Structure: Introducing Nominalization of Adjectives and Verbs II
Topic Content:
- Nominalization of Verbs
- By taking on certain suffixes
- By taking on the definite article
- By taking the present participle form
- By adding the definite article to the past participle form:
In our previous lesson, we defined nominalization as the process of changing adjectives and verbs into nouns. We noted the two ways of changing adjectives into nouns.
1. Adding a suffix to the adjective – stupid + -ity = stupidity
2. Prefixing the definite article to the adjective: the + rich = the rich
In this section, we are going to consider how verbs are nominalized
Nominalization of Verbs:
Verbs become nouns in several ways:
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Very good and explanatory. I give it to you Kofastudy
Thank you Kofa study. Your explanation are easy to understand, digest and assimilate. Keep up the good work.