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Grade 10 English Language Arts — Changing a word's part of speech

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

Name: ________________________

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

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

  2. 2.Make a noun from "know".

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

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

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

  5. 5.Make a noun from "strong".

  6. 6.Make a noun from "decide".

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

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

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

Answer key — Grade 10 English Language Arts — Changing a word's part of speech

  1. 1. b) construction
  2. 2. knowledge
  3. 3. -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
  4. 4. happily
  5. 5. strength
  6. 6. decision
  7. 7. b) ability
  8. 8. clearly