PSEB 8th Class English Grammar Formation of Nouns

Formation of Nouns from Adjectives

Adjectives – Nouns
Able – ability
Capable – capability
Abandant – abundance
Cheap – cheapness
Accurate – accuracy
Certain – certainly
Active – activity
Chaste – chastity
Adequate – adequacy

Compulsory – compulsion
Brave – bravery
Cowardly – cowardice
Bread – breadth
Curious – curiosity
Brief – brevity
Dear – dearth
Busy – business
Deep – depth
Calm – calmness
Dense – density
Casual – casualty
Equal – equality
False – falsehood
Perfect – perfection
Fast – fastness
Pious – piety
Fertile – fertility
Poor – poverty
Financial – finance
Popular – popularity
Free – freedom
Private – privacy
Frequent – frequency
Proud – pride
Frank – frankness
Proper – propriety
Gay – gaiety
Public – publicity
Generous – generosity
Pure – purity
Grand – grandour
Quick – quickness
Great – greatness
Real – reality
Happy – happiness
Red – redness
Hard – hardship
Rival – rivalry
High – height
Rich – richness
Holy – holiness
Round – roundness
Honest – honesty
Royal – royalty
Hot – heat
Safe – safety
Human – humanity
Scarce – scarcity
Humble – humility
Secret – secrecy
Inferior – inferiorty
Short – shortage
Innocent – innocence
Solid – solidity
Intense – intensity
Solitary – solitude
Just – justice
Special – speciality
Little – littleness
Strong – strength
Local – locality
Splendid – splendour
Long – length
Stupid – stupidity
Mean – meanness
Supreme – supremacy
Merry – merriment
Sweet – sweetness
Moist – moisture
True – truth
Magnificant – magnificent
Uniform – uniformity
Mortal – mortality
Vacant – vacancy
Necessary – necessity
Vain – vanity
New – newness
Weak – weakness
Noble – nobility
Wide – width
One – oneness
Wise – wisdom
Obedient – obedience
Young – youth

Foundation of Nouns from Verbs

Verbs – Nouns
Abound – abundance
Arrive – arrival
Accomplish – accomplishment
Bear – birth
Acknowledge – acknowledgement
Betray – betrayal
Acquaint – acquaintance
Bind – bond
Acquire – acquisition
Bite – bite
Admit – admission
Bless – blessing
Advise – advice
Break – breakage
Amuse – amusement
Amuse – amusement
Approve – approval
Believe – belief
Carry – carriage
Practise – practice
Choose – choice
Pretend – pretence
Consume – consumption
Proceed – procedure
Contain – contents
proceed – process
Decide – decision
Protect – protection
Deny – denial
Prove – proof
Depart – departure
Provide – provision
Dig – ditch
Purify – purification
Do – deed
Pursue – pursuit
Drink – draught
Quote – quotation
Envelop – envelope
Receive – receipt
Exceed – excess
Reduce – reduction

Exist – existence
Relieve – relief
Expect – expectation
Refer – reference
Except – exception
Refine – refinement
Float – fleet
Reveal – revelation
Flow – flood
Refuse – refusal
Fly – flight
Refresh – refreshment
Free – freedom
Reform – reformation
Furnish – furniture
See – sight
Give – gift
Sit – seat
Go – gait
Serve – service
Grieve – grief
Slay – slaughter
Grow – growth
Sow – seed
Elate – hatred
Speak – speech
Heal – health
Steal – stealth
Judge – judgement, justice
Strike – stroke
Succeed – success, succession
Know – knowledge
Laugh – laughter
Secure – security
Learn – learning
Tell – tale
Lend – loan
Trace – track
Live – life
Try – trial
Manage – management
Think – thought
Mean – meaning
Thieve – theft
Marry – marriage
Urge – urgency
Move – motion, movement
Vacate – vacancy, vacation
Obey – obedience
Vary – variety
Object – objection
Weave – web
Occupy – occupation
Write – writ, writing
Offend – offence
Oppose – opposition
Weigh – weight
Perform – performance
Wed – weeding
Please – pleasure
Withdraw – withdrawal

Formation of Abstract Nouns

Words – Abstract Noun
Act – action
Agent – agency
Boy – boyhood
Man – manhood
Bond – bondage
owner – ownership
Beggar – beggary
Patriot – patriotism
Child – childhood
Priest – priesthood
Coward – cowardice
Servant – service
Creature – creation
Speaker – speech
Friend – friendship
Slave – slavery
Hero – herosim
Thief – theft
Infant – infancy
Woman – womanhood
King – kingship
Widow – widowhood
Mother – motherhood
Young – youth