I-FORMATION OF NOUNS :

The rule Example

1. (verb/noun)+er Singer , Londoner, glover, reader , builder, believer, consumer,
=noun producer.
2. noun+ar =noun Burglar, liar, beggar, cottar , registrar.
3. verb+or =noun ventilator, director, narrator, refrigerator, processor, operator,
investigator
4. (verb/noun/adj) Journalist, artist, typist, tourist, novelist, motorist, educationist,
+ist=noun economist.
5. noun+y =noun Daddy, mummy, granny, auntie,.
6. noun+ess =noun Stewardess, manageress, actress, ambassadress, poetess,
hostess, authoress.
7. noun+ian =noun Musician, historian, logician, politician, optician, physician.
8. verb+(ant/ent)= Dependent, correspondent, pollutant, assistant, inhabitant,
=noun immigrant,
9. verb+ee =noun Employee, trainee, nominee, examinee, devotee, payee,
deportee, internee.
10. noun+eer Profiteer, volunteer, marketeer, mountaineer, racketeer.
=noun
11. (noun/adj) Youngster, oldster, gangster, mobster, songster, trickster.
+ster=noun
12. verb+ed =noun The accused, the unemployed, the injured, the wounded, the
aged, the disabled.
13. verb+ Direction, action, description, information, classification,
(ion/ition/ation/ fertilization, organization, confusion, decision, submission,
catin) =noun provision, classification.
14. verb+ment Development, replacement, improvement, punishment,
=noun improvement, encouragement, entertainment, achievement,
amusement, movement.
15. verb+al =noun Dismissal, betrayal, withdrawal, refusal, survival, arrival,
approval, proposal.
16. verb+y =noun Discovery, recovery, mastery, delivery, inquiry, injury, expiry.
17. verb+ing =noun Teaching, working, reading, boxing, banking, meeting,
advertising, riding, shopping, housing, planning, farming,
turning, handling, covering.
18. verb+ure =noun Failure, pressure, departure, departure, creature, exposure,
signature, procedure.
19.(verb/adj) Appearance, acceptance, resistance, performance acceptance,
+ance=noun disturbance, allowance, insurance, guidance, elegance,
fragrance, disturbance, resemblance.
20. (verb/adj) Growth, warmth ,health, youth, depth, strength,
+th=noun
21.(noun/adj)+(cy/acy) Bankruptcy, supremacy, efficiency, delinquency, delinquency
=noun ,fluency, infancy
22. (verb/adj) Freedom, boredom, wisdom, kingdom, martyrdom,
+dom=noun
23. (noun/adj)+hood Childhood, brotherhood, sisterhood, motherhood, manhood,
=noun babyhood, likelihood, neighbourhood, parenthood, adulthood,
24. (noun/adj)+ship Friendship, relationship, hardship, leadership. Companionship,
=noun dictatorship.
25. adj+(ity/ty/y) Modernity, stupidity, familiarity, activity, creativity. activity,
=noun ability, responsibility, credibility, security, modesty, cruelty,
safety, certainty,
26. adj+ness =noun Illness, sickness, sadness, bigness, happiness, loveliness.
carefulness, blindness
27. (noun/adj)+ism Realism, racialism, socialism, racism, collectivism .capitalism,
=noun heroism.
28. adj+ cide =noun Insecticide, patricide, suicide genocide, infanticide. fratricide,
29. noun+ics =noun Electronics, economics ,athletics, politics, gymnastics
mathematics.
30. noun+ful =noun Spoonful , mouthful ,houseful , handful, cupful, armful, bagful,
mouthful, earful.
31. noun+ette Cigarette, diskette, cassette.
=noun
32. (noun/prefix)+ Democracy, aristocracy, bureaucracy, meritocracy.
cracy =noun
33. (noun/prefix)+ Zoology, biology, psychology, geology, technology.
logy =noun
34. (noun/prefix)+ Photography, geography, ethnography, radiography.
graphy =noun
35. noun + age Postage, reportage, package, bandage, parentage.
=noun
36. noun+ ache Headache, toothache, heartache, stomach-ache.
=noun

II- FORMATION OF ADJECTIVES :

The rule
1. Verb + ant =adj
2. Verb + ent =adj
3. Verb + ory =adj
4. Verb + ing =adj
5. Verb + ed =adj
6. (Verb/noun) +ful =adj
7. (Verb/noun) +less =adj Jobless, homeless, speechless, meaningless.
8. Verb + ive =adj
9. noun +able =adj
10. Verb + able =adj
11. Verb + ible =adj
12. root +ative =adj
13. noun +( ic/ ical) =adj
14. noun + y =adj
15. noun + ar =adj
16. noun + ary =adj
17. noun + ( al/ial) =adj
18. noun + ous =adj
19. noun + ate =adj
20. noun + (an/ian)=adj
21. (noun /adj)+ ish=adj
22. noun + ese =adj
Examples
Resistant, important, ignorant, pleasant.
Competent, different, competent, excellent.
Contradictory, obligatory, satisfactory.
Interesting, charming, disgusting, humiliating.
Disappointed, wanted, crowded, complicated
Eventful, useful, hopeful, joyful, fruitful.
Attractive, communicative,persuasive,offensive,
Comfortable, valuable, knowledge, peaceable
Answerable, washable, questionable, likable.
Flexible, defensible, legible, accessible, feasible.
Talkative, affirmative, argumentative.
Atomic, economic, romantic, alcoholic.
Cloudy, rainy, guilty, bloody, dusty, risky.
Familiar, similar, popular, particular, muscular.
Secondary, elementary, documentary, arbitrary.
Directional, additional, natural, structural.
Courageous, dangerous, ambitious, contagious
Affectionate, passionate, literate, delicate.
Malian, European, Algerian, American.
Greenish, foolish, selfish, snobbish, childish.
Japanese, Chinese, Sudanese, Gabonese.
 23. (noun /verb)+
some=adj
24. noun + en =adj
25. noun + ern =adj
26. (noun /adv)+ ward=adj
27. Adj + er = Adj
28. Adj + est = Adj
III-FORMATION OF VERBS:
The rule
1. en+ (verb / noun/ adj)=
verb
2. mis+ verb = verb
3. re+ (verb / noun/ adj)=
verb
4. (noun /adj )+ (fy/ify)
=verb
5. noun /adj )+ ize =verb
6. (noun /adj )+ en =verb
Troublesome, handsome, lonesome, troublesome,
wholesome, fearsome, quarrelsome.
Golden, earthen, wooden, ashen, woollen.
Southern, northern, western.
Backward, Eastward, upward, forward, homeward,
downward.
Taller, cheaper, funnier.
Tallest, happiest.
Examples
Enlarge ,encase, encircle,enclose, enrich,entrain,
encircle, entomb, enable, ensure, enforce,
enslave.
Misread, misuse, misbehave, misadvise, mislead,
misinterpret, mismanage, misguide, and
miscalculate.
Replay , reconstruction, rebuild, readjust, rewrite,
retell.
Beatify, simplify, terrify, horrify, justify, purify,
mortify.
Modernize, industrialize, maximize, memorize,
colonize.
Blacken, harden, sadden, soften, widen.