Lesson 61. Word formation. Suffixation. Nouns.

Noun suffixes

The most common noun suffixes:

verb + Ʌ = noun

1. -er/or ( the do-er suffix)
   dance — dancer (танцевать — танцор)
   work — worker
   collect — collector (коллекционировать — коллекционер)
   invent — inventor
2. -tion (the suffix of process)
   collect — collection
   invent — invention
3. -ing (gerund)
   suffer — suffering (страдать — страдание)
   warn — warning
   mean — meaning

adj + Ʌ = noun

1. -ness (the suffix of quality or state)
   ill — illness
   kind — kindness
2. -ance/ -ence (the suffix of state) (соответствующие прилагательные имеют суффиксы: -ant/ -ent)
   important — importance
   different — difference

Training exercises

Guess the suffix and form the nouns:

1. weak —
2. polite —
3. fresh —
4. ugly —
5. cold —
6. dark —
7. careful —

Guess the person:

Example: Someone who bakes bread is a baker.

1. Someone who interviews people is a….
2. Someone who plays football is a…
3. Someone who eats well is a…
4. Someone who sleeps well is a…
5. Someone who rules the country is a…
6. Someone who explores new lands is a…
7. Someone who makes or repairs shoes is a…
8. Someone who always causes trouble is a…
9. Someone who makes films is a…
10. Someone who has traveled to another place for a holiday is a…

Look at the adjectives below and form nouns. Guess the translation:

1. important — importance
2. different —
3. indifferent —
4. independent —
5. dependent —
6. patient —
7. persistent —
8. insistent —
9. indulgent —

Suffixes of profession

-er

football – footballer

law – lawyer

- or

sculpture – sculptor

-ist

art - artist

reception– receptionist

-ian

music- musician

beauty – beautician

politics – politician

-ee (somebody who obeys)

employ - employee

train - trainee

-man/-woman /-ess ( gender suffixes)

policeman/policewoman (police officer)

businessman/businesswoman (business person)

craftsman — ремесленник

waiter / waitress

actor / actress

steward / stewardess

Blitz formation!

Choose er/or/ist suffix to form a new noun

act, employ, football, dance, direct, operate, journal, piano, sing, murder, psychology, art, govern, sail, economy, translate, manage, drive, bank, garden, strange, conduct

Feminitives

Make up feminitive nouns and translate them:

donor, auctioneer, newsreader, sportscast, cat, mentor, lion, duke

Homework

Task 1. Try to think of as many jobs as you only can. Make some job-riddles (6-8): try to describe a job without mentioning its name.

Task 2.

Fill in all the gaps the suffixes able/ful/ible/ic/ive/less/ly

1. Your brother was very coward.... He ran away immediately.
2. That snake looks dangerous, but it's totally harm.... Don't worry!
3. To work as an acrobat in the circus, you have to be very flex... .
4. Oh, look at those ador... puppies. Can I have one?
5. He's always running about, very athlet... . He'll be in the Olympics one day.
6. What a beauty.... painting. Do you know who painted it?
7. We need a full and truth... account of what happened, Jennifer. Tell us everything.
8. These animals sleep during the day and are then act... during the night.
9. It must be very lone... living on this mountain without any neighbors.
10. Betty is a very creat... little girl, always painting or drawing or something like that