Nouns referring to people
• verb + -er/-or/-ar (train — trainer, inspect — inspector, employ — employer) — (always active position/meaning)
• verb + -ee (examine — examinee) (always passive position/meaning)
• noun/verb/adjective + -ist (piano — pianist, type — typist)
• noun + -an/-ian (republic — republican, magic — magician)
Nouns formed from verbs
-al (condition, quality) arrive – arrival, deny – denial
-ance / ence (action, state, condition or quality) attend – attendance, accept – acceptance
-ation / tion (action or resulting state) educate – education, inform – information
-sion (action or resulting state) confuse – confusion, decide – decision
-ure (action or resulting state) depart – departure, fail – failure
-ment (state, act, condition) agree– agreement, pay – payment, employ – employment
-age (action, state, process) break – breakage, pack – package, pass — passage
-ing (action, state, process) land – landing, write – writing
-ery (a business or trade, a behavior, a condition) bake –bakery, brew – brewery
-y (action, result) discover – discovery
Nouns formed from adjectives
-ness (state, quality, condition) happy – happiness, kind – kindness
-ship relation- relationship
-hood child — childhood
-ity (state or condition) active – activity, real – reality
-ism (state, practice) human – humanism, imperial – imperialism
-th (condition) wide – width, dead – death
-y (condition) private – privacy, difficult – difficulty
-ery (location, collective, behavior condition) brave – bravery
-ty (condition) safe – safety, certain – certainty
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