Interchange of Part of Speech

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
ability	enable	able	ably
absence	absent	absent	absently
abundance	abound	abundant	abundantly
action, activity	act	active	actively
addition	add	additional	additionally
adjustment	adjust	adjustable	–
admiration	admire	admirable	admirably
admission, admittance	admit	admissible	admittedly
advice	advise	advisable	advisably
agreement	agree	agreeable	agreeably
allowance	allow	allowable	allowably
alteration	alter	alternative, alternate	alternatively
ambition	–	ambitious	ambitiously
analysis	analyse	analytical	analytically
anger	anger	angry	angrily
anxiety	–	anxious	anxiously
apology	apologize	apologetic	apologetically
applause	applaud	applausive	applaudingly
application	apply	applicable	–
appreciation	appreciate	appreciative	appreciable
argument	argue	arguable	arguably
art	–	artistic	artistically
association	associate	associable	–
astonishment	astonish	astonishing	astonishingly
attention	attend	attentive	attentively
attraction	attract	attractive	attractively
availability	avail	available	availably
awe	awe	awful	awfully

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
base, basis	base	basic	basically
beauty, beautification	beautify	beautiful	beautifully
beggar	beg	beggarly	beggingly
belief	believe	believable	believably
benefit	benefit	beneficial	beneficially
biology	–	biological	biologically
bitterness	embitter	bitter	bitterly
blame	blame	blameless	blamelessly
blood	bleed	bloody	bloodily
body	embody	bodied, bodily	–
boast	boast	boastful	boastfully
break, breakage	break	breakable	–
brightness	brighten	bright	brightly
broadness, breadth	broaden	broad	broadly
burial	bury	buried	–
business	busy	busy	busily

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverb
calm, calmness	calm	calm	calmly
care	care	careful	carefully
carriage	carry	carriageable	–
celebrity, celebration	celebrate	celebrated	–
centre	centralize	central	centrally
ceremony	–	ceremonial	ceremonially
certainty	ascertain	certain	certainly
certificate	certify	certificated	–
change	change	changeable, changeful	changeably
cheer, cheerfulness	cheer	cheerful	cheerfully
choice	choose	chosen	–
clearness, clearance, clarification	clear, clarify	clear	clearly
coldness	cool	cold	coldly
collection	collect	collective	collectively
comfort	comfort	comfortable	comfortably
commitment	commit	committed	–
competition	compete	competitive	competitively
completion	complete	complete	completely
compulsion	compel	compulsive	compulsively
congratulation	congratulate	congratulatory	–
control	control	controllable	–
courage	encourage	courageous	courageously
creation, creature	create	creative	creatively
credit	credit	creditable	creditably
crime	criminate	criminal	criminally
critic, criticism	criticize	critical	critically
curiosity	–	curious	curiously
custom	accustom	customary	customarily

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
danger	endanger	dangerous	dangerously
darkness	darken	dark	darkly
death	die	dead	deathly
deception	deceive	deceptive	deceptively
decision	decide	decisive	decisively
defence	defend	defensive	defensively
definition	define	definite	definately
departure	depart	departed	–
depth	deepen	deep	deeply
description	describe	descriptive	–
desire	desire	desirous, desirable	desirably
delight	delight	delightful	delightfully
destruction, destroyer	destroy	destructive	destructively
detection	detect	detective	–
devotion, devotee	devote	devotional	devotionally
difference	differ	different	differently
direction	direct	directional	directly
division	divide	divisional	Divisionally
drama	dramatize	dramatic	dramatically
dream	dream	dreamy	dreamily
duty	–	dutiful	dutifully

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
ease	ease	easy	easily
economy	economise	economic	economically
edition, editor	edit	editorial	editorially
education	educate	educational	educationally
effect	–	effective	effectively
election	elect	electoral	–
emphasis	emphasize	emphatic	emphatically
employment	employ	employable	–
energy	energize	energetic	energetically
enthusiasm	enthuse	enthusiastic	enthusiastically
envy	envy	envious	enviously
eternity	Eternalize	eternal	eternally
event	eventuate	eventful	–
exaggeration	exaggerate	exaggerative	–
example	exemplify	exemplary	exemplarily
excellance	excel	excellent	excellently
excitement	excite	excited	excitedly
existence	exist	existent	–
expense	expend	expensive	expensively
extension	extend	extensive	extensively

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
familiarity	familiarize	familiar	familiarly
fancy	fancy	fanciful	fancifully
favour	favour	favourable	favourably
fear	fear	fearful	fearfully
final	finalize	final	finally
fool	befool	foolish	foolishly
force	enforce	forceful	forcefully
forgetfulness	forget	forgetful	forgetfully
fortune	–	fortunate	fortunately
freedom	free	free	freely
friend, friendship	befriend	friendly	–
fright	frighten	frightful	frightfully
full	fill	full	fully
fun	–	funny	funnily

Nouns	verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
gain	gain	gainful	gainfully
Gladness	gladden	glad	gladly
glory	glorify	glorious	gloriously
grammar	–	grammatical	grammatically
grace	grace	graceful	gracefully
greed	–	greedy	greedily
grief	grieve	grievous	grievously
growth	grow	grown	–
guidance	guide	guided	–
guilt	–	guilty	guiltily

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
habit	habituate	habitual	habitually
happiness	–	happy	happily
harm	harm	harmful	harmfully
haste	hasten	hasty	hastily
hatred	hate	hateful	hatefully
heart	hearten	hearty	heartily
height	highten	high	highly
help	help	helpful	helpfully
hesitation, hesitancy	hesitate	hesitant	hesitantly
honour	honour	honourable	honourably
hope	hope	hopeful	hopefully
horror	horrify	horrible	horribly
humanity	humanize	human	humanly

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
idleness	idle	idle	idly
ignorance	ignore	ignorant	ignorantly
illustration	illustrate	illustrative	–
imitation	imitate	imitative	imitatively
immorality	–	immoral	immorally
impression	impress	impressive	impressively
infection	infect	infections	infectiously
influence	influence	influential	influentially
innocence	–	innocent	innocently
inclusion	include	inclusive	inclusively
instruction	instruct	instructive	instructively
intensity	intensify	intense	intensely
intention	intend	intentional	intentionally
interest	interest	interesting	interestingly
introduction	introduce	introductory	–
invention	invent	inventive	–

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
joint	join	joint	jointly
Joke	joke	–	jokingly
joy	enjoy	joyful	joyfully
justification	justify	justifiable	justifiably

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
king, kingdom	–	royal, kingly	royally
knowledge	know	knowledgeable	knowingly

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
labour	labour	laborious	laboriously
largeness	enlarge	large	largely
laugh, laughter	laugh	laughable	laughably
law	legalise	lawful	lawfully
life, livelihood	live	lively	–
liking	like	likeable	likely
locality	localize	local	locally
loss	lose	lost	–
love	love	lovely	lovingly
luck	–	lucky	luckily

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
madness	madden	mad	madly
marriage	marry	marriageable	–
marvel	marvel	marvellous	marvellously
matter	materialize	material	materially
meaning	mean	meaningful	meaningfully
measurement	measure	measureable	measurably
memory	memorize	memorable	memorably
mercy	–	merciful	mercifully
method	methodize	methodical	methodically
mind	mind, remind	mental, mindful	mindfully
modernism	modernize	modern	modernly
morality	moralize	moral	morally
movement	move	moving, movable	movably
mystery	–	mysterious	mysteriously

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
name	name	nameable	namely
nation	nationalize	national	nationally
nature	neutralize	natural	naturally
need	need	needful	needfully
necessity	necessiate	necessary	necessarily
neglect, negligence	neglect	negligible	negligibly
newness	renew	new	newly
nobility	ennoble	noble	nobly
normality	normalize	normal	normally
notice	notice	noticeable	noticeably

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
obedience	obey	obedient	obediently
objection	object	objectionable	objectionablely
obligation	oblige	obligatory	obligatorily
occupation	occupy	occupational	occupationally
occasion	occasion	occasional	occasionally
office	officiate	official	officially
opposition	oppose	opposite	oppositely
option	opt	optional	optionalty
organisation	organize	organised	organizedly
origin	originate	original	orginally

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
pain	pain	painful	painfull
peace	pacify	peaceful	peacefully
performance	perform	performing	–
permission	permit	permissible	permissibly
person	personify	personal	personally
pollution	pollute	polluted	–
popularity	popularize	popular	popularly
poverty	impoverish	poor	poorly
power	empower	powerful	powerfully
practice	practise	practical	pratically
prevention	prevent	preventive	–
production, product, productivity	produce	productive	productively
progress	progress	progressive	progressively

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
qualification	qualify	qualified	–
quarrel	quarrel	quarrelsome	–
quickness	quicken	quick	quickly
quotation	quote	quotable	–

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
rapidity	–	rapid	rapidly
reality	realize	real	really
reference	refer	referential	–
regret	regret	regretful	regretfully
regularity	regularize	regular	regularly
reliance	rely	reliable	reliably
remark	remark	remarkable	remarkably
reminiscence	reminisce	reminiscent	reminiscently
removal	remove	removable	–
repentance	repent	repentant	repentantly
response	respond	responsive, responsible	responsively
resentment	resent	resentful	resentfully
respect	respect	respectful	respectfully
rest	rest	restful, restless	restfully, restlessly
riches	enrich	rich	richly

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
sale	Sale	saleable	–
satisfication	satisfy	satisfactory	satisfactorily
selection	select	selective	selectivey
separation	separate	seperable	seperably
silence	silence	silent	silently
simplicity	simplify	simple	simply
society	socialize	social	socially
softness	soften	soft	softly
sorrow	sorrow	sorrowful	sorrowfully
speech	speak	speechless	speechlessly
strength	strengthen	strong	strongly
study	study	studious	studiously
success	succeed	successful	successfully
suggestion	suggest	suggestive	suggestively
surety	ensure	sure	surely
surprise	surprise	surprising	surprisingly
suspicion	suspect	suspicious	suspiciously
symbol	symbolize	symbolical	symbolically
sympathy	sympathize	sympathetic	sympathetically
system	systematize	systematic	systematically
sweetness	sweeten	sweet	sweetly

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
taste	taste	tasteful	tastefully
terror	terrorize	terroristic	–
thanks	thank	thankful	thankfully
theory	theorize	theoritical	theoritically
thought	think	thoughtful	thoughtfully
tolerance	tolerate	tolerant	tolerantly
touch	touch	touchable
translation	translate	translatable
triumph	triumph	triumphant	triumphantly
trust	trust	trustful, trustworthy	trustfully
truth	–	truthful	truthfully

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
universe	universalize	universal	universally
unity	unify	united	unitedly
urgency	–	urgent	urgently
use	use	useful	usefully

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
vacancy	vacate	vacant	vacantly
value	value	valuable	–
verification	verify	verifiable	–
vibration	vibrate	vibrative	–
victory	–	victorious	victoriously
view	view	viewable	–
vigour	invigorate	vigorous	vigoriously
violence	–	violent	violently
visuality	visualize	visual	visually
vitality	vitalize	vital	vitally
voice	voice	vocal	vocally

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
warmth	warm	warm	warmly
wastage	waste	wasteful	wastefully
watch	watch	watchful	watchfully
wisdom	–	wise	wisely
wonder	wonder	wonderful	wonderfully
worth	–	worthy	worthily

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
year	–	yearly, annual	yearly, annually
youth, youthfulness	–	youthful	youthfully

Nouns	Verbs	Adjectives	Adverbs
zeal	–	zealous	zealously

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Exercise on Interchange of Part of Speech

1. What is the verb of the word ‘antagonism’? a. antagonistic b. antagonisely c. antagonistically d. antagonise 
2. What is the verb of the word ‘ability’? a. ableness b. enable c. ably d. able                         
3. What is the verb of the word ‘able’? a. ability b. enable c. able d. disable       
4. What is the verb of the word ‘act’? a. Enact b. Inact c. Acted d. Acting        
5. Which is the verb of the word ‘apology’? a. aopologizing b. apology c. apologise d. apologist   
6. What is the noun of ‘Admit’? a. admission b. admittance c. admissible d. admitted     
7. What is the noun of ‘Accept’?  a. acceptance b. accepted c. acception d. acceptable 
8. What is the verb of the word ‘Bitter’? a. Bitter b. Bitterness c. Embitter d. Bitterify      
9. The verb of ‘beauty’ is- a. beautician b. beautify c. beautiful d. beautification    
10. Which is the noun of the word ‘beautiful’? a. beauty b. beautify c. beauteous d. beautific     
11. The correct noun of ‘break’ is- a. breach b. broker c. breakable d. breaking    
12. What is the verb of ‘courage’? a. encourage b. courageous c. courageful d. courage       
13. Adjective of the word ‘corruption’ – a. corrupt b. corrupted c. corruptly d. corrupting  
14. Adjective of ‘circle’ is- a. encircle b. circular c. circuler d. circle           
15. Which is the adjective of the word ‘contempt’? a. contemptible b. contempting c. contemption d. contemptable     
16. Which is the verb of the word ‘danger’? a. danger b. dangerous c. dangering d. engender        
17. The noun of ‘depart’ is- a. department b. depart c. departure d. departing    
18. Verb of the word ‘economy’ is- a. economic b. economical c. economically d. economize      
19. Which is the adjective of the word ‘befool’? a. fool b. befoolen c. foolish d. fooler          
20. Choose the adjective of ‘friendly’. a. friendship b. frank c. friendly d. befriend      
21. What is the verb of the word ‘friend’? a. friendship b. frank c. friendly d. befriend      
22. Which is the verb of the word ‘ fool’? a. foolish b. foolishness c. fooled d. befool         
23. Verb of the word ‘false’ is- a. falsify b. falsehood c. falsity d. none            
24. The adverb form of the word ‘heart’ is- a. heartened b. heartily c. hearty d. heartening  
25. What is the adjective of the ‘heart’? a. hearten b. heartening c. heartfulness d. heartful      
26. What is the adjective of ‘information’? a. informal b. informative c. informed d. information                  
27. Verb of the word ‘justification’ is- a. justice b. justify c. justifiably d. none            
28. What is the noun of ‘know’? a. knowing b. known c. knowable d. knowledge 
29. Which is verb of the word ‘life’? a. enlife b. living c. live d. vivid          
30. What is the noun of ‘long’? a. longness b. longy c. length d. large          
31. Which is verb of the word ‘Loss’? a. lost b. lose c. loose d. losing          
32. What is the verb of ‘number’? a. number b. enumerate c. numerical d. numbering   
33. Adjective of ‘obey’ is- a. obey b. obedient c. obedience d. none            
34. The adjective of ‘prevention’ is- a. prevent b. preventable c. preventive d. preventing     
35. Adjective of ‘people’ is- a. popularity b. populous c. people d. popularize     
36. Verb of ‘popular’ is- a. popularity b. population c. popularize d. populate     
37. Verb form of ‘poverty’ is- a. poverty b. provertize c. impoverish d. none            
38. The verb form of the word ‘poor’ is- a. poorify b. poority c. impoverish d. poverty      
39. The noun form of the word ‘poor’ is- a. poorify b. poority c. impoverish d. poverty       
40. What is the verb of ‘success’? a. succeed b. successful c. prosperity d. succession    
41. What is the verb of the word ‘shortly’? a. short b. shorten c. shorter d. shorter       
42. Verb of the word ‘simplification’ is- a. simply b. simplicity c. simplistic d. simplify      
43. What is the adjective of ‘tax’? a. taxable b. taxation c. taxability d. taxing          
44. The correct verb form of the word ‘valid’ is- a. validify b. validize c. validate d. envalidate   
45. Adjective form of ‘voice’ is- a. voice b. vocal c. vocally d. voiced         
46. What is the noun of the word ‘waste’? a. wastage b. waste c. wasting d. wasteful
47. What is the verb form of the word ‘acquisition’ a) Acquiesce b) Acquisite c) Acquire d) Acquirement                                    
48. Find out the adverb of the word ‘awe’ –  a) aweful b) awesome c) awefully d) awefulness                          
49. What is the verb of the word ‘antagonism’? a) antagonistic b) antagonisely c) antagonise d) antagonistically                    
50. What is the verb of ‘able’? a) ability b) enable c) able d) disable
51. What is the verb of the word ‘ability’?  a) ableness b) enable c) ably d) able                                    
52. What is the verb of the word ‘act’?  a) Enact b) Inact c) Acted d) Acting                                 
53. What is the noun of the word ‘Accept’? a) Acceptance b) Accepted c) Acception d) Acceptable                            
54. The adjective of the word ‘authority’ is – a) authoritative b) author c) authorise d) authoritatively                      
55. Which is the noun of the word ‘brief’? a) Brevity b) Short c) Briefly d) Briefing 
56. Which is the noun of the word ‘beautiful’? a) beauty b) beautify c) beauteous d) beautific                                
57. What is the adjective of ‘break’? a) Breaker b) Breaking c) Breach d) Breakable                              
58. The adjective of the word ‘Blood’ is –  a) Blood b) Bloody c) Bloodshed d) Bleeding                               
59. What is the noun form of the word ‘compete’  a) Competence b) Competition c) Competent d) Competitioner                     
60. Adjective of the word ‘corruption’ a) corrupt b) corrupted c) corruptly d) corrupting                              
61. The adjective of the word ‘climax’ is- a) climatic b) climatical c) climatics d) climacteric                          
62. Select the adjective of ‘Comparably’. a) Comparatively b) Comparable c) Compare d) Comparability                      
63. Adverb form of the word ‘confide’ –  a) confidential b) confidence  c) confident d) confidingly                          
64. Adjective of ‘circle’ is- a) Encircle b) Circular c) Circuler d) Circle                                   
65. Differentiate is  a) noun b) adjective c) adverb d) verb                                       
66. The noun of ‘depart’ is –  a) department b) depart c) departure d) departing                            
67. Which is the verb of the word ‘danger’? a) Danger b) Dangerous  c) Dangering d) Endanger                            
68. Which form of the words is an adjective?  a) defy b) defiant c) defiance d) none                                    
69. Verb of the word ‘economy’ is – a) economic b) economical c) economically d) economize                           
70. Adjective of the word Envy  a) Envity b) Envious c) Jealous d) Enviable                              
71. Adjective of the word ‘enemy’ is –  a) jealous b) animosity c) inimical d) enmity                                
72. Which is the adjective of the word ‘befool’?  a) fool b) befoolen c) foolish d) fooler                                    
73. The verb word of the noun “friend” is —–  a) friendship b) frank c) friendly d) befriend                              
74. The noun of the word ‘glorify’ – a) glory b) glorious c) gloriously d) none of these                         
75. The adverb form of the word ‘heart’ is- a) heartened b) heartily c) hearty d) heartening                          
76. What is the adjective of the word ‘heart’?  a) heart b) hearten c) heartening d) heartful                               
77. The verb of “hallucination” is – a) hallucinatory b) hallucinogen c) hallucine d) hallucinate                           
78. The adjective of the word ‘instant’ is – a) instantaneous b) instantly c) instance d) none                                      
79. What is the noun of ‘innocent’? a) innocently b) innocence c) innocentful d) innocentness                       
80. What is the noun of ‘know’? a) Knowing b) Known c) Knowable d) Knowledge                           
81. Change the verb ‘Lose’ into noun – a) lost b) loose c) loss d) losing                                  
82. What is the noun of “long”?  a) Length b) Longer c) Lengthier d) Lengthen                               
83. Which is the verb of the word ‘Life’? a) Enlife b) Living c) Live d) Vividr                                
84. The adjective of the word ‘mountain’ is –  a) mounting b) mountainous c) mountic d) mountainly                            
85. What is the verb of ‘Number’?  a) Number b) Enumerate c) Numerical d) Numbering                          
86. Which is the noun of the word ‘oblige’? a) obliged b) obliging c) obligatory d) obligation                              
87. Adjective of the word ‘people’ is –  a) Popularity b) Populous c) Peoples d) Popularize                             
88. What is the verb form of ‘person’ is –  a) personed b) emperson c) personify d) none of these                        
89. Which one is the verb of the word ‘peace’?  a) peaceful b) pacify c) impeace d) peace-loving                                   
90. Which is the verb of the word ‘public’? a) Publicity b) Publish c) Press d) Publicise                             
91. Which form of the following is an adjective? a) Resolve b) Resolute c) Resolution   d) Resolutely                           
92. The verb of the word ‘response’ is –  a) responsible b) respondent c) respond d) responsibility                      
93. The noun form of the word “repeat” is-  a) repeatance b) repeation c) repeatation d) repetition                              
94. Adverb of ‘strengthen’ is-   a) strong b) stronger c) strongly d) strengthen                             
95. What is the verb of ‘success ’? a) succeed b) successful c) prosperity d) succession
96. The word ‘subtantiate’ is a/an- a) verb b) adjective c) noun d) adverb                                  
97. “See” Noun —- a) sight b) sought c) seen d) scene                                    
98. Which one is the noun?  a) See b) Saw c) Seen d) No one is given                  
99. Verb of the word ‘Sale’is — a) Sold b) Sell c) Salling d) Sale                                       
100. Which one is the correct noun form of “sure”?  a) Surety b) Sure c) Surely d) Sureness 
101. The noun form of ‘usually’ is-  a) useful b) usual c) usualness d) as usual                                 
102. The noun form of the word ‘vary’ is-  a) Variation b) Varied c) Variable d) Varied point                          
103. Noun of the wod ‘vain’ is-  a) vanity b) vain c) vainity d) vainly                                    
104. What is the adjective of ‘voice’?  a) Voice b) Vocal c) Vocally d) Voiced                                  
105. The noun form of  the word ‘weigh’ is- a) wait b) weight c) wet d) waight                                   
106. What is the noun of the word ‘Waste’? a) wastage b) waste c) wasting d) wasteful                              
107. What is the verb of the word ‘guest’? a) guestify b) entertain c) hospitality d) hospitalize                            
108. Which is the noun of the word ‘Do’?  a) Deed b) Did c) Done d) Doing                                 
109. Choose the odd pair:  a) study: studious b) prove: proof  c) live: life d) examine: examination          
110. What is the adjective of   ‘Study’  a) Studious b) Perserving c) Stupidity d) Study                                    
111. What is the adjective of  ‘Passion’  a) Passionful b) Pastoral c) Emanation d) Passionate                           
112. What is the adjective ‘ Might’? a) Mightous b) Mighty c) Mightful d) Mightier                                
113. What is the adjective ‘child ‘? —- a) Childhood b) Childly c) Childish d) Children                               
114. Noun form of ‘Young’ is –  a) younger b) youth c) youngest d) tender                                   
115. The noun form of “grand” is- a) grandness b) grandsome c) grandeur d) grand                                     
116. The verb form of ‘Full’  is  a) Filled b) Fulfillment c) Full d) Fill                                        
117. What is the verb form of the word ‘fresh’?  a) freshen b) enfresh c) freshy d) defresh                               
118. Verb of the word ‘new’ is- a) anew b) newness c) newly d) renew 
119. Verb of ‘bath’ – a) Bathed b) Bathing c) Bathe d) beath