Exercise 2. Fill in the right form of the words in brackets

WORD-FORMATION

FORMATION OF NOUNS

To describe people we add -ar, -er, -or to the end of the verbs and - ist, -ian to the end of nouns or verbs making all necessary spelling changes:

to lie – liar; to rob – robber; to create – creator; to type – typist; music – musician.

Nouns formed from verbs:

-age to break - breakage -ion to confuse – confusion

-al to propose – proposal -ment to amuse – amusement

-ance to annoy – annoyance -sion to suspend – suspension

-ation to organise – organisation -sis to analyse – analysis

-ence to prefer – preference -tion to direct – direction

-y to perjure – perjury

Nouns formed from adjectives:

-ance tolerant – tolerance -iness happy - happiness

-cy fluent – fluency -ity popular - popularity

-ence obedient – obedience -ment content - contentment

-ion desperate – desperation -ty royal - royalty

-y honest – honesty

Exercise 1. Make nouns from the following words:

employ instruct lonely

post portray reluctant

except translate excellent

expand injure intelligent

accept refer accurate

publish apologize excited

develop examine fragile

combine pollute regular

drive judge stupid

inspire use isolate

Exercise 2. Fill in the right form of the words in brackets.

The 1) _____ (long) of the journey was beginning to cause a lot of 2) _____ (frustrate) for everyone involved. Unfortunately, father got the blame, as he had been responsible for the 3) _____ (organize) of the trip. 4) _____ (impatient) had begun to set in when we realized we’d been given the wrong 5) _____ (direct) by a well-meaning pedestrian. What is more, father’s 6) _____ (popular) was not increased by his 7) _____ (insist) that we stop every hour or so to observe the scenery. The trip to France, he’d said, would broaden our horizons and provide us with both 8) _____ (amuse) and 9) _____ (educate). However, in 10) _____ (real) it turned out to be a waste of time and effort. It was then that we made the 11) _____ (decide) never to listen to one of father’s 12) _____ (propose) again.