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Tuesday, March 5, 2019

English Grammar Class #07

Hello, Dear Friends!


Yesterday we discussed about kinds of a Noun. In today's class we will give you a preview of some commonly used Abstract Nouns constructed from Adjectives, Verbs and Common Nouns. We suggest our friends notice the changes that occur when an Adjective, Verb or a Common Noun is changed into an Abstract Noun.


-Making Abstract Nouns from Adjectives.


First word is an Adjective and the second word is an Abstract Noun.


-Long      --------------- length
-Strong    -------------- strength
-Wide      -------------- Width
-Broad     ------------ Breadth
-High       ------------- Height
-Young    ------------ Youth
-Poor       ------------ Poverty
-Humble ------------ Humbleness
-Just        ----------- Justice
-Brave     ----------- Bravery
-Decent    ---------- Decency
-Prudent   ---------- Prudence
-Novel    ------------ Novelty
-Sane      ---------- sanity
-Quick    ----------- Quickness
-Bitter     -------- Bitterness
-Ignorant ------------ Ignorance


-Making Abstract Nouns from Verbs.


The first word is a Verb and the second one is an Abstract Noun following.


-Laugh ----------- Laughter
-Believe ---------- Belief
-Choose ---------- Choice
-Defend ---------- Defense
-Free --------- Freedom
-Excel ---------- Excellence
-Die --------- Death
-Success ------------ Success
-Judge ------------ Judgment
-Punish ------------- Punishment
-Determine ---------- Determination
-Advise ----------- Advice
-Discover ------------ Discovery
-Occupy ------------- Occupation
-Flatter --------- Flattery
-Steal ---------- Stealth


-Making Abstract Nouns from Common Nouns.


The first word is a Common Noun and the other word is an Abstract Noun.


-Infant ---------- Infancy
-Priest ---------- Priestess
-Thief --------- Theft
-Rogue --------- Roguery
-Bankrupt ---------- Bankruptcy
-Friend ----------- Friendship
-Author ----------- Authoress
-Coward ----------- Cowardice
-Pilgrim ----------- Pilgrimage
-Glutton ---------- Gluttony


We have given here a preview of how Abstract Nouns are constructed from Adjectives, Verbs and Common Nouns. In our next class, we will discuss the rules to change Adjectives, Verbs and Common Nouns into Abstract Nouns.


Hope our friends will be able to get a good preview of the way how Abstract Nouns are constructed from Adjectives, Verbs and Common Nouns.


-If you have any questions regarding the above class, you are welcomed in our inbox of our Facebook page English Speaking Club .


Best of luck.

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