Page 2 - Lesson Notes

What did you learn from this chart?
Yes, you are right. This is called as verb form of noun. (Read& Reflect)
How to change a verb to a noun-
RULE 1:Adding Suffixes
 Add "-ance" or "-ence" to verbs.
A wide variety of verbs can be changed to nouns with the addition of the suffixes "-
ance" or "-ence." For example, the verb "appear" can become "appearance." The verb
"resist" can become "resistance.”
For example, look at the sentence, "He appeared on many talk shows while promoting
his book." If you wanted to change the verb to a noun, you could say, "He made many talk show
appearances while promoting his book."
 Add "-ment" to verbs. Other verbs require the suffix "-ment" to be converted to nouns.
For example, "appoint,", "assign," and "enjoy" can become "appointment,"
assignment", and "enjoyment."
For example, look at the sentence, "The man enjoyed his lunch." If you wanted to
change the verb to a noun, you could say, "The man's lunch brought him enjoyment."

 Add "-tion" or "-sion.". The suffixes "-tion" and "-sion" are found at the end of many
nouns. A wide variety of verbs turn into nouns with these suffixes. For example,
"inform", "decide", and "describe" can become "information," "decision," and
"description."

For example, look at the sentence, "He decided to decline the job offer." If you wanted
to use a noun, you could say, "He made the decision to decline the job offer."

RULE 2:Adjusting the Sentence
 Locate the verb- A verb is an action word. It describes the act of doing something in a
sentence. If you want to adjust a sentence to change a verb to a noun, locate the verb
and see if it can double as a noun.
For example, look at the sentence, "The film impacted the students." The verb here is
"impacted."
As another example, consider the sentence, “The athlete prepared to run.” The verb in
question is “run” (although “prepared” is also a verb).

 Add an appropriate determiner before the word. A determiner is a word like "the" or
"a", which usually signifies the following word will be a noun. To change a verb to a
noun in a sentence, add a determiner before the noun.
If you're changing "impacted" to a noun, you would need the determiner "an" or the
determiner “the.”
To change “run” to a noun, you would need the determiner “the” or the determiner “a.”

 Rewrite the sentence. Once you've added a determiner, you may need to tweak the
sentence further. The verb may need to be tweaked slightly to become a noun and the
sentence may need minor rearranging.