Word Formation Flashcards
(40 cards)
What is the process of adding prefixes or suffixes to create new words called?
Affixation.
What type of word formation is ‘toothbrush’?
Compounding (tooth + brush).
What is the process of changing the word class without changing form?
Conversion (e.g. ‘text’ as noun and verb).
What is the short form of ‘advertisement’?
‘Ad’ – this is clipping.
What kind of word is ‘NASA’?
An acronym (initial letters form a new word).
Form a noun from ‘continue’
‘Continuation’.
Form a negative adjective from ‘happy’
‘Unhappy’.
Form a noun from ‘achieve’
‘Achievement’.
Form an adjective from ‘economy’
‘Economical’.
Form a noun from ‘satisfy’
‘Satisfaction’ or ‘Dissatisfaction’.
Form a noun from ‘applaud’
‘Applause’.
Form a noun from ‘champion’
‘Championship’.
Form a verb from ‘decision’
‘Decide’.
Form a noun from ‘miserable’
‘Misery’.
Form an adjective from ‘remark’
‘Remarkable’.
Form a noun from ‘appear’ to describe something going missing
‘Disappearance’.
Form a negative adjective from ‘able’
‘Unable’.
What’s the noun form of ‘vary’ that means ‘a mix of different things’?
‘Variety’ or ‘Variation’.
Form a noun from ‘determine’
‘Determination’.
Form an adjective from ‘colony’
‘Colonial’.
Form a noun from ‘decide’ that refers to the result of deciding
‘Decision’.
Form a person noun from ‘gamble’
‘Gambler’.
Form an action noun from ‘gamble’
‘Gambling’.
Form an adjective from ‘fame’
‘Famous’.
