Word Formation: Noun Derivation 1

Starter

Show learners the first slide and the list of two words. Have the learners discuss what they think the words have in common in pairs or small groups. In the next slide, check to see if they noticed all the same criteria: they are nouns, formed of base words, with an extra element added to the start and/or end. See if learners know what we call these extra elements. In the next slide, have learners take notes on the definitions of affixes, prefixes and suffixes. 

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Word Formation: Noun Derivation 1

Starter

In the last two lessons, we looked at how compound words are formed. But there are other ways of making new words and changing word classes. Look at these two words for example:

teacher, unkindness

What do these two words have in common? How are they formed? Are they compound words? 

Both these words:

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Word Formation: Noun Derivation 2

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Remind learners of the words they saw last lesson which can be modified with suffixes and which denote a job or role. Show them the three new examples: what do they notice about them? Discuss with the whole class and reveal the answers in the next slide: all these examples use a suffix to create an abstract noun. If necessary, ask the learners to give more examples and definitions of concrete and abstract nouns. 

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Word Formation: Noun Derivation 2

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Last lesson, you saw how suffixes could make nouns into people or objects that do a job. E.g.

• write - writer
• boil - boiler

Look at these three other examples. What's different about them? 

• arrive - arrival
• boy - boyhood
• happy - happiness

These three examples all use different suffixes to create abstract nouns.

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