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    This document discusses common suffixes used to form different parts of speech in English, including: 1) Suffixes like -ance, -ence, and -tion that are used to form nouns from verbs. 2) Suffixes like -ability, -ibility, and -ness used to form nouns from adjectives. 3) Suffixes like -ian and -ist used to form nouns from other nouns. 4) Suffixes like -al, -ic, and -ful used to form adjectives and adverbs from nouns.

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    This document discusses common suffixes used to form different parts of speech in English, including: 1) Suffixes like -ance, -ence, and -tion that are used to form nouns from verbs. 2) Suffixes like -ability, -ibility, and -ness used to form nouns from adjectives. 3) Suffixes like -ian and -ist used to form nouns from other nouns. 4) Suffixes like -al, -ic, and -ful used to form adjectives and adverbs from nouns.

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    This document discusses common suffixes used to form different parts of speech in English, including: 1) Suffixes like -ance, -ence, and -tion that are used to form nouns from verbs. 2) Suffixes like -ability, -ibility, and -ness used to form nouns from adjectives. 3) Suffixes like -ian and -ist used to form nouns from other nouns. 4) Suffixes like -al, -ic, and -ful used to form adjectives and adverbs from nouns.

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    PRACTICING WORD FORMATION

    FORMINGNOUNSFROMVERBS

    ance(accept>acceptance),ence(exist>existence)
    tion(produce>production),sion(divert>diversion)
    ation(inspire>inspiration);ication(qualify>qualification)
    isation(privatise>privatisation);ition(add>addition)
    er(teach>teacher);or(act>actor;r(bake>baker)
    ing(paint>painting);ment(judge>judgement)
    ist(type>typist);ure(please>pleasure)
    y(discover>discovery)

    FORMINGNOUNSFROMADJECTIVES

    ability(suitable>suitability)
    ibility(responsible>responsibility)
    ance(important>importance);ence(silent>silence)
    ness(ill>illness);iness(happy>happiness)
    ity(human>humanity)
    ty/ieth(sixty/sixtieth)

    FORMINGNOUNSFROMNOUNS

    ian(music>musician)
    ist(science>scientist)

    FORMINGADJECTIVES/ADVERBSFROMNOUNS

    all/ally(magic>magical/magically),ial/ially(industry>
    industrial/industrially)
    ate/ately(affection>affectionate/affectionately)
    ic/ically(artist>artistic/artistically),ical/ically(economy>
    economical/economically)
    ful/fully(peace>peaceful/peacefully),iful/ifully(beauty
    >beautiful/beautifully)
    ing/ingly(interest>interesting/interestingly)
    ised(computer>computerised)
    ive/ively(expense>expensive/expensively),itive/itively(sense>
    sensitive/sensitively)
    less/lessly(harm>harmless/harmlessly)
    ous/ously(glamour>glamorous/glamorously),ious/iously(industry>
    industrious/industriously)
    th/ieth(sixty>sixth/sixtieth)
    ular/ularly(spectacle>spectacular/spectacularly)

    SUFFIXES

    PRACTICING WORD FORMATION

    FORMINGADJECTIVESANDADVERBSFROMVERBS
    able/ably(fashion>fashionable/fashionably);ible/ibly(flex>
    flexible/flexibly)
    ed(worry>worried)
    ing/ingly(annoy>annoying/annoyingly)
    ive/ively(attract>attractive/attractively)

    FORMINGVERBSFROMADJECTIVES

    ate(active>activate)
    en(sweet>sweeten)
    ify(simple>simplify)
    ise/ize(legal>legalise/legalize)

    SUFFIXES

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