Word Families: Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs, and Adverbs
Welcome, young learners! Today, we're going to explore the amazing world of words and how they can change their form and function. Think of words as being part of a family. Just like you can be a student, a child, and a friend, a single idea can be expressed as a naming word (noun), a describing word (adjective), an action word (verb), or a word that describes an action (adverb). Understanding these "word families" will make your writing more powerful and interesting. Let's look at how we can transform words to fit different roles in our sentences!
| Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|
| comfort | comfortable | comfort | comfortably |
| intuition | intuitive | --- | intuitively |
| extension | extensive | extend | extensively |
| sacredness | sacred | --- | sacredly |
| breath | breathless/breathy | breathe | breathlessly |
| nature | natural | naturalize | naturally |
| conviction | convincing | convict | convincingly |
| colony/colonization | colonial | colonize | colonially |
| excellence | excellent | excel | excellently |
| sacrifice | sacrificial | sacrifice | sacrificially |
| intensity | intense | intensify | intensely |
| emission | --- | emit | --- |
| exhaustion | exhaustive | exhaust | exhaustively |
| poverty | poor | impoverish | poorly |
| convergence | convergent | converge | --- |
| reception/receipt | receptive | receive | receptively |
| publication | --- | publish | --- |
| criticism | critical | criticize | critically |
| minimum | minimum | minimize | --- |
| recovery | recoverable | recover | --- |
| strength | strong | strengthen | strongly |
| aroma | aromatic | --- | aromatically |
| colour | colourful | colour | colourfully |
| mouth | oral | mouth | orally |
| inspiration | inspirational | inspire | inspirationally |
| photograph | photographic | photograph | photographically |
| beauty | beautiful | beautify | beautifully |
| merit | meritorious | merit | meritoriously |
| clarification | clear | clarify | clearly |
| accusation | accusatory | accuse | --- |
| assumption | assumptive | assume | --- |
| marriage | marital/marriageable | marry | maritally |
| repute | reputable | --- | reputably |
| surety | sure | ensure | surely |
| society/socialization | social | socialize | socially |
| hunger | hungry | --- | hungrily |
| exposition | expository | expose | --- |
| population | popular | popularize | popularly |
| coronation | --- | coronate | --- |
| impression | impressive | impress | impressively |
| generation | generative | generate | --- |
| education | educational/educative | educate | educationally |
| richness/rich | rich | enrich | richly |
| --- | edible | eat | --- |
| centre | central | centralize | centrally |
| execution | executive | execute | --- |
| majesty | majestic | --- | majestically |
| promotion | promotional | promote | --- |
| ego | egoistic | --- | egoistically |
| conservation | conservative | conserve | conservatively |
Difficult Words
- Intuition: A feeling you have that something is true, even without a reason.
- Extension: Making something larger or longer.
- Sacredness: The quality of being holy or very special.
- Conviction: A very strong belief or opinion.
- Colonization: The act of sending people to live in and control another country.
- Excellence: The quality of being extremely good at something.
- Sacrifice: Giving up something you value for a more important reason.
- Intensity: The quality of being very strong or extreme.
- Emission: The act of sending out gas, heat, or light.
- Exhaustion: The state of being extremely tired.
- Impoverish: To make someone very poor.
- Convergence: The process of coming together from different directions.
- Receptive: Willing to listen to or accept new ideas.
- Criticism: Pointing out the faults or mistakes of something.
- Accusation: A claim that someone has done something wrong.
- Assumption: Something that you accept as true without proof.
- Repute: The opinion people have about someone or something.
- Exposition: A clear and detailed explanation of an idea.
- Coronation: The ceremony of crowning a king or queen.
- Conservation: The protection of animals, plants, and natural resources.