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1. WORD TRANSFORMATION Prepared by Lec Sanjana Faria Mou Department of English Southeast University

2. she is an honest woman Honesty is the best policy. I honestly believe that I will pass my exams. QUIZ 1

3. Noun Adjective Verb Adverb =Identifies/names =gives information about noun/pronoun =action =gives information about the verb/adjective/adverb OVERVIEW

4. Can you activate my bank account? Painting is my favourite activity. Our teacher was actively monitoring our project. He is an active runner. QUIZ 2

5. English has four major word classes: nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. Word Transformation means transforming a word into a different class by adding different suffixes or prefixes or using other techniques. Every word is a part of a word family for example, creative, creation, creativity, creator, creatively, create, recreate, are all part of the same family but they serve different functions in a sentence Word transformation does not have exact patterns or rules. However there are some common suffixes to recognise. One easy way to identify the word class is to identify how it functions in a sentence WORD TRANSFORMATION

6. COMMON SUFFIX PATTERN Noun endings : -tion, -ment, -ness, -ity, -er/-or, ence/ance (decide → decision, achieve → achievement, happy → happiness, perform→performance, dependent→dependence) Adjective endings : -able, -al, -ous, -ive, -ful, -less (memorize → memorable, nation → national, danger → dangerous, hope→hopeless) Adverb endings: usually -ly (scientific → scientifically, quick → quickly, ) Verb endings: -ate, -en, -fy, -ize (Creation→create, Strength→strengthen, Beautiful→beautify, Final→finalize

7. https://www.esecepernay.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Nouns-verbs-adjectives-adverbs-words-families.pdf PRACTICE CHART

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