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,
advertise—advertisement,agree—agreement, disgree—disagreement,
amuse—amusement,improve—improvement,commit—commitment,
develop—development,depart—department,govern—government, manage—management,equip—equipment
有些單詞比較特殊,需把動詞後的e去掉再加ment,例如:argue—argument
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(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; perform— performance;accept—acceptance
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;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—beggar;behave—behavior;know—knowledge;fly—flight;;heat—heat;
hit—hit;;mix—mixture;press—pressure;succeed—success;tour—tourist;sit—seat等。
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