Nouns made from verbs

22. In each space below put a noun ending in –(at)ion made from the verb in brackets below the phrase.

1. a police _______ (investigate)

2 a wild _______ (exaggerate)

3 a heart ______ (operate)

4 ______ leather (imitate)

5 good _______ (pronounce)

6 the manager’s _______ (resign)

7 _______ agencies (accommodate)

8 a political ________ (demonstrate)

9 _______ links (communicate)

10 a vivid________ (imagine)

11 a serious _______ (accuse)

12 the _______ of a meeting (cancel)

13 I’m full of _______ (admire)

14 the _______ of words (abbreviate)

15 exam ________ (prepare)

16 state or private ______ (educate)

17 ______ from poor countries (emigrate)

18 _____to rich countries (immigrate)

1.23 In each space below put a noun ending in –(at)ion made from the verb in brackets below the phrase.

1. a ______ to charity (dominate)

2. a moment’s ______ (hesitate)

3. a car with good ______ (accelerate)

4. a hotel ______ (reserve)

5. a burning ______ (sense)

6. a ______ of song and dance (combine)

7. a police ______ (interrogate)

8. a party ______ (invite)

9. ______ of her health (deteriorate)

10. a school ______ (examine)

11. a timetable ______ (alter)

12. tourist ______ (inform)

13. an evening’s ______ (relax)

14. ______ of old paintings (restore)

15. I resisted the ______ (tempt)

16. the ______ of a story (continue)

17. a journey of ______ (explore)

18. the ______ of a book (translate)

19. the ______ of a speech (interpret)

20. careful ______ (punctuate)

1.24 Make nouns ending in –sis or –ure from the following Latin and Greek verbs, making any necessary changes in spelling. Then put each noun in its correct place in the sentences below.

emphasize / hypnotize / sign / analyse / paralyse / seize / diagnose / fail / close / enclose

1. The doctor’s _______ was that I had bronchitis.

2. Don’t put an ______ inside an aerogramme. It is not permitted.

3. The _______ of the blood will help the police find the murderer.

4. The doctor used ________ to make her calm and relaxed.

5. He was very ambitious, and his _______ to become prime minister was a shock to him.

6. The ________ at the bottom of the letter was impossible to read.

7. Some teachers put a lot of _______ on learning by heart.

8. There has been a military government since the army’s _______ of power six years ago.

9. This disease can lead to the ________ of certain muscles.

10. The _________ of the factory and loss of jobs came as a result of fewer orders from abroad.

1.25 Make nouns from the following verbs by adding –(t)y to the end and making any other necessary changes in spelling. Then put each noun in its correct place in the sentences below.

prosper / enquire / injure / discover / apologize / forge/ expire / deliver / recover / conspire / assemble

1. In England there is no postal ________ on Sundays.

2. He still suffers from an ________ he received in a game of football ten years ago.

3. He could copy other people’s signatures perfectly. He was finally sent to prison for ________.

4. The _______ of a ship from the bottom of the sea is a very difficult, expensive operation.

5. The _______ of America was made in 1492 by Christopher Columbus.

6. I wish you happiness, good health and _______ for this coming year.

7. This is the parliamentary building, where the National _______ meets.

8. She accepted his ________ for his rude behaviour at dinner.

9. The President believed there was a _______ to overthrow him.

10. On ________, your passport may be renewed for a further five years.

11. Thank you for your ________ about our products. We enclose our current catalogue.

1.26 Make nouns ending in –ence from the following verbs, making any necessary changes in spelling. Then put each noun in its correct place in the sentences below.

prefer / obey / defend / offend / insist / coincide / refer / depend / correspond / reside / differ / interfere / exist / pretend

1. He couldn’t go to university but continued his education through _______ courses.

2. This monument is in memory of the men and women who died in _______ of this country.

3. Police dogs are trained to a high standard of ________.

4. Tea or coffee? Do you have any ________?

5. She wasn’t really angry at all. It was just ________.

6. Dictionaries, encyclopedias and atlases are called ________ books.

7. The doctors tried to cure him of his ________ on drugs.

8. The United Nations came into _________ in 1945.

9. Despite his _________ that he was innocent, he was arrested.

10. I can’t tell the ________ between butter and margarine.

11. I hope she didn’t take ________. I was only joking.

12. I met John on holiday quite by chance. What a _________.

13. She complained of ________ by her mother – in – law in her private affairs.

14. Place of ________ means the place where you live.

1.27 Make nouns from the following verbs by adding –ance to the end and making any other necessary changes in spelling. Then put each noun in its correct place in the sentences below.

annoy / resist / avoid / insure / resemble / enter / attend / perform / accept / disturb / assist / endure

1. It was the actor’s finest ________.

2. The teacher kept a record of every student’s ________.

3. This signature bears no ________ to mine! It’s a forgery!

4. When I received the offer of a job, I immediately wrote a letter of _____.

5. The police were called to a ________ at a private party last night.

6. My house ________ covers me for fire, flood, theft and damage.

7. When she was very old she couldn’t look after herself without _______.

8. When people kept talking during the film, he showed his _______ by turning round and looking at them.

9. The ________ to the park is through that gate there.

10. After fierce _______ for two days, the soldiers surrendered to the enemy.

11. By continuing his journey alone, on foot, in freezing weather without food for two days he showed remarkable powers of ______.

12. The Automobile Association recommends _________ of the city centre during the present road repairs.

28. Make nouns from the following verbs by adding –al to the end and making any other necessary changes in spelling. Then put each noun in its correct place in the sentences below.

deny / propose / approve / bury / refuse / try / renew / remove / arrive / survive / dismiss / rehearse

1. His unpunctuality and bad work soon led to his _______ from the firm.

2. After the funeral service in the church, we went out to the cemetery for the ______.

3. Thousands of people were at the airport for the President’s _______.

4. _______ of your season ticket for another six months will cost you £ 68.

5. To get married before you are eighteen, you will need your parent’s ________ and consent.

6. The first performance of the play is tomorrow. The actors are having a final ________ tonight.

7. At the end of the five – day _______, he was found guilty and sent to prison.

8. The factory manager wants to use different machines but the workers don’t like this _______.

9. The police were amazed at the _______ of the five children after a night out in freezing temperatures.

10. He made a complete _______ of the accusation against him but no one believed him.

11. I don’t understand his _______ to help us. He’s usually very helpful.

12. The new republican government demanded the _______ of the king’s statue from the main square.

1.29 Make nouns from the following verbs by adding –age to the end and making any other necessary changes in spelling. Then put each noun in its correct place in the sentences below.

use / shrink / pass / store / post / stop / break / wreck / marry / leak

1. A family house always needs _______ space for old furniture and luggage.

2. With the ________ of time, her heartache grew less painful.

3. The ________ between Alan and Josephine will take place in St Andrew’s Church on April 21st.

4. The firm is proud of its non- strike record. There hasn’t been a _______ of work for twelve years.

5. Airmail _______ to Australia for a large parcel is very expensive.

6. The ________ of the smashed car was left by the road as a warning to motorists.

7. The Prime Minister is very angry about the ________ of information to the press from closed secret meetings.

8. The American _______ of this word is different from the British.

9. In a shop selling glass and china a certain amount of _______ is unavoidable.

10. This shirt was guaranteed against _______, but look, it’s too small for me now and I’ve only washed it once.

1.30 Put in each space below a noun formed from the verb in brackets after the sentence.

1. John’s an expert, so I asked him for some ________. (advise)

2. You need more ________ before you can play the violin in public. (practice)

3. The policeman wanted to see the motorist’s driving _______ (license)

4. He made a _______ that she would marry and have three children. (prophesy)

5. We can only get there by plane. There’s no _______. (choose)

6. Now children, I hope you’ll all be on your best _______ when we go to the museum. (behave)

7. I have to make a _______ about poor service and the rudeness of your staff. (complain)

8. I think you’ve made an _______ in the bill. Could you check it? (err)

9. Naturally he’s very unhappy at the _______ of so much money. (lose)

10. I like a museum with a ______of objects – pictures, sculpture, furniture and other things. (mix)

11. The company has shown rapid ________ in the last two years. (grow)

1.31 Put in each space below a noun formed from the verb in brackets after the sentence.

1 Newspapers in that country can say what they like. There’s no ________. (censor)

2 It took him a long time to recover from the _______ of his mother. (die)

3 The _______ of poverty, disease and ignorance must be our principal aim. (conquer)

4 It is my ________ that there is life on Mars and Venus. (believe)

5 The police think that she committed the murder but they have no _______. (prove)

6 It was a great ________ to hear that your illness isn’t serious. (relieve)

7 Most of the passengers were killed in the air crash. The ________ were badly injured. (remain)

8 Two miles from here, it’s still possible to see the ________ of a 2,000 –year – old Roman town. (remain)

9 Some people tie a knot in their handkerchiefs as a ________ of something important they must do. (remind)

10 The priest asked us to say a ________ for world peace. (pray)

11 He put the two televisions together so that we could make a _______. (compare)

1.32 Put in each space below a noun formed from the verb in brackets after the sentence.

1. The police car crashed into a traffic–light while it was in ________ of a stolen car. (pursue)

2. He feels a deep ________ for the people who killed his brother. (hate)

3. Of course the ________ of a mountain takes longer than the _______. (ascend … descend)

4. Not far from here you can see the ________ of an old church. Only the walls are left. (ruin)

5. If you want to know what’s in a book, look at the ______ page at the front. (contain)

6. He has a very wide _______ of African affairs. (know)

7. You’ll have to make a _______ soon. (decide)

8. She’s very nice but she has a ________ to talk too much. (tend)

9. I’m not sure, but I have a ________ that he was the boy who stole my bike. (suspect)

10. The actors received enthusiastic _________ at the end of the show. (applaud)

11 The staff at this hotel are excellent. They give very good _______. (serve)

12 The _______ of the new baby was about four kilograms. (weigh)

13 We believe the existence of large armies and terrible weapons is a ______ to world peace. (threaten)

14 His first ________ missed but he killed the bird with his second. (shoot)

15 £50,000 was taken in the bank ________ yesterday. (rob)

16 I’ve written three letters to the firm about their bad product, but they’ve made no ________. (respond)

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1.33 Make nouns, all ending in –sion, from the following verbs. Put each noun in its correct place in the sentences below.

divide / conclude / expand / exclude / explode / include / persuade / revise / admit

Model: There was a very loud explosion when the bomb went off.

1. I hope friendly _______ will make him change his mind. I don’t want to use force.

2. If they get divorced, they’ll have to decide on the _______ of their money and property.

3. He dreamt of the _______ of his firm from a small factory to a large international business.

4. ________ to the club is limited to members only.

5. In the final weeks before the exam, the students did a lot of ________.

6. He was delighted by his ________ in the national football team.

7. The ________ of her name from the list of people chosen to meet the President was a great disappointment.

8. … and finally, in ________, I thank you all for coming.

1.34 Make nouns, all ending in –sion, from the following verbs. Put each noun in its correct place in the sentences below.

possess / confuse / permit / discuss / invade / collide / confess / extend / impress

1. The ________ of the island was resisted as soon as the soldiers landed on the beaches.

2. His car was slightly damaged in the ________.

3. Pupils must not enter the teachers’ room without _________.

4. His dirty appearance made a bad _________ on the judge.

5. He was arrested for _________ of illegal drugs.

6. The police questioned him for three days until he finally made a _______.

7. Three boys in the school had the same name, which caused some _______.

8. During the office meeting there was a ________ about the need for a new photocopier.

9. He asked for an ________ of his visa for another six months.

1.35 Make nouns from the following verbs by adding –ment to the end. Put each noun in its correct place in the sentences below.

entertain / improve / postpone / arrange / enlarge / encourage / advertise

1. The _______ for Monday is that we’ll meet at 7 and take the train at 7.45.

2. I like this photo. I think I’ll have an _______ made.

3. This is the city’s ________ district, full of cinemas and theatres.

4. We regret to announce the ________ of this evening’s concert. The conductor is ill. The concert will take place next week.

5. The teachers were pleased at the ________ in his work.

6. His parents gave him a lot of ________ in his studies.

7. There was a newspaper _________ for a job as a typist.

1.36 Make nouns from the following verbs by adding –ment to the end. Put each noun in its correct place in the sentences below.