英語動詞變名詞有以下幾種情況：
1.詞形不變,詞性改變，例如:work, study, water, plant等可以用作動詞(工作,學習,澆水,種植),也可以用作名詞(工作,學習,水,植物).
2.一些動詞在詞尾加上-er或-or之後就變成了表示"某一類人"的名詞，例如:work—worker,teach—teacher, sing—singer,jump—jumper,play—player,learn—learner,visit—visitor,invent—inventor,collect—collector等.
注意：(1)以不發音的e結尾的動詞,在詞尾加-r,例如:drive—driver, write—writer等
(2)以重讀閉音節結尾,且末尾只有一個輔音字母的動詞,應雙寫末尾的輔音字母,再加-er,例如：run—runner,win—winner,begin—beginner等.
3.在動詞詞尾加上-ment 變成名詞，例如achieve—achievement(成就),advertise—advertisement (廣告),agree—agreement,disagree—disagreement,amuse—amusement(娛樂),improve—improvement(爭吵),commit(奉獻)—commitment,develop—development(發展),depart—department(局,部),govern(統治)—government(政府),manage—management(管理),equip—equipment(裝備)
有些單詞比較特殊,需把動詞後的e去掉再加ment,例如:argue—argument(爭論)
4.在動詞詞尾加上-(t)ion/(s)ion變成名詞，例如: attract—attraction; instruct—instruction;invent—invention,discuss—discussion;express—expression;educate—education;graduate—graduation;operate—operation (去e再加"ion"); compete—competition; organize—organization (把e改成其他字母再加"tion"); decide—decision;conclude—conclusion(把de改為s再加"ion"); describe—description描寫,描繪(這是特例,不規則變化)
5.在動詞詞尾加上-ance變成名詞，例如: appear—appearance (外貌;出現);perform—performance (演出);accept—acceptance(接受)
6.在動詞詞尾加-ing變成名詞 (方法與動詞變為現在分詞的方法相同) ，例如：meet—meeting;build—building;wait—waiting;bathe—bathing;say—
saying(諺語);mean—meaning;end—ending;train—training;wash—washing
注意:以重讀閉音節結尾,且末尾只有一個輔音字母的動詞,應雙寫末尾的輔音字母,再加-ing,如:swim—swimming, shop—shopping, begin—beginning
7.其他一些比較特殊的變化，例如: Beg(乞討)—beggar(乞丐);behave(行為舉止)—behavior;know(知道)—knowledge(知識);fly—flight(飛行);heat (加熱)—heat(熱量);hit (撞擊)—hit(轟動一時的人或物,碰撞);mix(混合)—mixture(混合物);press(按,壓)—pressure(壓力);sit(坐)—seat (座位);succeed—success(成功);tour—tour(旅遊)/ tourist (遊客).
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