1. English is in the process of constant changes
Павленко Валентина Александровна
МАОУ «СОШ № 4»,
г. Ялуторовск

2. Foreign languages in my life

3. to analyze word formation in Modern English
The aim of my work is
to analyze word formation in Modern English

4. METHODS
theoretical methods – reading, choosing and analyzing literature.
practical methods – making a survey of data.
communicative methods – a) talks with my parents, friends and classmates;
b) sociological surveys of my friends and classmates.

5. Suffixes usually change the word class of the base word!
Noun formation
-ment
-ation
-al
combine - combination;
accuse - accusation;
image - imagination...
employ - employment;
move - movement;
arrange – arrangement...
survive - survival;
arrive - arrival;
try - trial...
-ance/ -ence
-age
-er
perform - performance;
insure - insurance;
entry – entrance;
differ – difference;
prefer - preference...
carry - carriage;
use - usage;
pack - package...
work - worker;
sing - singer;
win - winner...

6. Noun formation -dom -hood -ity -ship - ess -ness -ist -th/ -t
king - kingdom;
free - freedom;
wise - wisdom...
neighbour - neighbourhood;
man - manhood;
parent - parenthood...
national - nationality;
feminine - femininity;
curious - curiosity...
-ship
- ess
-ness
relation - relationship;
friend - friendship;
champion - championship...
actor – actress;
prince - princess;
waiter - waitress...
dark - darkness;
fit - fitness;
weak - weakness...
-ist
-th/ -t
-ant/ ent
novel – novelist;
art - artist;
piano - pianist...
true - truth;
grow- growth;
weigh – weight...
study - student;
serve - servant;
assist - assistant...

7. Adjective formation -ful -y -ish -less -ous -able/ ible -al -ive
care - careful;
beauty - beautiful;
delight - delightful...
sleep - sleepy;
rain - rainy;
fun - funny...
tall - tallish;
dark - darkish;
green - greenish...
-less
-ous
use - useless;
shame - shameless;
hair - hairless...
fame – famous;
fury - furious;
poison - poisonous...
-able/ ible
accept - acceptable;
agree - agreeable;
access - accessible...
-al
-ive
electric – electrical;
nation - national;
emotion - emotional...
create – creative;
attract - attractive;
act - active...

8. Verb formation -en -ify -ise/ -ize -ate identity - identify;
deep - deepen;
wide - widen;
short - shorten...
identity - identify;
solid - solidify;
example - exemplify...
-ise/ -ize
-ate
apology - apologise;
tranquil - tranquilise;
sympathy - sympathise...
regular - regulate;
circular - circulate;
domestic - domesticate...