(verb) - become visible | Appearance(noun) - act of appearing |
- The King of Thailand made an appearance at the charity event.
- Sirius appears low in the sky at this time of the year.
Bold
(adjective) - brave and daring Boldly
(adverb) - bravely and daringly Boldness
(noun) - courage and fearlessness
- The bold child raced into the burning building and saved the infant.
- Star Trek boldly goes where no show has gone before.
- His boldness has not surprisingly won him many dates with beautiful young ladies.
Coagulant
(adjective) - related to coagulation Coagulant
(noun) - a substance that causes coagulation Coagulate
(verb) -
to form a hardened mass
- The coagulant properties of this drug are most effective.
- People with hemophilia may require coagulants.
- What we need is a substance that will cause oil spills to coagulate.
Do
(verb) - to perform or work at Doable
(adjective) - able to do
- Good students always do all their homework.
- The teacher always assigns simple, doable homework.
It is important to understand some of the common transformations. While there are many exceptions to these rules, they do provide a good starting point.
-> Adjectives
atrocity
atrocious
The atrocities committed by Adolph Hitler are similar to the atrocious behavior of abortionists today.
Other common endings include: -able, -al, -ant, -ate, -al, -ed, -en, -ent, -ern, -ful, -ible, -ile, -ive, -ing, -ish, -ite, -ive, -less, -ly, -ous, -uous, and -y.
-> Adverbs
While there are some other possible endings for converting adverbs, they are not common. And, while some writers argue against the use of the old rule of thumb - that of changing adjectives to adverbs by the addition of -ly, it is still a fairly accurate rule.
atrocious
atrociously
Atrocious abortionists atrociously murder unborn babies.
-> Nouns
Abstract nouns are often made from adjectives, verbs and even other, concrete nouns.
intelligent
intelligence
Mensans take an intelligence test to ascertain if they are intelligent.
-> Verbs
Some verbs are the exact same form as other nouns, adjectives, adverbs and prepositions.
wax
wax
We will wax the car with a no-name wax.
In other cases, adjectives may be turned into verbs by the addition of -en.
sharp
sharpen
He kept sharpening the knife until it was the sharpest knife around.
C/D
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(adjective) - brave and daring | Boldly(adverb) - bravely and daringly | Boldness(noun) - courage and fearlessness |
- The bold child raced into the burning building and saved the infant.
- Star Trek boldly goes where no show has gone before.
- His boldness has not surprisingly won him many dates with beautiful young ladies.
Coagulant
(adjective) - related to coagulation Coagulant
(noun) - a substance that causes coagulation Coagulate
(verb) -
to form a hardened mass
- The coagulant properties of this drug are most effective.
- People with hemophilia may require coagulants.
- What we need is a substance that will cause oil spills to coagulate.
Do
(verb) - to perform or work at Doable
(adjective) - able to do
- Good students always do all their homework.
- The teacher always assigns simple, doable homework.
It is important to understand some of the common transformations. While there are many exceptions to these rules, they do provide a good starting point.
-> Adjectives
atrocity
atrocious
The atrocities committed by Adolph Hitler are similar to the atrocious behavior of abortionists today.
Other common endings include: -able, -al, -ant, -ate, -al, -ed, -en, -ent, -ern, -ful, -ible, -ile, -ive, -ing, -ish, -ite, -ive, -less, -ly, -ous, -uous, and -y.
-> Adverbs
While there are some other possible endings for converting adverbs, they are not common. And, while some writers argue against the use of the old rule of thumb - that of changing adjectives to adverbs by the addition of -ly, it is still a fairly accurate rule.
atrocious
atrociously
Atrocious abortionists atrociously murder unborn babies.
-> Nouns
Abstract nouns are often made from adjectives, verbs and even other, concrete nouns.
intelligent
intelligence
Mensans take an intelligence test to ascertain if they are intelligent.
-> Verbs
Some verbs are the exact same form as other nouns, adjectives, adverbs and prepositions.
wax
wax
We will wax the car with a no-name wax.
In other cases, adjectives may be turned into verbs by the addition of -en.
sharp
sharpen
He kept sharpening the knife until it was the sharpest knife around.
C/D
See notes for information on navigating, links, copyright (my own as well as any possible inadvertant infringement on my part) and photo usage, etc.
TOEIC is the registered trademark of Educational Testing Service.
(adjective) - related to coagulation | Coagulant(noun) - a substance that causes coagulation | Coagulate(verb) - to form a hardened mass |
- The coagulant properties of this drug are most effective.
- People with hemophilia may require coagulants.
- What we need is a substance that will cause oil spills to coagulate.
Do
(verb) - to perform or work at Doable
(adjective) - able to do
- Good students always do all their homework.
- The teacher always assigns simple, doable homework.
It is important to understand some of the common transformations. While there are many exceptions to these rules, they do provide a good starting point.
-> Adjectives
atrocity
atrocious
The atrocities committed by Adolph Hitler are similar to the atrocious behavior of abortionists today.
Other common endings include: -able, -al, -ant, -ate, -al, -ed, -en, -ent, -ern, -ful, -ible, -ile, -ive, -ing, -ish, -ite, -ive, -less, -ly, -ous, -uous, and -y.
-> Adverbs
While there are some other possible endings for converting adverbs, they are not common. And, while some writers argue against the use of the old rule of thumb - that of changing adjectives to adverbs by the addition of -ly, it is still a fairly accurate rule.
atrocious
atrociously
Atrocious abortionists atrociously murder unborn babies.
-> Nouns
Abstract nouns are often made from adjectives, verbs and even other, concrete nouns.
intelligent
intelligence
Mensans take an intelligence test to ascertain if they are intelligent.
-> Verbs
Some verbs are the exact same form as other nouns, adjectives, adverbs and prepositions.
wax
wax
We will wax the car with a no-name wax.
In other cases, adjectives may be turned into verbs by the addition of -en.
sharp
sharpen
He kept sharpening the knife until it was the sharpest knife around.
C/D
See notes for information on navigating, links, copyright (my own as well as any possible inadvertant infringement on my part) and photo usage, etc.
TOEIC is the registered trademark of Educational Testing Service.
(verb) - to perform or work at | Doable(adjective) - able to do |
- Good students always do all their homework.
- The teacher always assigns simple, doable homework.
It is important to understand some of the common transformations. While there are many exceptions to these rules, they do provide a good starting point.
-> Adjectives
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Other common endings include: -able, -al, -ant, -ate, -al, -ed, -en, -ent, -ern, -ful, -ible, -ile, -ive, -ing, -ish, -ite, -ive, -less, -ly, -ous, -uous, and -y.
-> Adverbs
While there are some other possible endings for converting adverbs, they are not common. And, while some writers argue against the use of the old rule of thumb - that of changing adjectives to adverbs by the addition of -ly, it is still a fairly accurate rule.
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-> Nouns
Abstract nouns are often made from adjectives, verbs and even other, concrete nouns.
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-> Verbs
Some verbs are the exact same form as other nouns, adjectives, adverbs and prepositions.
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In other cases, adjectives may be turned into verbs by the addition of -en.
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C/D
See notes for information on navigating, links, copyright (my own as well as any possible inadvertant infringement on my part) and photo usage, etc.
TOEIC is the registered trademark of Educational Testing Service.