Forming Nouns from Adjectives or Verbs by Adding a Suffix

The coach stressed the ____ of daily practice to the team, explaining that consistency is key to winning.

• importance

• importantness

• importation

• importment

Answer explanation

The adjective 'important' becomes the noun 'importance' by adding the suffix '-ance'. The other options use incorrect or inappropriate suffixes for this context.

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Match each verb to its correct noun form.

• resistance

• achieve

• achievement

• resist

• information

• inform

Answer explanation

To form a noun from these verbs, specific suffixes are added. 'achieve' becomes 'achievement' (-ment), 'inform' becomes 'information' (-ation), and 'resist' becomes 'resistance' (-ance).

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Sort these adjectives based on the suffix used to form their noun version: -ness or -ity.

Groups:

(a) Forms a noun with -ness

,

(b) Forms a noun with -ity

• curious

• happy

• creative

• popular

• weak

• kind

Answer explanation

Adjectives like 'happy', 'kind', and 'weak' form nouns with the suffix '-ness' (happiness, kindness, weakness). Adjectives like 'creative', 'popular', and 'curious' use '-ity' (creativity, popularity, curiosity).

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Which suffix correctly forms a noun from the adjectives 'aware' and 'dark'?

• -ness

• -tion

• -ment

• -ity

Answer explanation

The suffix '-ness' is added to adjectives like 'aware' and 'dark' to form the nouns 'awareness' and 'darkness', which denote a state or quality.

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

After moving to a new city, her ____ to the different school schedule took a few weeks.

• adjustment

• adjustion

• adjustness

• adjustity

Answer explanation

The verb 'adjust' correctly forms a noun with the suffix '-ment' to become 'adjustment'. The other options use incorrect suffixes.

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Match each verb to its irregular noun form.

• choice

• advise

• advice

• choose

• death

• die

Answer explanation

These verbs have irregular noun forms that do not follow standard suffix rules. The verb 'advise' becomes the noun 'advice', 'choose' becomes 'choice', and 'die' becomes 'death'.

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CCSS.L.11-12.4B

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

CCSS.L.K.4B

CCSS.RF.1.3F

Read the sentence. Which word correctly completes the sentence? After much deliberation, the council finally made a _______ about the new park.

• decision

• decidement

• decisive

• deciding

Answer explanation

The sentence requires a noun to act as the object of the verb 'made'. 'Decision' is the correct noun form of the verb 'decide'. 'Decisive' is an adjective, 'deciding' is a verb form, and 'decidement' is not a word.

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Sort these verbs based on the suffix their noun form takes: -ment or -ance.

Groups:

(a) Nouns formed with -ment

,

(b) Nouns formed with -ance

• resist

• govern

• perform

• enjoy

• pay

• appear

Answer explanation

Verbs like 'govern', 'pay', and 'enjoy' form nouns with '-ment' (government, payment, enjoyment). Verbs like 'appear', 'resist', and 'perform' use '-ance' (appearance, resistance, performance).

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

The scientist hoped her new ____ would help cure the disease.

• discovery

• discoverness

• discoveration

• discoverance

Answer explanation

The verb 'discover' forms the noun 'discovery'. This is a common pattern for verbs ending in '-er'. The other options use incorrect suffixes.

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Which word is the correct noun form of the adjective 'able'?

• ability

• ableness

• ablement

• abilation

Answer explanation

The correct noun form of 'able' is 'ability'. This is formed by dropping the '-le' and adding the suffix '-ity'. 'Ableness' is a less common form, while 'ablement' and 'abilation' are not standard English words.

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E