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Year 10 English — Changing a word's part of speech

Turn a word into a noun, adjective, verb or adverb by changing its ending.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1."She explained the rule ____." Write the adverb form of "clear".

  2. 2.Sort each word by its part of speech.

    Groups: Noun · Adjective · Verb

    • simplify
    • careful
    • beautiful
    • freedom
    • widen
    • kindness

  3. 3.Make a noun from "strong".

  4. 4.Make an adverb from "happy".

  5. 5."The ____ of the bridge took two years." Which form of "construct" fits?

    • a) construction
    • b) construct
    • c) constructed
    • d) constructive

  6. 6.Make a noun from "succeed" — the one that means the opposite of failure.

  7. 7.Make an adjective from "danger".

  8. 8.Sort each ending by the part of speech it makes.

    Groups: Makes a noun · Makes an adjective

    • -ive
    • -less
    • -ness
    • -ful
    • -ity
    • -ment

Answer key — Year 10 English — Changing a word's part of speech

  1. 1. clearly
  2. 2. freedom → Noun; beautiful → Adjective; simplify → Verb; kindness → Noun; careful → Adjective; widen → Verb
  3. 3. strength
  4. 4. happily
  5. 5. a) construction
  6. 6. success
  7. 7. dangerous
  8. 8. -ness → Makes a noun; -ful → Makes an adjective; -ment → Makes a noun; -less → Makes an adjective; -ity → Makes a noun; -ive → Makes an adjective