List of common
B2-level noun suffixes in English
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1. -ment
- Meaning: Action or result of an action
- Base: Usually verbs
- Examples:
- develop → development
- achieve → achievement
- enjoy → enjoyment
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2. -tion / -sion / -ation
- Meaning: The process or result of an action
- Base: Usually verbs
- Examples:
- educate → education
- inform → information
- decide → decision
- create → creation
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3. -ness
- Meaning: State, quality, or condition
- Base: Usually adjectives
- Examples:
- happy → happiness
- dark → darkness
- kind → kindness
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4. -ity / -ty
- Meaning: State or quality
- Base: Usually adjectives
- Examples:
- curious → curiosity
- active → activity
- flexible → flexibility
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5. -er / -or
- Meaning: Person or thing that does something
- Base: Usually verbs
- Examples:
- teach → teacher
- act → actor
- write → writer
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6. -ist
- Meaning: A person who practices or is an
expert in something
- Base: Nouns or verbs
- Examples:
- art → artist
- science → scientist
- piano → pianist
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7. -ance / -ence
- Meaning: State or quality of doing something
- Base: Verbs or adjectives
- Examples:
- resist → resistance
- appear → appearance
- exist → existence
- differ → difference
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8. -hood
- Meaning: State or condition, or a group of
people
- Base: Nouns
- Examples:
- child → childhood
- brother → brotherhood
- neighbor → neighborhood
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9. -ship
- Meaning: State, quality, or skill
- Base: Nouns
- Examples:
- friend → friendship
- leader → leadership
- owner → ownership
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10. -dom
- Meaning: State, condition, or domain
- Base: Nouns and adjectives
- Examples:
- free → freedom
- king → kingdom
- wise → wisdom
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Irregular Word Formation of Nouns (B2-Level)
|
Base Word
(Verb/Adj.) |
Irregular
Noun |
Notes |
|
decide |
decision |
-de → -sion
change |
|
permit |
permission |
vowel/consonant
change |
|
choose |
choice |
different
root form |
|
prove |
proof |
irregular
vowel and ending |
|
speak |
speech |
root changes |
|
die |
death |
major change
in root and ending |
|
grow |
growth |
verb → noun
with –th ending |
|
strong |
strength |
adj. → noun
with root change |
|
long |
length |
adj. → noun
with –th and vowel shift |
|
wide |
width |
adj. → noun
with –th |
|
high |
height |
unique noun
form (doesn’t follow –th rule directly) |
|
deep |
depth |
vowel shift
and –th ending |
|
think |
thought |
irregular
past participle form used |
|
know |
knowledge |
root change +
suffix |
|
see |
sight |
root
variation |
|
believe |
belief |
root and
ending change |
|
relieve |
relief |
spelling and
pronunciation change |
|
lose |
loss |
irregular
form |
|
live |
life |
vowel and
consonant shift |
|
advise |
advice |
pronunciation
and spelling difference |
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Teaching Tip:
To help your
students remember these, categorize them by suffix patterns (e.g., –th, –sion,
–age) or by root changes.
Exercise 3 on page 77
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