FORMING NOUNS

Nouns can be formed from adjectives, verbs and other nouns. They
are formed by adding certain letters like '-ness\ *-ty\ '-ry\ etc. to these words.
Exercise 1
Form nouns from the following words by adding '-ness , '-ion or -th .
Make other necessary changes.
e.g. (a) sad ...........................

(c) act ...........

sad sadne

act - action

(b) wide -.........................

wide -width
1.

sick - ..................................

10.

Imagine - ..

2.

strong - .......

11.

Thick - ..

3.

persuade - .

12.

Deep -

4.

kind - .

13.

Select - ..

5.

grow -

14.

Great - ..

6.

describe -

15.

Die -

7.

apply -

16.

Dark - .

8.

long - ..

17.

Collect - .

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young - ..

18.

Weak - ..

Exercise 2
Form nouns from the following words by adding -ity, -ment, -ence or -ance. Make any other necessary changes.
Eg.

(a)

agile - .

(b)

Agile agility
(c)

enjoy - .
enjoy enjoyment

present -
Present presence

1.

Vain -

10.

Encourage - .

2.

Interfere - .

11.

Attend - ..

3.

Able - ..

12.

Excel -

4.

Advertise - .

13.

Enter -

5.

Curious -

14.

Simple - ..

6.

Punish - .

15.

Perform -

7.

Prefer - .

16.

Announce - .

8.

Responsible -

17.

Pay -

9.

Disappear - ..

18.

Persistence -

Exercise 3
Form nouns from the following words. Make any other necessary changes.
Eg.

(a)

wise - ..

(b)

Wise wisdom

please -
please pleasure

1.

Depart -

10.

Hate -

2.

Fail -

11.

Free -

3.

Compare -

12.

Healthy - ..

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Dry -

13.

Human - ..

5.

Continue -

14.

Bitter - .

6.

Attach - .

15.

Compose -

7.

Detach -

16.

Laugh -

8.

Differ - .

17.

Believe - .

9.

Arrive -

18.

Invest -

EXERCISE 4 - FORMING NOUNS

Fill in the blanks with the nouns formed from the words in brackets.
e.g. 1 am glad to hear of your...........(succeed) in the examination.
I am glad to hear of your success in the examination.
1. They applauded him loudly for his eloquent..................... (speak).
2. His........................... (decide) to continue with the project was welcomed by the workers.
3. His younger brother always insists that they are both of the same................ (high).
4. Most of the children who live in this....................... (neighbour) attend that school.
5. The boy looked hungrily at the (feed) on the table.
6. He was very old and had lost his............... (see) and the..........(able) to walk.
7. The old man is regarded as a man of great................ (wise) by everyone in the village.
8. She is extremely unhappy over the..................... (lose) of her gold bracelet.
9. He is very proud of his fine............................ (collect) of stamps.
10. He is determined to try again despite his recent....................... (fail).

11. The boys have not talked to each other since their................... (argue) yesterday.
12. Everyone cheered wildly when the news of the........................ (discover) was announced.
13. They went ahead with the discussion despite his........................ (absent) at the meeting.
14. We will not take her to the show without..................... (permit) from her parents.
15. They were extremely displeased with his.......................... (behave) during dinner last
night.
16. He said that he would not accept their claim unless they showed him
sufficient........................ (prove).
17. We had missed the......................... (begin) of the show by the time we reached the
cinema.
18. We watched the...................... (fly) of the birds as they were released from their cages.