III Суффиксы, дающие существительному абстрактное понятие.

Verb+ ment

Adjective+ ness

Verb + ence/ance

Adjective + th

Number+ th

Noun+ ship

Например:

-ance

acceptance allegiance

annoyance appearance arrogance

disturbance

resistance

-ence

affluence

advertisement achievement commitment

confidence

correspondence

-ness

-ment

advertisement

commitment

encouragement

employment

-th

growth

health

depth

breadth

fortieth

-ship tenderness

Read-er-ship brightness

круг читателей kindness

sea-man-ship

морское дело

Exercise 10

Write abstract nouns for the following words, using one of the following suffixes: ance, ence, ment, ness, th. and translate Use your dictionary.

1 inherit........

2 convenient

3 clumsy.......

4 obey..........

5 invest........

6 develop.....

7 kind...........

8 effective....

9 fair ...^r.........

10 prefer......

11 innocent..

12 improve

13 willing……………..

14 retire……………..

15 silent…………….

16 disappoint……………..

17 excite………………..

18 polite………………..

19 argue…………………….

20 punish……………………

21 selfish…………………

22 sixty…………………..

23 refresh…………………

24 resist…………………...

Exercise11

Form verbs (for some form adjectives) from abstract nouns and translate:

Disturbance____________________

resistance______________________

improvement____________________

insurance_______________________

importance______________________

distance________________________

advertisement____________________

commitment______________________

confidence_______________________

correspondence__________________

emergence_______________________

occurrence______________________

patience_______________________

violence________________________

enjoyment_______________________

fulfillment__________________________

movement_________________________

refreshment________________________

loneliness__________________________

happiness___________________________

kindness____________________________

tightness_____________________________

sleepliness___________________________

ugliness_____________________________

depth______________________________

warmth____________________________

length___________________________

IV. Суффиксы, образующие существительные от прилагательного:

- ness : kind - the kindness /доброта/

quiet - the quietness/тишина/

happy - the happiness /счастье/

- ity : active - the activity /деятельность/

real - the reality /действительность/

stupid - the stupidity /глупость/

-ance/ence-

frequent/ частый / - frequency/ частота /

Brilliant / блестящий/ -brilliancy / блеск, великолепие/

-ity popular-popularity

necessary – necessity

creative-creativity

-y modest-modesty

Exercise 12

Fill in the correct form of the words in brackets.

1. I spend time in the countryside because I enjoy the...............................(silent).

2. In this hotel, all our guests are treated like...........................(royal).

3. He places great..........................(important) on punctuality.

4. There is a.................(vacant) for a receptionist in that company.

5. There is no need for.............................(formal) here - we use each other's first names.

..................................(modest) is not one of her qualities - she boasts a lot.

6. The.............................(empty) of the old house frightened her.

7. ....................(complete) of the project depends on how much money we have.

Exercise 13

Fill in the correct form of the words in bold forming nouns from adjectives.

1. You can tell that Ben has lived in Spain as he speaks the language with great FLUENT 1

•••-........................... ' - CONVENIENT 2

2. No one can question the..............of being able to buy goods over the Internet. CONSCIOUS 3

3. The woman couldn't bear the sight of blood and lost............................... MAJOR 4

4. The.......of our customers are satisfied with our outstanding service and high- SAFE 5

quality products. HONEST 6

5. For their own........visitors of the zoo are required to keep away from the cages. MODEST 7

6. He is a man of...............................and incredible courage. VACANT 8

7. His.......does not allow him to talk about his work, but his musical compositions IMPORTANT 9

speak for themselves. PERFECT10

8. There is a short-term...........at the local post-office, in case you are interested.

9. We shouldn't underestimate the.................of regular exercise and healthy diet.

10. James didn't do well in his last performance but he is determined to achieve...............................next time.