adjectives to nouns

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CHIMBORAZO

FACULTA DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN HUMANAS Y TECNOLOGÍAS

LANGUAGES SCHOOLFIFTH SEMESTER

GRAMMAR V

TOPIC:

ITY ADJECTIVES TRANSFORM TO NOUNS

PROFESSOR:

MSG. MAGDALENA ULLAURI

STUDENTS:

JENNIFER FLORES

DIANA MENDOZA

MARZO - AGOSTO 2015

ITY

An adjective + the suffixe ity makes a noun:

Active (adjective) + ity = activity (noun)

Invisible (adjective) +bility = invisivility (noun)

Her we have nouns using the suffix ity. Note the changes in the spelling

ADJECTIVES ENDING IN E

ADJECTIVE NOUNCOOPERATIVE cooperativity

CREATIVE creativityENTIRE entiretyJUVENILE juvenility

MUNDANE mundanity.

ADj ENDING IN “ive”

ADJECTIVE NOUNAGGRESSIVE aggressivity

ATTENTIVE attentivityATTRACTIVE attractivityCOOPERATIVE cooperativity DESCRIPTIVE descriptivity

ADj ENDING IN “nal”

ADJECTIVE NOUNEMOTIONAL emotionality

FUNTIONAL funtionalityINTENTIONAL intentionalityINTERNAL internalityNOCTURNAL nocturnality

ADj ENDING IN “al”

ADJECTIVE NOUNFUNTIONAL funtionality

EMOTIONAL emotionalityPERSONAL personality

IMPARTIAL impartialityMONUMENTAL monumentality

ADj ENDING IN “ary”

ADJECTIVE NOUNLITERARY literarity

ELEMENTARY elementarityARBITRARY arbitrarityVOLUNTARY voluntarityCOMPLEMENTARY complementarity

ADj ENDING IN “IC”

ADJECTIVE NOUNATOMIC atomicity

ARTISTIC artisticityPUBLIC publicity

ADj ENDING IN “OUS”

ADJECTIVE NOUNANONIMOUS anonymityGENEROUS generousity

ADj ENDING IN “BLE”

ADJECTIVE NOUNINVISIBLE invisibility

INCREDIBLE incredibilityRESPONSIBLE responsibilityFLEXIBLE flexibilityILLEGIBLE illegibility

BIBLIOGRAPHY

http://www.shertonenglish.com/resources/es/adjectives/adjectives-ic.php

http://www.shertonenglish.com/resources/es/adjectives/adjectives-ary.php

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CHIMBORAZOFACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN HUMANAS Y

TECNOLOGÍASLANGUAGES SCHOOL

FIFTH SEMESTERGRAMMAR V

STUDENT´S NAME: ______________________________________________DATE: __________________________________________________________TIME: ___10minutes_____________________________________________

TEST

OBJECTIVE: identify the use of different ADJECTIVES AS A NOUN

INSTRUCTIONS:

A. Write the correct noun to the following adjectives

COOPERATIVE___________________

ENTIRE___________________

MUNDANE___________________

JUVENILE___________________

AGGRESSIVE____________________

ATTRACTIVE______________________

EMOTIONAL______________________

NOCTURNAL___________________

ELEMENTARY____________________

VOLUNTARY ___________________

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