VW Word Forms
Word Forms
See also Suffixes.
Common Endings
Verbs
Adjectives
-ise
advertise
-ous
humorous
-ize
organize
-ious
hilarious
-ate
communicate
-al
emotional
-ify
verify
-ial
influential
.
.
-ic
generic
.
.
-ive
creative
.
.
-y
thrifty
.
.
-ing
interesting
.
.
-ed
embarrassed
Nouns (Person)
Nouns (activity, field, characteristic)
-er
teacher
-tion
reaction
-or
actor
-ation
cooperation
-ess
actress
-ment
advertisement
-ist
artist
-ing
accounting
-ast
gymnast
-ness
happiness
-ian
electrician
-ance
maintenance
-ant
accountant
-ence
difference
-ent
resident
-ity
ability
-ee
employee
-ty
specialty
-ic
mechanic
-ry
dentistry
-man
fisherman
-y
assembly
-woman
policewoman
-ism
journalism
-person
salesperson
-ics
linguistics
-eur
chauffeur
-ure
architecture
Examples of Usage
- What do you do (for a living)?
- I’m a barber.
- What is his/her occupation?
- He’s an architect.
- What type of work do you do?
- (I’m in) accounting.
- What field is he/she in?
- She’s in dentistry.
- What do you do every day?
- I fix cars.
- I drive a bus.
- What does he/she do at work?
- He types letters.
- She programs computers
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