Word Formation. NOUN ADJECTIVE + able (comfort comfortable) + ese (China Chinese; Japan Japanese) + ful (beauty beautiful; color colorful) + ical (economy. - презентация

1 Word Formation

2 NOUN ADJECTIVE + able (comfort comfortable) + ese (China Chinese; Japan Japanese) + ful (beauty beautiful; color colorful) + ical (economy economical) + al (comic comical; fiction fictional) + ish (self selfish; England English) + ous (fame famous; courage courageous) + y (fun funny; luck lucky) + ed (talent talented; interest interested)

3 VERBS ADJECTIVES V + ive (act active; invent inventive) V + ing (care caring; excite exciting) V + ed (confuse confused) V + less (count countless)

4 FORMING ABSTRACT NOUNS V + ation (examine examination) V + ment (enjoy enjoyment; agree agreement) V + ence ( depend dependence; correspond correspondence) V + ion (exhaust exhaustion; collect collection) V + y (discover discovery; recover recovery)

5 Forming Personal Nouns We use the suffixes: - er (paint – painter; work – worker) - ist (art – artist; piano – pianist) - or (invent – inventor; act – actor ) - ian (library – librarian; music – musician) to form personal nouns.

6 Forming Negative Adjectives We use prefixes: un- (usual-unusual; likely–unlikely; disturbed-undisturbed; necessary-unnecessary) il- (logical-illogical; legal-illegal; literate-illiterate ) dis- (content-discontent; pleased-displeased; respectful- disrespectful) in- (advisable – inadvisable; accurate – inaccurate; appropriate – inappropriate) ir- (responsible-irresponsible; regular-irregular ) mis- (informed-misinformed; understanding-misunderstanding; heard – misheard) im- (possible-impossible; measurable-immeasurable; patient- impatient; movable-immovable ; personal-impersonal) to form negative adjectives

7 Forming Negative Adjectives We use suffix - less (care-careless; home-homeless; tune- tuneless; doubt – doubtless ; flavour- flavourless ) to form negative adjectives.