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Year 11 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.Sort each ending by the part of speech it makes.

    Groups: Makes a noun · Makes an adjective

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

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

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

  3. 3.Make a noun from "decide".

  4. 4.Which word is the noun form of "able"?

    • a) unable
    • b) enable
    • c) ably
    • d) ability

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

    Groups: Noun · Adjective · Verb

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

  6. 6.Which of these is a compound word — two whole words joined into one?

    • a) flowery
    • b) sunflower
    • c) flowers
    • d) flowering

  7. 7.Match each ending to what it makes.

    • -tion
    • -ous
    • -ify
    • -ly
    • -ment
    • -en
    • a noun, as in movement
    • a verb, as in simplify
    • an adverb, as in quickly
    • a noun, as in attention
    • an adjective, as in famous
    • a verb, as in widen

  8. 8.Make an adverb from "happy".

Answer key — Year 11 English — Changing a word's part of speech

  1. 1. -ness → Makes a noun; -ful → Makes an adjective; -ment → Makes a noun; -less → Makes an adjective; -ity → Makes a noun; -ive → Makes an adjective
  2. 2. c) construction
  3. 3. decision
  4. 4. d) ability
  5. 5. freedom → Noun; beautiful → Adjective; simplify → Verb; kindness → Noun; careful → Adjective; widen → Verb
  6. 6. b) sunflower
  7. 7. -tion → a noun, as in attention; -ous → an adjective, as in famous; -ify → a verb, as in simplify; -ly → an adverb, as in quickly; -ment → a noun, as in movement; -en → a verb, as in widen
  8. 8. happily