HomeGrammarWord Formation ExercisesNoun Formation Easy Exercises

Noun Formation Easy Exercises

B1 Level

Noun formation easy practice helps you turn verbs and adjectives into nouns. Common endings include -tion, -ment, -er, and -ness. A noun may follow an article, a possessive word, an adjective, or a preposition. For example, develop becomes development, teach becomes teacher, and happy becomes happiness.

The sentence gives useful signals. If you see a, an, the, my, or an adjective before the gap, a noun is likely. Some answers describe a thing, some describe a person, and some describe an abstract idea. Be careful with spelling changes: final -e may disappear, and final -y often changes to -i. This B1 page gives clear practice with the noun endings learners need before moving to harder abstract and irregular noun forms. Read the completed phrase with the article or adjective before it to check that it behaves like a noun. This also helps with articles, adjective order, and simple sentence rhythm.

Quick Rule

base word + noun suffix: -tion, -ment, -er or -ness

  • 1.DEVELOP -> development: rapid development
  • 2.TEACH -> teacher: a good teacher
  • 3.HAPPY -> happiness: real happiness
  • 4.INVITE -> invitation: an invitation