CONCRETE nouns: table, chair, bed, car, house, apartment. (physical things) ABSTRACT nouns: time, identity, love, patience. (ideas and qualities) Many nouns have no special form. There are a number of suffixes we can use to form nouns from other words:Abstract nouns:VERB + -MENT verb PAY --------noun: PAYMENT VIDEO GOOGLE TALK: WEB PAYMENTSMOVE ------------------
MOVEMENT VIDEO TED TALKGOVERN -------------- GOVERNMENT
VIDEO ARRANGE ------------- ARRANGEMENT
VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 VIDEO 3DEVELOP ------------- DEVELOPMENT
VIDEOAGREE ---------------- AGREEMENT
VIDEOATTACH -------------- ATTACHMENT
VIDEOASSESS -------------- ASSESSMENT
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list of words hereVERB + ION/ TION / ATION / ITIONCORRECT---------- CORRECTION
CONVERSE ------- CONVERSATION
DISCUSS----------- DISCUSSION
INFORM ----------- INFORMATION
PRODUCE --------- PRODUCTION
INVITE ------------ INVITATION
DECIDE ----------- DECISION
ADD -------------- ADDITION
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list of words hereVERB WITH D/T + SIONDECIDE --------- DECISION
PERMIT -------- PERMISSION