Cách thành lập từ

Arrive arrival, depend dependence, king kingdom, happy happiness Invent invention, boy boyhood, criticise criticism , active activity… II.. Forming verbs from adjectives.[r]

Word formation (Cách thành lập từ)

I Forming nouns from verbs, nouns, adjectives

1 V + ion/ ment/ er/or/ ant/ age

organize  organization develop development do doer act actor

assist  assistant drain drainage

2 N , V, ADJ + al/ ance/ dom/ ence/ ful/ hood/ ism/ ity/ness/ ship/ ism…etc

Arrive arrival, depend dependence, king kingdom, happy happiness

Invent invention, boy boyhood, criticise criticism , active activity…

II Forming verbs from adjectives

1 EN + adj

large (a)  enlarge (v) rich (a)  enrich (v)

2 Adj + en

quick  quicken sad  sadden sharp  sharpen short  shorten

thick  thicken light  lighten soft soften deep  deepen

3 Adj + ify

simple  simplify clear  clarify pure  purify beautiful  beautify

4 Adj + ize

equal  equalize fertile fertilize legal legalize general generalize

III Forming verbs from nouns

division  divide education  educate colony  colonize competition compete

sweet  sweeten sale  sell bath  bathe food  feed

glory  glorify courage  encourage

IV FORMING ADJ ECTIVES FROM ADDING SUFFIXES AFTER NOUNS

1 N + ful : beauty (n) beautiful (a), harm (n)  harmful (a)

2 N + less : care (n)  careless (a) , home (n) homeless(a)

3 N+ ly (cã vÎ, cã tÝnh c¸ch) : man  manly (a) , year (n) - yearly (a)

4 V+ able / ible / ed /ive / ing

admire  admirable, amuse amusing( amused ) , protect protective, collapse collapsible