Question

Noun Suffixes -er added to
a verb is used for the person who does an activity: writer, worker, singer,...
(sometimes -or, as in actor, sailor, supervisor,...)

-er/-or are
also used for things which do a particular job: tin-opener, projector, ...

-er and -ee
can contrast with each other, meaning “person who does something” (-er) and
“person who receives or experiences the action” (-ee): employer/employee, ...

-(t)ion is
used to make nouns from verbs: communication, pollution, admission, ...

-ist
(person) and -ism (activity or ideology): marxist/Marxism, terrorist/terrorism,
...

-ist is also
used for people who play musical instruments: pianist, violinist, ...

-al is added
to some verbs to make nouns: arrival, refusal, ...

-ness is
used to make abstract nouns from adjectives: happiness, goodness, weakness, ...

-less
home-homeless

-ment is
used to make abstract nouns from verbs: excitement, enjoyment, ...

-hood is
used to make abstract nouns, especially family terms, from nouns: childhood,
brotherhood, ...

-ship is
used to make abstract nouns, especially status, from nouns: friendship,
membership, partnership, ...

-(i)ty is
used to make abstract nouns from adjectives: honesty, loyalty, ...

TASK 2

Do the exercises. Practise the noun formation.

1. Form corresponding nouns.

1. to add —


2. to admire
—

3. to
celebrate —

4. to
compose —

5. to
cooperate —

6. to
decorate —

7. to devote
—

8. to
dictate —

9. to
educate —

10. to
examine —

11. to
invite —

12. to
observe —

13. to
protect —

14. to
subtract —

15. to
translate —

Answer 1

addition

admiration

celebration

composition

cooperation

decoration

devotion

dictation

education

examination

invitation

observation

protection

subtraction

translation