LEARN ENGLISH - NOMINALISATION

 NOMINALISATION 

❖ The term “Nominalisation” refers to the process of producing a noun from  another part of speech by adding a derivational affix. 

❖ Nominalisation can be done in three different ways. 

i. Some words do not undergo any change when they are used as Nouns. Examples: 

Attempt - attempt 

Change - change 

Control – control 

Desire – desire 

Escape – escape 

ii. Some words are turned into nouns without any adding suffix. Bleed – blood 

Lose – loss 

Prove – proof 

Sell – sale 

Speak – speech 

iii. Some can add suffixes like -ment – tion – sion – ness – ation -ity -al to verb  and adjectives.

OTHER FORM NOUN FROM Admire admiration 

Arrive arrival Careless carelessness Fail failure Include inclusion Intense intensity Punish punish Vary variation Duplicate duplication Divide division Mutate mutation Combine combination Adapt adaptation Contract contraction Expand expansion React reaction Rotate rotation Active activism Complex complexity Desirable desirability

Complex complexity Desirable desirability Sceptical scepticism Willing willingness 

Beautiful beauty Breathe breath Enter entry Know knowledge Deafen deaf Zealous zeal Familiar familiarity Accept acceptance Dangerous danger Explain explanation Predict predication Choose choice Significate significance Distract distraction

POSSESSIVE NOUNS 

❖ It shows something belongs to the person. 

❖ It shows possession. 

❖ Possessiveness form. 

❖ Apostrophe ( „ ) is used to show possession 

Examples: 

1. Boy‟s Cap 

2.Father‟s shoes 

3.Mrs.Bell‟s house 

RULES: 

1. In the case of Singular Nouns, We use ‘S 

(i) The book of the boy the boy‟s book. (ii) The watch of the girl the girl‟s watch 2. With Plural nouns that end in S, We use S’ (i) The hats of the girls the girls‟ hats ( ii) The nests of the birds the birds‟ nests (iii) The toys of the boys the boys‟ toys 3. With Plural nouns that do not end in S we use ‘S ( i) The clothes of the men the men‟s clothes (ii) The hats of the women the women‟s hats (iii) The toys of the children the children‟s toys 4. If something belong to a non – living things,  We do not use an apostrophe 

We do not say : the table’s legs 

We can say : the legs of the table

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