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Adj to nouns :

Dark darkness "ness"

Active activity "ity"

Verb to noun : write writer "er"

Employ employee "ee"

Inform information "ation"

Move movement "ment"

Sema Masri

FromADJ to N

Weak… weakness

Dark … darkness

Curious… curiosity

Generous… generosity

From V to N

Drive … driver

Speak …. Speaker

Refer … referee

Interview… interviewee

Inform…information

Imagine…imagination

Taqwa madani

Ness (adj -> n)

Dark/ darkness

Soft/ softness

Ity ( adj -> n)

Active / activity

Flexible/ flexibility

er (v -> n)

Clean / cleaner

Speak/ speaker

ee

Employ/ employee

ation ( v-> n)

Investigate/ investigation

Educate/ education

Ment (v -> n)

Move/ movement

Treat/ treatment

Hala

1. Adj to Noun:

-ness

kind/kindness

happy/happiness

sad/sadness

-ity

active/activity

productive/productivity

sensitive/sensitivity

2. Verb to Noun:

-ment

achieve/achievement

enjoy/enjoyment

-ee

employ/employee

interview/interviewee

-er

write/writer

teach/teacher

-ation

create/creation

motivate/motivation

Lian Suboh

1. تحويل الصفة إلى اسم (Adjective → Noun

-ness:

Dark → Darkness

Weak → Weakness

Soft → Softness

-ity:

Able → Ability

Flexible → Flexibility

Pure → Purity

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2. تحويل الفعل إلى اسم (Verb → Noun)

-er (الفاعل):

Sing → Singer

Drive → Driver

Farm → Farmer

-ee (المفعول به):

Interview → Interviewee

Attend → Attendee

Nominate → Nominee

-ation:

Inform → Information

Create → Creation

Prepare → Preparation

-ment:

Develop → Development

Enjoy → Enjoyment

Replace → Replacement

Sadeel

-ness

Sad/sadness-kind/kindness

-ity

Active/activity-real/reality

-er

teach/teacher-play/player-write/writer

-ee

Employ/Employee

-ation

Inform/Information -educate/education

-ment

Move/Movement -develop/development

Leen Sarsor

Ness: Happiness, sadness, darkness.

Ity: Ability unity, formality.

er: Teacher, dancer, writer.

ee: Employee.

Ation: Education, explanation, organisation.

Ment: Agreement, improvement, treatment.

Malak

happiness

kindness

darkness

____

Activity

Reality

____

farmer

teacher

deader

____

employee

nominee

______

education

explanation

action

______

punishment

disappointment

agreement

Dina

Ugliness

Attractiveness

Friendliness

Uniqueness

Badness

———————-

Productivity

Formality

Functionality

Plurality

Singularity

———————-

Worker

Organizer

Painter

Dreamer

Player

———————-

Addressee

Interviewee

———————-

Civilisation

Globalisation

———————-

Development

Commitment

Achievement

———————

Amal,

Adj to nouns:-

happy happiness

kind kindness

curious curiosity

equal equality

verb to noun:-

teach teacher

employ employee

move movement

inform information

Sana'a

As far as derivational morphology goes, the most frequent noun-forming suffixes are the -ness and -ity (adjective ➞ noun) and -er, -ee, -ation, -ment (verb ➞ noun).

Zawawi

common nouns can be made plural and proper nouns are usually not pluralized

common nouns refer to general people places and things

dina

1. Common nouns are general and non-specific.

2. Proper nouns are specific and unique.

3. Proper nouns are always capitalized.

Reem Janajreh

Common nouns are the typical words we use for things, like word or school.

Proper nouns are specific names of people, places, or organizations, like Kenny or South Park.

proper nouns always start with a capital letter, while common nouns don’t.

we can’t modify proper nouns or make them plural, unlike common nouns which is permitted.

1. Common nouns are general and non-specific.

2. Proper nouns are specific and unique.

3. Proper nouns are always capitalized.

 Reem Janajreh.

Proper nouns are capitalized and lack the possibility of modification.

Common nouns are they typical nouns and can be used with the

Alma Hanbali

Common nouns are typical.

Proper nouns are names of things, and are always spelled with a capital.

While common nouns can form phrases with ‘the’. Proper nouns can’t be modified.

Proper nouns can’t be plurals.

Mira A

1-Common nouns refer to general items like words.

-Proper nouns are specific names for persons or places.

2-Common nouns are not capitalized.

-Proper nouns are always capitalized in English.

3- Common nouns can usually be made plural (words, schools).

Proper nouns are typically not pluralized, but can occur in specific contexts

Sana'a

Proper nouns are names of things like places persons and organizations like Kenny, Monday...

Common nouns are the most typical nouns like school, magic...

Main differences:

1. Proper nouns are always capitalized. (Unless they become common nouns).

2. Proper nouns lack the possibility of modification.

3. Proper nouns generally cannot be pluralized.

Lian Suboh

The main difference between common nouns and proper nouns is that common nouns refer to general things (like "dog" or "table") and can be used with "the" while proper nouns refer to specific names of people, places, or things (like "Kenny" or "South Park") and are capitalized. Common nouns can be plural, but proper nouns usually don't.

Kamal

proper nouns are always capitalized while common nouns are lowercased

ex: Sara(proper)

      girl (common)

sara shakhshir

Highlight the main differences between proper nouns and common nouns.

Zawawi

Ability Reality

Kindness

Sadness

Information

Celebration

Enjoyment

Achievement

Adjective ➞ Noun

1. Happy :Happiness

2. Creative :Creativity

Verb ➞ Noun

1. Sing : Singer

2. Educate : Education

3. Train : Trainee

4. Achieve Achievement

verb to noun

  agreement advertisement achievement arrangement

information aspiration admiration

driver believer

adjective to noun

sickness

happiness

activity

sensitivity

kamal

ness: happy-happiness

ity:real-reality

ment:agree-agreement

er:drive-driver

ation:apply-application

sara shakhshir

Adjective —> noun

Kind - Kindness

Active-activity

Verb—> noun

Teach—teacher

Motivate—motivation

Employ—employee

Argue—argument

Alma Hanbali