Unit 4
Derivations
| Noun suffixes | tion | sion | ment | ance | ence | ism | ity | ure | er | or | ist | ice | cy | ness | ship | hood | dom | age | ian |
| Adjective suffixes | ic | al | ive | able | ish | ous | ful | less | ed | ing | ry | ent | ant |
| Verb suffixes | en | ate | ize | ise | ify |
| Adverb suffix | ly |
1. Noun
Nouns come :
1. After a /an / the /some / any
2. After prepositions (of, on, for, from, with, without, up, down, in, at, between, among, through, during, out, into, about, by, under, over, against)
3. After possessive pronouns his, her, my, its, our, your, their ( ‘s / s’ )
4. After the words ( this, that, these, those, little, a little, few, a few, some, many, much, most, other, another, any, enough, no, all, avoid, less, need, lack
5. After adjectives
6. At the beginning of the sentence as a subject.
2. Adjective
Adjectives come:
1. Before nouns
3. After verb to Be (am, is, are, was, were, be,..)
3. After intensifiers when they are preceded with be: (very, so, as, quite, too, really, a bit, rather, absolutely)
4. After some words (seem, look, appear, feel, get, become, find, found, smell, taste, sound, more, less).
3. Verbs
Verbs come :
1. After the subject
2. After (to)
3. After Modals(will, would, shall, should, can, could, may, might, must, have to, has to, had to, ought to)
4. After (had better, would rather)
5. After don't doesn't, didn't
6. After the verbs ‘( let, make, help +object+v-inf)
4. Adverbs .
Adverbs come :
1. At the beginning of the sentence, before the comma.
2. To describe the verb.
| Note: The order of the words if they come together is: |
Adverb - Adjective - Noun
They showed extremely positive attitudes.
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