We always wonder how noun words are formed, and today we are going to look at one such way where noun words are formed from adjectives.
English, the language popular for being easy to learn and understand, is the International language today. Most of countries opt to communicate in English. You would also find that famous tourist places have guides who speak in English just to make the tourist understand what they are looking at. Not only this, but English is also one of the most important things for the growth of your career. You can easily impress your clients or customers by negotiating with them in English.
With all said and done, we think today’s sessions would be quite interesting. We would be learning to know how to form a noun from an adjective. There are certain rule or guidelines of English Grammar That you need to follow up to make the change. You must ensure that you follow all the guidelines or else you would end up making mistakes.
How are Adjectives different from Noun Words ?
Definition Of Adjectives: You must be remembering from the previous lessons that adjectives are the words that add a description to the sentences. To be specific they add a description to the noun. An adjective can be used to describe a person, place, animal, or thing. You might notice that an adjective can be a single term or a compound word.
Definition Of A Noun: You can say that a noun is used to represent a place, person, or thing. Learn more about noun in this Noun : Beginners guide with Examples.
The correlation between a noun and an adjective is that it is that, an adjective is used to describe a noun. For example,
- The boy looks quite handsome.
- The girl is very intelligent.
- This a very beautiful place.
But our session is to discuss how to form a noun from an adjective. Here are some rules and guidelines that will help you decide how to do it. These are the thumb rules which you can crack without being English Grammar Maestro.
Adding Suffixes To The Adjective Words
This is the first and foremost step. Not necessarily but it is easy to understand and follow. It is one of the simplest ways to form a noun from the adjectives. Some of the suffixes that you can add to the words are -ment, -ness, -ance.
In English, many words can be used for different grammatical functions. Some times we use prefixes and sometimes we use suffixes which would change the meaning of the sentence and word.
With the suffix –ness you can easily form nouns from adjectives. You must consider that not all adjectives can have –ness added to them, but it is a common form – especially with adjectives ending in y . For example,
- ready – They were trying to question her readiness for the test.
- happy – It is necessary for everyone to create happiness for everyone.
- weak – Eating too much cake was a major weakness of his.
- sad – It is the closure of the post office brought sadness to the community.
- mad – Your decision to drive in the snow was pure madness.
- forgetful – Having forgetfulness comes with old age.
- responsible – Your children are not my responsibility.
- possible – Nuclear war seemed like a real possibility.
- scarce – The scarcity of drinks became problematic during the party.
- hilarious – They reacted to the joke with much hilarity.
- probably – It’s hard to guess the probability of her passing the test.
- independent – Having a car has improved my independence.
- important – Never underestimate the importance of studying.
- silent – Enjoy the silence while the children are away.
- appear – The appearance of a second singer improved the concert.
- resist – The home team put up a strong resistance against their opponents
Conclusion:
Now, you know how to form a noun from given adjectives. With this intensive knowledge, you can easily frame proper sentences and also help others to do the same. If you have any doubt regarding any other adjective that can be used to form a noun then you can comment in the below section. We will get back to you with answers.