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Noun Suffixes List with Examples & Exercise

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It’s going to be a great day for all of you because you are going to learn one of the most important aspects of nouns (Noun Suffixes List with Examples & Exercise) which is called formation of nouns. There are many words in English and many words are derived from other words. This is a unique feature of the English language.

Also, when it comes to competitive exams, examiners do not hesitate to ask questions related to this aspect of English language. If you look at the previous year questions of Bank, SSC and MBA entrance, common errors related to this part are generally asked.

Thus, from the examination point of view, this becomes imperative for the aspirants.

Why is it so?

It is because of the fact that no other question except this type of errors can judge your language structure skills better than this one.

Generally, you see that adjectives or verbs are placed in sentences in place of nouns. That is the type of error you need to identify in your examinations. Therefore, let’s start understanding this aspect of the language.

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Let us take an example.

Mr. Sharma has done great work in the field of Education and thus his able in this field can’t be questioned at all.

If you look at the above sentence, you will find that the sentence is incorrect. It is because “Able (adjective)” has been used in place of “Ability (noun)”. A noun generally answers “what” and hence we must use a noun whenever we need an answer of “what”.

But, how can we know whether a word is a noun or not? For this, we need to understand Formation of Nouns.

Nouns are formed using noun suffixes or by omitting other suffixes.

For example ,Noun from of fail is ”fail +ure ”=failure, dictate + tion = dictation and courageous – ous = courage .

Nouns are generally formed from verbs or adjectives. Sometimes, nouns are formed from other nouns also.

So, we are providing you with a list of nouns formed from other words , which will help you a lot further.

Proper & Common Noun Definition & Difference

Noun Suffixes List with Examples & Exercise

Suffix	Meaning	Examples
-ant / -ent	Person who does action	Assistant, Consultant
-age	Action/Result of verb	Wastage, Breakage, Package
-al	Action/Result of verb	Denial, Proposal, Refusal, Dismissal
-er	Person or thing that does or performs a specified action	advertiser, driver, computer, silencer, reporter
-ence / -ance	Action / result of Verb	preference, dependence, interference, attendance, acceptance, endurance
-ery /-ry	Action / instance of doing or Place of doing	bribery, robbery, misery, refinery, bakery
-ment	The action or process of doing something The product or result of an action The state or condition caused by an action	development, punishment, unemployment, improvement entertainment amazement, fulfillment
-tion / -sion	Action/instance of doing	alteration, demonstration, expansion, inclusion, admission

Noun Suffixes List with Examples & Exercise

Suffix	Meaning	Examples
-age	Total amount or collection Action, process, or result of House or place of	mileage, acreage, baggage, coverage, breakage, wastage orphanage, brokerage
-cy	The state of having a particular quality	bankruptcy, normalcy, accuracy, urgency, efficiency, frequency
-er	Person or thing that does or performs a specified action	astronomer, geographer, reporter, player
-ism	Teachings or beliefs Unfair treatment of a group of people who have a particular quality	Buddhism, Marxism, Socialism, Stoicism, Realism Racism, sexism
-ity	quality, state, or degree	availability, stability, absurdity, complexity, salinity, ability, similarity, responsibility, curiosity
-ness	State : Condition : Quality	darkness, preparedness, consciousness, goodness, friendliness, sickness, freshness
-ship	The state or condition of being something	friendship, apprenticeship, citizenship, leadership

Use of Has and Have in Hindi

Fill in the blanks using the correct form of nouns from the words given in brackets.

1. __________ (increase) in temperature is an __________ (indicate) of climate change in the world.
2. Can you describe his _______? (appear)
3. Do you know the results of your_______ exams? (enter)
4. Do you know these _______?. (require)
5. Hard working fellow are not softened by for__________ (flatter)
6. He spoke about the _______of the company. (manage)
7. Her __________ (refuse) of the invitation added to my __________ .(disappoint)
8. Hitler’s popular standing was undiminished, and confidence in his __________ among the great majority of the population remained unbroken. (leader)
9. I need your _______ in this discussion. (assist)
10. I need your _______ in this document. (sign)

11. I take no _______ to visit us on Sunday. (refuse)
12. I think crying is a sign of _______. (weak)
13. I’ve found this _______ in the Internet. (inform)
14. It is generally the __________ (careless) of the drivers that leads to road accidents.
15. My _______ was not correct. (explain)
16. Rohan’s __________ during the experiment provided valuable insight to the team. (observe)
17. She ignored the __________ I gave him. (advise)
18. She saw her friend on a ______ to Paris. (fly)
19. She told us about the _______ of the roads here. (improve)
20. She watched the ________ of the new mobile on TV. present)

21. Thank you kindly for your ________.. (invite)
22. That cost is not difficult to justify where capital __________ is the penalty for first-degree murder. (punish)
23. The _______ of new mobiles is planned on Monday. (deliver)
24. The _______ of this bridge will be finished soon. (construct)
25. The _______ of this problem was very interesting. (discuss)
26. The best cure in such a case is an __________ of the law by statute. (alter)
27. The government has made several policies to uplift farmers from __________. (poor)
28. The lawyer took __________ (permit) for a few days of __________ (absent)from the court.
29. The students discussed the problem of _______. (discriminate)
30. Their _______ will be on Saturday. (marry)

31. There he delegated elementary instruction to an __________, while he took advanced students. (assist)
32. There is a __________ for a teacher at this firm. (vacant)
33. They had no other ______ but to stay. (choose)
34. They took part in the _______ yesterday. (demonstrate)
35. This was, of course, an open invitation to trivial forms of corruption and __________ (bribe)
36. Tom thinks about his _______ at the university. (educate)
37. We can expect such systems to show varying degrees of __________ to acclimatize. (able)
38. We discussed the _______ of the party at school. (arrange)
39. We expect his _______ on Tuesday morning. (arrive)
40. We plan our _______ on Friday morning. (depart)
41. We read about the ______ of the new device. (invent)
42. We saw awful ______ because of the flood.. (destroy)
43. We spoke about the ______ in some countries.. (poor)
44. What __________ do I have in this quiz? (choose).
45. What can you say about yesterday’s _______? (perform)
46. What is the _______ of this theorem? (prove)
47. What is the latest ______ in physics? (achieve)
48. What is your _______? (decide)
49. You are an excellent ________! (swim)
50. Your _______ has no boundaries. (kind)

51. Your _______ is awful, my dear! (behave)
52. Your _______ of these films isn’t convincing. (compare)
53. Your grammar _______ is very poor. (know)
54. The thing, I hate most about Rohan is his _______ (selfish)
55. Radha has an _______ with Dr. Sudesh at 5 pm. (appoint)