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Nominalisation Exercises for Class 8 With Answers CBSE – English Grammar

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A type of word formation in which a verb or an adjective (or other part of speech) is used as (or transformed into) a noun. Nominalisation leads to the formation of a noun from a verb or an adjective.
e.g.

  1. Occur (Verb) – Occurrence (Noun)
  2. Easy (Adjective) – Ease (Noun)

Nominalisation Exercises for Class 8 With Answers CBSE – English Grammar

Formation of Nouns from Verbs
Nouns are usually formed by adding a suffix to the verb. Given below are the examples of the nouns that are formed by adding a suffix to the verb.
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Formation of Nouns From Adjectives

Question 1:
[A] Give the noun forms of the following verbs.

  1. Admit
  2. Contradict
  3. Appreciate
  4. Correct
  5. Provide
  6. Convey
  7. Permit
  8. Quality
  9. Certify
  10. Expose
  11. Persist
  12. Amend
  13. Convert
  14. Transform
  15. Supervise

[B] Give the noun forms of the following adjectives. 

  1. Clear
  2. Smart
  3. Brief
  4. Bold .
  5. Clever
  6. High
  7. Deep
  8. Wide
  9. Intelligent
  10. Brilliant
  11. Long
  12. Bright
  13. Cruel
  14. Good
  15. Bitter

Answer:
A

  1. Admission
  2. Contradiction
  3. Appreciation
  4. Correction
  5. Provision
  6. Conveyance
  7. Permission
  8. Qualification
  9. Certification
  10. Exposure
  11. Persistance
  12. Amendment
  13. Conversion
  14. Transformation
  15. Supervision

B.

  1. Clarity
  2. Smartness
  3. Brevity
  4. Boldness
  5. Cleverness
  6. Height
  7. Depth
  8. Width
  9. Intelligence
  10. Brilliance
  11. Length
  12. Brightness
  13. Cruelty
  14. Goodness

Question 2:
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words given in brackets.

  1. ………………….(poor) is the biggest bane in the world.
  2. All that our parents want is our…………………….. (happy).
  3. Diana was not endowed with the hearing………………(able)
  4. Your self ……………….. (confident) can win you whatever you aspire for.
  5. The …………….. (celebrate) of world Engineer’s Day was held at the auditorium of our college.
  6. The Chief Minister inaugurated the annual function which concluded with the ……………………. (distribute) of prizes.
  7. Everyone had lost the hope of his…………………….. (recover). But the doctors did not give up till the end.
  8. All the activities happen under his strict……………… (govern)
  9. The boys tried to hide their………….. (nervous) but they could not.
  10. Did you see the………………. (advertise) of home furnishings in which Gauri and Shahrukh have been picturised.

Answer:

  1. Poverty
  2. happiness
  3. ability
  4. confidence
  5. celebration
  6. distribution
  7. recovery
  8. governance
  9. nervousness
  10. advertisement

Question 3:
Identify whether each of the following nouns is formed from a verb or an adjective. Also write the verb or adjective from which it is formed.

  1. Excellence
  2. Departure
  3. Direction
  4. Performance
  5. Survival
  6. Treatment
  7. Fascination
  8. Extremity
  9. Sweetness
  10. Imagination

Answer:

  1. Adjective — Excellent
  2. Verb — Depart
  3. Verb — Direct
  4. Verb — Perform
  5. Verb — Survive
  6. Verb — Treat
  7. Verb — Fascinate
  8. Adjective — Extreme
  9. Adjective — Sweet
  10. Verb — Imagine

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