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Formation of Nouns:
Nouns From Verbs:
(a) Nouns ending in “ment“:
Verbs | Nouns |
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Acknowledge | Acknowledgement |
Allot | Allotment |
Advertise | Advertisement |
Amuse | Amusement |
Similarly- Agreement; announcement; appointment; astonishment; commencement; concealment; development; enjoyment; excitement; government; judgement; management; movement; settlement; treatment; etc.
(b) Nouns ending in “tion“:
Verbs | Nouns |
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Adopt | Adoption |
Complete | Completion |
Affect | Affection |
Create | Creation |
Similarly- (Declare) Declaration; (determine) determination; (elect) election; (expect) expectation; (imagine) imagination; (inspect) inspection; (invite) invitation; (irrigate) irrigation; (matriculate) matriculation; (multiply) multiplication; (narrate) narration- also narrative; (oblige) obligation; (occupy) occupation; (opposite) opposition; (produce) production; (proclaim) proclamation; (prohibit) prohibition; (qualify) qualification; (quote) quotation; (receive) reception also receipt; (recognize) recognition; (recommend) recommendation; (reduce) reduction; (repeat) repetition; (separate) separation; (subtract) subtraction; (translate) translation; (verify) verification; etc.
(c) Nouns ending in “ance“:
Verbs | Nouns |
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Accept | Acceptance |
Assist | Assistance |
Allow | Allowance |
Assure | Assurance |
Similarly- Acquaintance; appearance; attendance; continuance; deliverance also delivery; (maintain) maintenance; performance; repentance; etc.
(d) Other Nouns:
Verbs | Nouns |
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Abide | Abode |
Arrive | Arrival |
Ascend | Ascent |
Bear | Birth, Bearing |
Beg | Beggar |
Begin | Beginning |
Behave | Behaviour |
Belong | Belonging |
Bind | Bond |
Bite | Bit (a small portion), Bite |
Bless | Blessing, Bliss |
Breathe | Breath, Breathing |
Bury | Burial |
Carry | Carriage |
Choose | Choice |
Close | Closure |
Confer | Conference |
Deal | Dealings |
Deliver | Deliverance, Delivery |
Deny | Denial |
Depart | Departure |
Descend | Descent |
Dig | Ditch |
Discover | Discovery |
Discuss | Discussion |
Dismiss | Dismissal |
Do | Deed |
Draw | Drawing |
Drink | Draught |
Drive | Drove |
Enter | Entry |
Envelop | Envelope |
Expand | Expansion |
Expel | Expulsion |
Expire | Expiry |
Fail | Failure |
Feed | Food |
Float | Fleet, Float |
Flow | Flood |
Fly | Flight |
Follow | Following, Follower |
Forgive | Forgiveness |
Free | Freedom |
Furnish | Furniture |
Give | Gift |
Go | Gait |
Grieve | Grief |
Grow | Growth |
Hear | Hearing, Hearsay |
Hold | Hilt |
Increase | Increment, Increase |
Inquire | Inquiry |
Join | Joint |
Know | Knowledge |
Laugh | Laughter |
Lay | Layer |
Lend | Loan |
Like | Likeness |
Lose | Loss |
Master | Mastery |
Mean | Meaning |
Mix | Mixture |
Omit | Omission |
Open | Opening |
Pack | Package |
Paint | Painting, Paint |
Pass | Passage |
Pray | Prayer |
Press | Pressure |
Pretend | Pretence, Pretension |
Proceed | Procedure, Process |
Prophesy | Prophecy |
Propose | Proposal |
Prove | Proof |
Provide | Provision |
Pursue | Pursuit |
Read | Reading |
Refer | Reference, Referee |
Refuse | Refuse |
Relieve | Relief |
Remain | Remainder |
Respond | Response |
Resolve | Resolution |
Secure | Security |
Seek | Search |
Seize | Seizure |
Shake | Shock |
Sing | Song |
Sit | Sitting, Seat |
Slay | Slaughter |
Snow | Seed |
Spell | Spelling |
Speak | Speech |
Steal | Stealth |
Stick | Stitch |
Strike | Stroke |
Tell | Tale |
Trace | Track |
Try | Trial |
Unite | Union, Unity |
Weave | Web |
Wed | Wedding |
Withdraw | Withdrawal |
Write | Writing, Writ |
Nouns From Adjectives:
(a) Nouns ending in “ness“:
Adjectives | Nouns |
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Busy | Business |
Careful | Carefulness |
Cold | Coldness |
Correct | Correctness also Correction |
Similarly- Cheapness; darkness; dearness, dryness also drought; dullness; (empty) emptiness; evenness; exactness also exactitude; (greedy) greediness also greed; (happy) happiness; harshness; helplessness; (holy) holiness; idleness; illness; (lazy) laziness; (lovely) loveliness; looseness; (milky) milkiness also milk; (needy) neediness also need; newness; oneness; politeness; quickness; redness; slowness also sloth; weakness; youthfulness; etc.
(b) Nouns ending in “ty“:
Adjectives | Nouns |
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Able | Ability |
Capable | Capability |
Curious | Curiosity |
Extreme | Extremity |
Similarly- (Active) Activity; (certain) certainty; (dense) density; (divisible) divisibility also division; (divine) divinity; (electric) electricity; (eligible) eligibility; (fertile) fertility, (gay) gaiety; (generous) generosity; (hospitable) hospitality; (human, humane) humanity; (inferior) inferiority; (insane) insanity; (junior) juniority; (local) locality; (loyal) loyalty; (major) majority; (mortal) mortality; (mental) mentality; (noble) nobility; (notorious) notoriety; (novel) novelty; (original) originality; (partial) partiality; (person) personality, (pious) piety; (possible) possibility; (punctual) punctuality; (royal) royalty; (scarce) scarcity; (senior) seniority; (severe) severity; (superior) superiority; (vain) vanity; (vital) vitality etc.
(c) Other Nouns:
Adjectives | Nouns |
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Absent | Absence |
Accurate | Accuracy |
Brave | Bravery |
Brilliant | Brilliance |
Cowardly | Cowardice, Coward |
Decent | Decency |
Delicate | Delicacy |
Difficult | Difficulty |
Diligent | Diligence |
Efficient | Efficiency |
Excellent | Excellence |
Free | Freedom |
Frequent | Frequency |
Grand | Grandeur |
Honest | Honesty |
Hot | Heat |
Ignorant | Ignorance |
Important | Importance |
Innocent | Innocence |
Jealous | Jealousy |
Merry | Merriment |
Patriot | Patriotism |
Patient | Patience |
Perfect | Perfection |
Present | Presence |
Private | Privacy |
Proud | Pride |
Silent | Silence |
Solitary | Solitude |
Splendid | Splendour |
True | Truth |
Violent | Violence |
Waste | Wastage |
Wise | Wisdom |
Young | Youth |
Formation of Abstract Nouns:
(a) Abstract Nouns ending in “hood“:
Concrete Nouns | Abstract Nouns |
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Baby | Babyhood |
Boy | Boyhood |
(b) Abstract Nouns ending in “ship“:
Concrete Nouns | Abstract Nouns |
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Author | Authorship |
Captain | Captainship |
Similarly- Chairmanship; dictatorship; directorship; friendship; kingship; ladyship; lordship; membership; principalship; ownership; scholarship; studentship; teachership; etc.
(c) Abstract Nouns ending in “age“:
Concrete Nouns | Abstract Nouns |
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Bond | Bondage |
Coin | Coinage |
Similarly- Brokerage; orphanage; patronage; pilgrimage; (use) usage; etc.
(d) Abstract Nouns ending in “ism“:
Concrete Nouns | Abstract Nouns |
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Favourite | Favouritism |
Hindu | Hinduism |
Similarly- Heroism; optimism; patriotism; pessimism; Sikhism.
(e) Abstract Nouns ending in “ry“:
Concrete Nouns | Abstract Nouns |
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Beggar | Beggary |
Poet | Poetry |
Similarly- Chemistry; cookery; slavery, etc.
(f) Other Abstract Nouns:
Concrete Nouns | Abstract Nouns |
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Act | Action |
Agent | Agency |
Christian | Christianity |
Coward | Cowardice |
Creature, Creator | Creation |
Enemy | Enmity |
Grand | Grandeur |
Hunter | Hunting |
Infant | Infancy |
Judge | Judgement |
Martyr | Martyrdom |
Person | Personality |
Servant | Service |
Speaker | Speech |
Thief | Theft |
Young | Youth |
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