattraction attractiveness unattractivenessattractive unattractive
avoidavoidanceavoidable unavoidableavoidably unavoidably


Source: http://www.bedavaingilizce.com/advanced/index.php Good site.

These links below are great reading about Word Formation:
-BRIGHTHUB_Back Formation and Derivation. Also Conversion, Compounding, Clipping and Blending.
-Assets.cambridge.org Pdf. Article by Ingo Plag on Word Formation.
-WORD BUILDING LIST. Compiled by Tomasz Szczégola, Poland.

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Have a good one !
Inma.

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