Verb Formation

Verb Formation

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Ways to form a Verb

dis /mis /re /over /under /out + Verb  =  Verb

ex: Agree >> Disagree, Cook >> Overcook, Behave >> Misbehave

Do >> Redo, Estimate >> Underestimate

en + Noun/Verb/Adj = Verb

ex: able >> enable, rich >> enrich, close >> enclose

Adj/Noun + ize/en/ate/fy = Verb

ex: beauty >> beautify, legal >> legalize, modern >> mordenize

origin >> originate, weak >> weaken, white >> whiten

Compound Verbs

1. Noun + verb

ex: sky-dive, handwash, daydream

2. Adj + Verb

ex: highlight,

3. Prep + verb

ex: overcome, overbook

4. Adj + N

ex: bad-mouth,

Multiple Choice

Smoking is not good for your health. It .............. your lungs.

• weak

• weakize

• enweak

• weaken

Multiple Choice

A big supermarket can usually ................. a small local store.

• sell

• oversell

• undersell

• unsell

Multiple Choice

Nowadays, social media ......... us to connect to friends over the world.

• ability

• able

• enables

• unable

Multiple Choice

My English vocabulary is really poor. So, I decided to learn English every day to ............. my English vocabulary.

• rich

• richen

• richize

• enrich

Multiple Choice

My pencil is blunt. I'll have to .................. it.

• sharp

• sharpen

• sharpish

• sharpness

Multiple Choice

He failed the final exam because he didn’t make any .............. for it.

• prepare

• preparation

• preparing

• preparic

Multiple Choice

During his .............., his family lived in the United State

• child

• childlike

• childhood

• childish

Multiple Choice

I sometimes do not feel ...................... when I am at a party.

• comfort

• comfortiveness

• comfortize

• comfortable

Multiple Choice

She sent me a _______ letter thanking me for my invitation

• polite

• politeless

• politeness

• politen

Multiple Choice

You are old enough to take _______ for what you have done.

• response

• responsibility

• responsible

• responsive

Multiple Choice

Thousands of people become ............... after the war

• home

• homelike

• homeless

• homemade

Multiple Choice

The teacher often ...... the students to ask questions

• courage

• courageous

• encourage

• courageously

Multiple Choice

Nathing could .......... him

• satisfaction

• satisfy

• satisfactory

• satisfic

Multiple Choice

The United Nations ......... is an international one.

• organize

• organic

• organization

• organizely

Multiple Choice

Travelling a lot will ....... our mind

• broad

• broadly

• broadic

• broaden

Multiple Choice

The ...... of the moon for the earth causes the tides

• attract

• attractive

• attractiveness

• attraction

Multiple Choice

Please don't ask such ........... questions

• personal

• person

• personality

• personalize

Multiple Choice

May I borrow your ..................?

• calculate

• calculation

• calculator

• calcutant

Multiple Choice

.............. is one of my hoobies.

• Swim

• Swimming

• Swimmer

• Swimmed

Multiple Choice

The plane arrived ....... after a violent storm.

• safety

• safe

• saftive

• safely