Word Formation Activities
• Fill in the chart.
What part of speech is “create”?
Verb Noun Adjective
create
What part of speech is “creative”?
Verb Noun Adjective
create creative
What part of speech is “creature”?
Verb Noun Adjective
create creature creative
What part of speech is “fear”?
Verb Noun Adjective
create creature creative
fear
What part of speech is “fearful”?
Verb Noun Adjective
create creature creative
fear fearful
What part of speech is “fearless”?
Verb Noun Adjective
create creature creative
fear fearful fearless
What part of speech is “friend”?
Verb Noun Adjective
create creature creative
fear fearful fearless
friend
What part of speech is “friendship”?
Verb Noun Adjective
create creature creative
fear fearful fearless
friend friendship
What part of speech is “friendly”?
Verb Noun Adjective
create creature creative
fear fearful fearless
friend friendship friendly
What part of speech is “happy”?
Verb Noun Adjective
create creature creative
fear fearful fearless
friend friendship friendly
happy
What part of speech is “happiness”?
Verb Noun Adjective
create creature creative
fear fearful fearless
friend friendship friendly
happiness happy
What part of speech is “unhappy”?
Verb Noun Adjective
create creature creative
fear fearful fearless
friend friendship friendly
happiness happy unhappy
What part of speech is “invent”?
Verb Noun Adjective
create creature creative
fear fearful fearless
friend friendship friendly
happiness happy unhappy
invent
What part of speech is “invention”?
Verb Noun Adjective
create creature creative
fear fearful fearless
friend friendship friendly
happiness happy unhappy
invent invention
What part of speech is “inventor”?
Verb Noun Adjective
create creature creative
fear fearful fearless
friend friendship friendly
happiness happy unhappy
invent invention inventor
What part of speech is “variety”?
Verb Noun Adjective
create creature creative
fear fearful fearless
friend friendship friendly
happiness happy unhappy
invent invention inventor
variety
What part of speech is “various”?
Verb Noun Adjective
create creature creative
fear fearful fearless
friend friendship friendly
happiness happy unhappy
invent invention inventor
variety various
• Fill in the blanks using the
correct forms of the words
create (v) / creature (n) /
creative (adj)
creative people. They
Artists are _______
always think of new ideas.
create (v) / creature (n) /
creative (adj)
creatures .
Dolphins are very social ________
They live and travel in groups ranging
from 2-40 dolphins. Besides, they are
quite friendly towards humans.
fear (n) / fearful (adj) /
fearless (adj)
Achilles is a _______
fearless warrior in Troy.
In other words, he is a brave fighter
who is not afraid of anything or
anyone.
friend (n) / friendship (n) /
friendly (adj)
Dave is an outgoing boy. He can make a
friend easily. Although he is 7,
new ______
he has more than 20 friends.
happiness (n) / happy (adj) /
unhappy (adj)
Good health, good
friends and a big
family are some
reasons for _______,
happiness
but money cannot buy
them.
invent (v) / inventor (n) / invention (n)
Many people believe that the
inventor of telephone was
_________
Graham Bell, but some other
people believe that it was
Antonia Meucci. Therefore, it
is still a hot topic.
variety (n) / various (adj)
Manyas is a great place for bird watching.
______ kinds of birds there.
You can see various
Circle the correct
word form.
You don’t have to spend a lot of money on
expensive brands. You can create / creature
/ creative your own dress style and you can
be different from the others.
Many people have a
fear/ fearful /
fearless of dentists.
They are afraid of
going to see a dentist.
The employees at this hotel
are very kind. When you
enter the hotel, the
receptionist greets you with
a warm and friend /
friendship / friendly smile.
People developed spoken
languages first. Much later,
they could invent /
invention writing.
A bunch of flowers makes my
mother very happiness /
happy / unhappy, so I try to
buy her flowers everytime I
visit her.
The college offers a wide variety /
various of courses. There are a lot
of choices for students.
