Word formation

What do these words have in common?

action, happiness, friendship, activity, actor, teacher

• they are all nouns

• they are all formed from nouns

• they are all adjectives

• they are all formed from adjectives

Make nouns from the followings: able, secure, similar, possible

• ability, security, similarity, possibility

• ablion, securion, similarion, possiblion

• ableship, secureship, similarship, possibleship

• abler, securer, similarer, possibler

Make nouns from the followings: drive, listen, read, write

• driver, listener, reader, writer

• drivity, listenity, readity, writity

• driveness, listeness, readness, writeness

• drivement, listenment, readment, writement

What do they have in common? dangerous, boring, excited, angry, friendly

• they are all adjectives

• they are all formed from verbs

• they are all nouns

• they are all formed from nouns

Which can be an odd-one-out? dangerous, boring, excited, angry, friendly

• friendly

• dangerous

• boring

• angry