RBSE Class 8 English Vocabulary Word Formation

Rajasthan Board RBSE Solutions for Class 8 English Vocabulary Word Formation Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

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RBSE Class 8 English Vocabulary Word Formation

आशय - Word-formation का शाब्दिक अर्थ है- शब्द का निर्माण । अंग्रेजी भाषा की एक विशेषता यह है कि एक शब्द से उसके विभिन्न रूपों का निर्माण किया जा सकता है। अंग्रेजी भाषा का एक ही शब्द आवश्यकतानुसार, Noun अथवा verb अथवा adverb अथवा adjective आदि के रूप में परिवर्तित किया जा सकता है।

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Formation of Nouns from Verbs
(क्रिया को संज्ञा में परिवर्तित करना) 

1. Verb में-er जोड़कर, जैसे
teach  + er = teacher 
bind + er = binder 

RBSE Class 8 English Vocabulary Word Formation

2. Verb में - जोड़कर, जैसे
write + r = writer 
make  + r = maker 

3. Verb में -ment जोड़कर, जैसे
agree + ment = agreement 
attach + ment = attachment 

4. Verb में - ion जोड़कर, जैसे
collect + ion = collection 
correct + ion = correction 

5. Verb में - or जोड़कर, जैसे visit
+ or = visitor act 
+ or = actor 

RBSE Class 8 English Vocabulary Word Formation

6. Verb में -y जोड़कर, जैसे
discover +y = discovery 
deliver + y = delivery 

7. Verb में -ance जोड़कर, जैसे
allow + ance = allowance 
assist + ance = assistance 

8. Verb में-ure लगाकर, जैसे
enclose + ure = enclosure 
fail + ure = failure 

9. Verb में -ence जोड़कर, जैसे
differ + ence = difference 
reside + ence = residence 

10. Verb में से be– हटाकर, जैसे
befriend - be = friend 
befool - be = fool 

RBSE Class 8 English Vocabulary Word Formation

11. Verb में से en-हटाकर, जैसे
encircle - en = circle 
endanger - en = danger

12. Verb में से - हटाकर- जोड़कर, जैसे
advise = advice 
practise = practice 

Formation of Nouns from Adjectives
(विशेषण से संज्ञा बनाना) 

1. Adjective के अन्त में -ity जोड़कर, जैसे
regular + ity = regularity 
real + ity = reality 

2. Adjective के अन्त में -ty जोड़कर, जैसे 
safe + ty = safety 
royal + ty = royalty 

3. Adjective के अन्त में -He हटाकर-ility जोड़ देने से, जैसे
Possible = possibility 
noble = nobility 

4. Adjective के अन्त में - हटाकर  - ce जोड़ देने से, जैसे
excellent = excellence 
innocent = innocence 

5. Adjective के अन्त में -ness जोड़ देने से, जैसे
fat + ness = fatness 
kind + ness = kindness 

6. Adjective के अन्त में -y हटाकर ---iness जोड़कर, जैसे
happy = happiness 
lazy = laziness 

Formation of Adjectives from Nouns
(संज्ञा से विशेषण बनाना) 

1. Noun के अन्त में --IV जोड़ देने से, जैसे --
month + ly = monthly 
year + ly = yearly 

2. Noun के अन्त में -y जोड़ देने से, जैसे -- 
greed + y= greedy
rain + y= rainy 

RBSE Class 8 English Vocabulary Word Formation

3. Noun के अन्त में -able जोड़ देने से, जैसे
eat + able = eatable 
drink + able = drinkable 

4. Noun के अन्त में - ful जोड़ देने से, जैसे
beauty + ful = beautiful 
peace + ful = peaceful 

5. Noun के अन्त में - ish जोड़ देने से, जैसे
black +ish = blackish
book + ish = bookish

6. Noun के अन्त में - less जोड़ देने से, जैसे
life + less = lifeless 
use + less = useless 

Formation of Verbs from Adjectives
(विशेषण से क्रिया बनाना) 

1. Adjective के अन्त में -en जोड़ देने से, जैसे
en + able = darken 
en + dear = harden 

RBSE Class 8 English Vocabulary Word Formation

2. Adjective के आरम्भ में -en जोड़ देने से, जैसे
en + able = enable 
en + dear = endear

Formation of Nouns from Nouns 

1. Noun के अन्त में -ship जोड़ देने से, जैसे --
friend ship = friendship 
teacher + ship = teachership 

2. Noun के अन्त में -en जोड़ देने से, जैसे
boy + hood = boyhood 
mother + hood = motherhood 

RBSE Class 8 English Vocabulary Word Formation

3. Noun के अन्त में -ism जोड़ देने से, जैसे
Hindu + ism = Hinduism 
Sikh + ism = Sikhism 

Formation of Adverbs by adding 
'-ly' to Adjectives 

Adjective के अन्त में -ly' जोड़कर Adverb बनाना, जैसे --
careful + ly = carefully
beautiful + ly = beautifully 

Word Formation Based on Your Textbook

signify (v) - significant (adj.) 
remember (v) - remembrance (n) 
expensive (adj.) - expense (n) 
restore (v) - restoration(n)
remove (v) - removal (n) 
complete (v) - completion(n) 
draw (v) - drawer (n) 
cunous (adj.) - curiosity (n) 
wonder (v) - wonderful (adj.) 
beauty (n) - beautiful (adj.) 
frost (n) - frosty (adj.) 
opposite (adj.) - opposition (n) 
stop (v) - stoppage (n) 
occurrence (n) - occur (v)
play (v) - player (n) 
perfect (adj.) - perfection (n) 
favour (v) - favourite (adj.) 
talk (v) - talker (n) 
title(n) - entitle (v) 
offer (v) - offerings (n) 
recognise (v) - recognition (n) 
family (n) - familial (adj.) 
parents (n) - parental (adj.) 
terror (n) - terrorise (v) 
belief (n) - believe (n) 
insane (adj.) - insanity (n) 
memory (n) - memonise (v) 

RBSE Class 8 English Vocabulary Word Formation

responsible (adj.) - responsibility (n) 
important (adj.) - importance (n) 
poor (adj.) - poverty (n) 
occupational (adj.) - occupation (n) 
thought (n) - thoughtful (adj.) 
credible (adj.) - credibility (n) 
anxious (adj.) - anxiety (n) 
necessary (adj.) - necessity (n) 
confident (adj.) - confidence (n) 
affluent (adj.) - affluence (n) 
imagine (v) - imagination (n) 
emotion (n) - emotional (adj.) 
dominance (n) - dominant (adj.) 
jubilant (adj.) - jubilation (n) 
sad (adj.) - sadness (n) 
person(n) - personal (adj.) 
delight (n) - delightful (adj.) 
misery (n) - miserable (adj.) 
energy (n) - energetic (adj.) 
aloof (adj.) - aloofness (n) 
adventure (n) - adventurous (adj.) 
spiritual (adj.) - spirituality (n) 
impatient (adj.) - impatience (n)

Practice Exercise 1.

Fill in the blanks with correct forms of the words given in brackets : 

1. We travelled a long. ......... (distant) 
2. The fawn might be .......... (hunger) 
3. Fawn's..........of Jody was wonderful. (accept) 
4. Fawn's.............to climb the steps was surprising (refuse) 
5. Stephen Hawking is the worthy.............to Issac Newton. (success)
6. The bowmen could shoot at the ........ (enmity) 
7. They tried to ........... each other. (conqueror) 
8. The beehives were in large ... .. boxes. (wood) 
9. The ............... too will be asleep. (watch) 
10.".............. your swords and shine your shields." (sharp) 
11. It was very ............ to go upstream. (risk) 
12. The boat was lost in the ............... of night. (dark) 
13. "Twenty years ago ............... at this very hour," said the man. (exact) 
14. The watch was .......... with tiny diamonds. (decoration) 
15. It has changed a good man into a .......... (rob) 
Answers:
1. distance 
2. hungry 
3. acceptance 
4. refusal 
5. successor 
6. enemy 
7. conquer 
8. wooden 
9. watchman 
10. Sharpen 
11. risky 
12. darkness 
13. exactly 
14. decorated 
15. robber.

RBSE Class 8 English Vocabulary Word Formation

Practice Exercise  2. 

1. There was an ........ in the school. (assemble) 
2. They have stopped this .......... (active) 
3. The crocodile spoke ................... (lazy) 
4. Roaring, the tiger said ................... (worry) 
5. They find me ................ asleep. (peace) 
6. ............... the people were disappointed (Natural) 
7. I have taken ............. to class VIII. (admit) 
8. Our ................ is a very good man. (library) 
9. We make mistakes if we are ............ (care) 
10. Good boys are very .......... strangers. (friend) 
11. Television is a good .................. (inveni) 
12. They depend on ................ books. (engineer) 
13. The ........... got the basket of mangoes and the letter. (service) 
14. This is something .................... (magic) 
15. Everybody ............. passed by the big stone (careful) 
Answers : 
1. assembly 
2. activity 
3. lazily 
4. worriedly 
5. peacefully 
6. Naturally 
7. admission 
8. librarian 
9. careless 
10. friendly 
11. invention 
12. engineering 
13. servant 
14. magical 
15. carefully

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Last Updated on June 7, 2022, 10:49 a.m.
Published June 7, 2022