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Grammar box - Noun formation with endings: -ing, -ion, -ment, -ance, -ence, -ness (meeting , relation , improvement , clearance , reference , kindness )
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Exercise 1: Make nouns from the verbs and adjectives. Use the correct endings and make any necessary spelling changes.
Construiţi substantive din verbe şi adjective. Folosiţi terminaţiile corecte şi faceţi toate modificările legate de scriere acolo unde e necesar.
Verbs into nouns /Verbe transformate în substantive:
1 differ - difference
2 emigrate - emigration
3 encourage - enouragement
4 enjoy - enjoyment
5 hunt - hunting
6 live - living
7 move - movement
8 oppress - opression
9 organise - organisation
10 resist - resistance
11 suspect - suspectance
Adjectives into nouns/ Adjective transformate în substantive:
12 convenient - convenience
13 important - importance
14 relevant - relevance
15 shy - shyness
16 silent - silence
17 lazy - laziness
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Ex. 2 Complete each sentence with one of the nouns which you have made.
Completaţi fiecare enunţ cu unul dintre substantivele pe care le-aţi obţinut.
1. Supermarkets offer people the enjoyment/convenience of being able to shop in one place.
2. Crofters still make a living in remote parts of the Highlands.
3. Fans give football players massive encouragement during important matches.
4. I'm completely against the hunting of wild animals.
5. Even though they talked all day, the two sides couldn't come to any conclusion/agreement.*
6. The meeting won't last long. There's nothing of relevance to talk about.
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Observaţie:
Substantivele "conclusion" şi "agreement" provin din verbele "conclude" + "-ion" şi "agree" + "-ment" şi pot fi folosite la subpunctul 5 din exerciţiul 2. Succes!
