Word Formation
SUFIJO |
EJEMPLOS |
-al |
Approve - approval, arrive – arrival, refuse – refusal, revive – revival, survive – survival |
-ance |
accept – acceptance, annoy – annoyance, appear – appearance, assist – assistance, disappear, - disappearance, perform, performance |
-ation |
Civilize – civilization, explain – explanation, found – foundation, imagine – imagination, organize – organization |
-ing |
Begin – beginning, feel – feeling, learn – learning, mean – meaning, swim – swimming |
-ion |
Create – creation, contribute – contribution, discuss – discussion, invent – invention, stimulate – stimulation, destroy – destruction |
-ment |
Argue – argument, arrange – arrangement, develop – development, excite – excitement, retire – retirement |
Irregular |
Behave – behavior, choose – choice, die – death, feed – food, live – life, marry – marriage, see – sight, sell - sale |
- Practice: Verbos a Nombres
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-ment |
-ion |
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Verb |
Noun |
Verb |
noun |
Announce |
Announcement |
Discuss |
Discussion |
Arrange |
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Complete |
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Develop |
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Repeat |
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Amaze |
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Suspect |
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Excite |
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Oppose |
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Disappointment |
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Destruction |
Embarrass |
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Contribution |
Amuse |
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Decision |
Treat |
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Satisfaction |
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Argument |
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Connection |
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Enjoyment |
Permit |
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astonishment |
Receive |
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Compare |
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interrupt |
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-ation |
Admire |
Admiration |
Organize |
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Hesitate |
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Educate |
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Information |
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Qualification |
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Concentration |
Vary |
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Apply |
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Pronounce |
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Explain |
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Cancel |
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Expect |
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form |
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- Ahora prueba estos más difíciles:
Verb |
Noun |
Verb |
noun |
Arrive |
Arrival |
Prove |
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survive |
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Laughter |
Approve |
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loss |
Perform |
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Failure |
Disappear |
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Please |
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Assist |
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Believe |
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Resist |
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Complain |
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Insist |
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Obedience |
Prefer |
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Break |
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Persist |
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Signature |
Die |
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succeed |
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SUFIJO |
EJEMPLOS |
-ful |
Beauty – beautiful, color – colourful, help – helpful, pain – painful, stress – stressful |
-less |
End – endless, harm – harmless, help – helpless, hope – hopeless, use – useless |
-able |
Comfort - comfortable |
Noun |
Adjective |
Noun |
Adjective |
Reason |
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Education |
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Impression |
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Child |
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History |
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Doubt |
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profit |
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SUFIJO |
EJEMPLOS |
-ly |
Different – differently, individual – individually, mental – mentally, silent – silently, slow – slowly, social – socially, angry – angrily, easy – easily, brave – bravely, safe – safely, true – truly, whole – wholly, due – duly, |
-ally |
Economic – economically, romantic – romantically |
Irregular |
Good – well, bad – badly, hard – hard/hardly, early – early, fast – fast, high – highly, late – late/lately, low - low |
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-ness |
-ity |
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Happy |
Happiness |
stupid |
Stupidity |
Clever |
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Popular |
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Mean |
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Original |
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Shy |
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Possible |
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Kind |
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Responsible |
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Polite |
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Equal |
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Coldness |
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Certainty |
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Selfishness |
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Reliability |
Neat |
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Inferiority |
Tidy |
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Superior |
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nervous |
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Probable |
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Necessary |
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Sincere |
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Mature |
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Pure |
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rare |
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-ence |
Adjective |
Noun |
Violent |
Violence |
Patient |
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Confidence |
intelligent |
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- Practice: Da un nombre para los siguientes adjetivos
Adjective |
Noun |
Adjective |
Noun |
elegant |
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Violent |
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Decent |
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Bored |
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Fluent |
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Wide |
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Free |
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High |
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Blind |
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Long |
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Lonely |
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Political |
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Weak |
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loud |
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Expected |
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Verb |
Adjective |
Verb |
Adjective |
Forget |
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Enjoy |
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VOCABULARY: Forming words with the suffixes -ment, -ance and -ence
English Grammar: Negative Prefixes - "un", "dis", "in", "im", "non"
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