NOUN MADE FROM VERB

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<b>Nouns made from verbs</b>

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<b>-sis -ure </b>

Make nouns ending in <b>-sis</b> or <b>-ure</b> from the following verbs, making any necessary
changes in spelling. Then put each noun in its correct place in the sentences below.
Emphasize

hypnotize
sign
seize
diagnose
fail
analyse
close
paralyse
enclose

(a) The doctor’s ___________was that I had bronchitis.

(b) Don’t put an ___________inside an aerogramme. It is not permitted.
(c) The ________of the blood will help the police find the murderer.
(d) The doctor used _____________to make her calm and relaxed.

(e) He was very ambitious, and his __________to become prime minister was a
shock to him.

(f) The _____________at the bottom of the letter was impossible to read.
(g) Some teachers put a lot of _____________ on learning by heart.

(h) There has been a military government since the army’s ___________of power
six years ago.

(i) This disease can lead to the ____________of certain muscles.

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<b>2</b>
<b>-y</b>

Make nouns from the following verbs by adding <b>-y</b> to the end and making any
other necessary changes in spelling. Then put each noun in its correct place in the
sentences below.

prosper
enquire
injure
expire
deliver
recover
discover
conspire
apologize
assemble
forge

(a) In England there is no postal ___________ on Sundays.

(b) He still suffers from an __________ he received in a game of football ten years
ago.

(c) He could copy other people’s signatures perfectly. He was finally sent to prison

for _____________

(d) The ___________ of a ship from the bottom of the sea is a very difficult,
expensive

operation.

(e) The _____________of America was made in 1492 by Christopher Colombus.
(f) I wish you happiness, good health and ______________for this coming year.
(g) This is the parliamentary building, where the National _____________meets.
(h) She accepted his _______________ for his rude behaviour at dinner.

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(k) Thank you for your ________________ about our products. We enclose our
current

catalogue.

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<b>-ence</b>

Make nouns ending in <b>-ence </b>from the following verbs, making any necessary
changes in spelling. Then put each noun in its correct place in the sentences below.
prefer

refer
exist
obey
depend
pretend
defend

correspond
offend
reside
insist
differ
coincide
interfere

(a) He couldn’t go to university but continued his education through _________
courses.

(b) This monument is in memory of the men and women who died in
___________ of

this country.

(c) Police dogs are trained to a high standard of ____________
(d) Tea or coffee? Do you have any _____________?

(e) She wasn’t really angry at all. It was just ____________________

(f) Dictionaries, encyclopaedias and atlases are called _____________ books.
(g) The doctors tried to cure him of his ______________on drugs.

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(i) Despite his _____________ that he was innocent, he was arrested.
(j) I can’t tell the _________ between butter and margarine.

(k) I hope she didn’t take _____________. I was only joking.
(l) I met John on holiday quite by chance. What a ____________

(m) She complained of _________________by her mother-in-law in her private
affairs.

(n) ‘Place of ______________ means the place where you live.

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<b>-ance </b>

Make nouns from the following verbs by adding <b>-ance </b>to the end and making any
other necessary changes in spelling. Then put each noun in its correct place in the
sentences below.

annoy
resist
avoid
attend
perform
accept
insure
disturb
resemble
assist
enter
endure

(a) It was the actor’s finest _______________

(b) The teacher kept a record of every student’s ____________
(c) This signature bears no ____________to mine: It’s a forgery !
(d) When I received the offer of a job, I immediately wrote a letter of

______________

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(f) My house _______________ covers me for fire, flood, theft and damage.
(g) When she was very old she couldn’t look after herself without _____________
(h) When people kept talking during the film, he showed his _____________ by
turning

round and looking at them.

(i) The ____________ to the park is through that gate there.

(j) After fierce _________________for two days, the soldiers surrendered to the
enemy.

(k) By continuing his journey alone, on foot, in freezing weather without food for
two days he showed remarkable powers of ____________

(l) The Automobile Association recommends ____________of the city centre
during the present road repairs.

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<b>-al </b>

Make nouns from the following verbs by adding <b>-al</b> to the end and making any
other necessary changes in spelling. Then put each noun in its correct place in the
sentences below.

deny
propose
approve

renew
remove
arrive
bury
survive
refuse
dismiss
try
rehearse

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(c) Thousands of people were at the airport for the President’s ___________
(d) ___________ of your season ticket for another six months will cost you £268.
(e) To get married before you are eighteen, you will need your parents’

___________
and consent.

(f) The first performance of the play is tomorrow. The actors are having a final
________ tonight.

(g) At the end of the five-day _____________, he was found guilty and sent to
prison.

(h) The factory manager wants to use different machines but the workers don’t like
this ______________

(i) The police were amazed at the _____________of the five children after a night
out in

freezing temperatures.

(j) He made a complete __________of the accusation against him but no one
believed

him.

(k) I don’t understand his ____________ to help us. He’s usually very helpful.
(l) The new republican government demanded the ___________of the king’s
statue

from the main square.

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<b>-age</b>

Make nouns from the following verbs by adding <b>-age</b> to the end and making any
other necessary changes in spelling. Then put each noun in its correct place in the
sentences below.

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post
leak
stop
pass

(a) A family house always needs ____________space for old furniture and
luggage.

(b) With the _________________ of time, her heartache grew less painful.
(c) The __________between Alan and Josephine will take place in St Andrew’s
Church on April 21 st.

(d) The firm is proud of its non-strike record. There hasn’t been a _________of
work for twelve years.

(e) Airmail _______________to Australia for a large parcel is very expensive.
(f) The ____________of the smashed car was left by the road as a warning to
motorists.

(g) The Prime Minister is very angry about the ________of information to the
press from closed secret meetings.

(h) The American _______________of this word is different from the British.
(i) In a shop selling glass and china a certain amount of _____________ is
unavoidable.

(j) This shirt was guaranteed against ____________, but look, it’s too small for me
now and I’ve only washed it once.

<b>7</b>

Put in each space below a noun formed from the verb in brackets after the
sentence.

(a) John’s an expert, so I asked him for some ___________ . (advise)

(b) You need more _____________ before you can play the violin in public.
(practise)

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(d) He made a _____________ that she would marry and have three children.
(prophesy)

(e) We can only get there by plane. There’s no __________ . (choose)

(f) ‘Now children, I hope you’ll all be on your best ______________ when we go
to the museum.’ (behave)

(g) I have to make a __________about poor service and the rudeness of your staff.
(complain)

(h) I think you’ve made an _____________ in the bill. Could you check it? (err)
(i) Naturally he’s very unhappy at the ____________ of so much money. (lose)
(j) I like a museum with a ________________ of objects – pictures, sculpture,
furniture and other things. (mix)

(k) The company has shown rapid ______________ in the last two years. (grow)

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Instructions as above.

(a) Newspapers in that country can say what they like. There’s no __________ .
(censor)

(b) It took him a long time to recover from the ____________ of his mother. (die)
(c) The ______________ of poverty, disease and ignorance must be our principal
aim. (conquer)

(d) It is my _______________ that there is life on mars and Venus. (believe)
(e) The police think that she committed the murder but they have no _________
(prove)

(f) It was a great _____________ to hear that your illness isn’t serious. (relieve)
(g) Most of the passengers were killed in the aircrash. The ____________were
badly injured. (remain)

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(i) Some people tie a knot in their handkerchiefs as a ________________of
something important they must do. (remind)

(j) The priest asked us to say a _______________ for world peace. (pray)
(k) He put the two televisions together so that we could make a ____________
(compare)

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Instructions as above.

(a) The police car crashed into a traffic-light while it was in ___________of a
stolen car. (pursue)

(b) He feels a deep ______________for the people who killed his brother. (hate)
(c) Of course the _____________ of a mountain takes longer than the

___________ . (ascend/descend)

(d) Not far from here you can see the ___________of an old church. Only the
walls are left (ruin)

(e) If you want to know what’s in a book, look at the ____________ page at the
front (contain)

(f) He has a very wide ________________of African affairs. (know)
(g) You’ll have to make a ________________ soon. (decide)

(h) She’s very nice but she has a ________________ to talk too much. (tend)
(i) I’m not sure, but I have a ___________ that he was the boy who stole my bike.
(suspect)

(j) The actors received enthusiastic _____________ at the end of the show.
(applaud)

(k) The staff at this hotel are excellent. They give very good___________ . (serve)
(l) The ____________of the new baby was about four kilograms. (weigh)

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(n) His first missed but he killed the bird with his second ___________. (shoot)
(0) £50,000 was taken in the bank _______________ yesterday. (rob)

(p) I’ve written three letters to the firm about their bad product, but they’ve made
No _____________ . (respond)

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<b>-sion</b>

Make nouns, all ending in <b>-sion</b>, from the following verbs. Put each noun in its
correct place in the sentences below.

divide
conclude
expand
persuade
revise

admit
exclude
explode
include

(a) I hope friendly______________ will make him change his mind. I don’t want
to use force.

(b) If they get divorced, they’ll have to decide on the ___________of their money
and property.

(c) He dreamt of the ________________of his firm from a small factory to a large
international business.

(d) ______________to the club is limited to members only.

(e) There was a very loud ____________________when the bomb went off.
(f) In the final weeks before the exam, the students did a lot of _______________
(g) He was delighted by his _________________in the national football team.
(h) The ________________of her name from the list of people chosen to meet the
President was a great disappointment.

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<b>11</b>

Instructions as above.
possess

confuse
discuss
invade

confess
extend
permit
collide
impress

(a) The _________ of the island was resisted as soon as the soldiers landed on the
beaches.

(b) His car was slightly damaged in the _____________

(c) Pupils must not enter the teachers’ room without ______________
(d) His dirty appearance made a bad ______________ on the judge.
(e) He was arrested for _________________ of illegal drugs.

(f) The police questioned him for three days until he finally made a ____________
(g) Three boys in the school had the same name, which caused some

_____________

(h) During the office meeting there was a ______________about the need for a
new photocopier.

(i) He asked for an ______________of his visa for another six months.

<b>12</b>
<b>-ment</b>

Make nouns from the following verbs by adding <b>-ment</b> to the end. Put each noun
in its correct place in the sentences below.

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enlarge
encourage
advertise

(a) The ___________for Monday is that we’ll meet at 7 and take the train at 7.45.
(b) I like this photo. I think I’ll have an__________________ made.

(c) This is the city’s _________________district, full of cinemas and theatres.
(d) We regret to announce the ________________of this evening’s concert. The
conductor is ill. The concert will take place next week.

(e) The teachers were pleased at the _________________ in his work.
(f) His parents gave him a lot of______________________ in his studies.
(g) There was a newspaper _________________for a job as a typist.

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Instructions as above.
imprison

announce
manage
treat
disappoint
govern
develop
employ
punish
agree

(a) The ______________ has announced new, higher taxes.
(b) ‘Capital _______________’means the death penalty.

(c) The company had talks with the workers’ representatives but they
couldn’t reach _____________

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(f) It was a big _______________to hear that you can’t come to our wedding.
(g) She was sentenced to three years’ __________________

(h) Television programmes were interrupted by a special ____________about the
plane crash.

(i) I hope that we will soon see the ____________of better relations between our
two countries.

<b>14</b>
<b>-tion</b>

Make nouns ending in <b>-tion</b> from the following verbs, making any necessary
spelling changes. Then put each noun in its correct place in the sentences below.
revolt

pronounce
repeat
produce
compete
qualify
reduce
solve

acquire
introduce

(a) There’s a lot ____________of among car manufacturers to sell most cars.
(b) There are some differences in ______________between British and American
English.

(c) Is a degree a necessary ______________for this job!

(d) of the new sports car has been affected by a fire at the factory.
(e) They are trying to find a_______________ to the problem.

(f) A book sometimes sells better if it has an ____________ written by a famous
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(h)’ There was a______________ . The people rose up and overthrew the
government.

(i) That must not happen again. There must be no ____________ of the incident.
(j) That shop is offering a big ______________in the price of its clothes.

<b>15</b>

Instructions as above.
satisfy

oppose
explain
publish
abolish

receive
describe
destroy
deceive
detain

(a) The earthquake caused the complete _______________ of the village.
(b) The party, or parties, against the government is called the _____________
(c) He’s finished writing his new book._____________ will be next year.
(d) The new film has had a very poor_____________ by the critics.

(e) She did not get the money honestly and legally. She got it by _____________
(f) Many people would like to see the _____________ of all nuclear weapons.
(g) He had to give his boss an _____________for his absence.

(h) Seven illegal immigrants are being held in _____________ at the port.
(i) His work is well-paid but doesn’t give him much ___________

(j) If you send us a ________________of the missing property, we’ll try to find it.

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Make nouns from the following verbs by adding <b>-ion</b> to the end. Put each noun in
its correct place in the sentences below.

prevent
interrupt
elect
protect
suggest
predict
select

react
invent
addict

(a) If I can work all day without any ___________ , I can finish the job by this
evening.

(b) I can’t make any ____________about the result. I don’t know how the voting
will go

(c) What was his _____________to the news? Was he pleased or angry?
(d) RSPCA stands for the Royal Society for the _____________of Cruelty to
Animals.

(e) His ______________of a new type of car engine brought him a lot of money.
(f) His _________________ to drugs nearly killed him.

(g) RSPB stands for the Royal Society for the _____________ of Birds.

(h) What shall we do tomorrow? Swimming? Film? Museum? Has anyone got a
better _____________ ?

(i) He was delighted by his ___________________for the school football team.

<b>17</b>
<b>-ation</b>

In each space below put a noun ending in <b>-ation</b> made from the verb in brackets
below the phrase.

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(b) a wild _____________(exaggerate)
(c) a heart _________________(operate)
(d) _______________leather (imitate)
(e) good _____________(pronounce)
(f) the manager’s ____________(resign)
(g) a ______________stone (found)
(h) ______________links (communicate)
(i) a vivid _______________ (imagine)
G) a serious _________________(accuse)

(k) the __________________of a meeting (cancel)
(I) I’m full of _________________(admire)

(m) the _______________of words (abbreviate)
(n) exam __________________(prepare)

(0) a political _______________(demonstrate)
(p) state or private________________ (educate)

(q) _________________from poor countries (emigrate)
(r) __________________to rich countries (immigrate)

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Instructions as above.

(a) a ________________to charity (donate)
(b) a moment’s___________________ (hesitate)

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(e) a burning _________________(sense)

(f) a __________________of song and dance (combine)
(g) a police ________________ (interrogate)

(h) a party _______________(invite)

(i) _______________of her health (deteriorate)
(j) a school _______________(examine)

(k) a timetable________________ (alter)
(I) tourist ____________________(inform)
(m) an evening’s ________________(relax)

(n) __________________of old paintings (restore)
(0) I resisted the__________________ (tempt)
(p) the ________________ of a story (continue)
(q) a journey of________________ (explore)
(r) the ________________of a book (translate)

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