Word-Building (11C/D)

Word-Building Nouns

​What is that???????

Word-building nouns refers to the process of creating new nouns from existing words or word parts. This process involves various techniques such as adding prefixes, suffixes.

Word-Building Nouns

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Word-building nouns allow language users to expand their vocabulary and express nuanced meanings by manipulating existing words not inventing the new ones.

Words Also have family!!

These families share a common part, but have slightly different forms. For example, the word excite (a verb) has the following family members: Excited; exciting; excitement; exciter; excitingly.

​Adjective	Noun​	​Verb
​Excited	Excitement ​	​Excite
​Beautiful	Beauty​	Beautify​
​Creative	Creator	Create​

• Suffix: suffixes are added to the end.

• Prefix: prefixes are added to the beginning of a word

​RULES

-ness	change adjectives into nouns that describe qualities or states. Kind-Kindness
-ity	change adjectives into nouns that describe states, qualities, or conditions. Stable-stability
​-ance ; -ence	change adjectives or verbs into nouns that represent states, qualities, or actions. Confident-confidence
-ment	change adjectives or verbs into nouns that represent actions, processes, results, or states. Improve-Improvement
​-tion ; -sion	change verbs into nouns that represent actions, processes, states, or results. Educate-Education
​-ship ; -hood	change nouns into nouns that represent status, condition, or collective identity. Friend-Friendship