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

    Groups: Makes a noun · Makes an adjective

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

  2. 2.Make a noun from "decide".

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

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

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

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

  5. 5.Make a noun from "know".

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

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

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

  8. 8.Make a verb from "strength".

Answer key — Class 10 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. decision
  3. 3. a) ability
  4. 4. c) sunflower
  5. 5. knowledge
  6. 6. -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
  7. 7. success
  8. 8. strengthen