Nouns from Verbs

Learning Objective: This is a vocabulary class. During the session, the students are expected to be able to identify the noun forms of the verbs given at the end of each sentence. After that, they will be asked to construct their own sentence using the nouns they have identified.



Basically there is no general rule in forming nouns from verb. However, there are grammatical affixes used in forming most of them.

Please click the red colored word for the index of grammatical affixes.


Let's try this:

Instructions: Identify the nouns formed from the verbs at the end of each sentence.



1. His ___ to understand the problem surprised me. (fail)


2. His ___ to do the work irked the boss. (refuse)


3. They do not have free ___ . (deliver)


4. The ___ was widely reported on TV. (rob)


5. Don't do it without any ___ . (prepare)


6. The manager decided to send in his ___ yesterday. (resign)


7. Nobody likes to work under ___ . (press)


8. He considered my ___ unfair. (decide)


9. Do you know what caused his ___ ? (dismiss)


10. Their ___ for power lasted a long time. (struggle)