VERBS NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB

enable ability able unable ably

absence
absent
absentee
accident accidental
accommodate accomodation
acknowledge acknowledgement
Action
Activity
Active
act activist
inactive
actress
actor
activate activation
Addition Additional
add
additive additive
Adequacy Adequate
inadequacy inadequate
admire admiration admirable admirably
Advantage Advantageous
disadvantage disadvantageous
Advertisement
advertise
advertiser
admission
admit
admittance
adopt adoption
advice Advisable advisably
advise
advisability inadvisable inadvisably
Affectionate
affection
unaffectionate
Effective
affect effect
ineffective
agree agreement Agreeable agreeably
disagree disagreement disagreeable disagreeably
alcohol alcoholic alcoholically
allow allowance
ambition ambitious
amuse amusement
annoy annoyance
excite excitement
anxiety anxious
apologise apology apologetic apologetically
appear appearance
apparent apparently
disappear disapperance
Applause
applaud
applauder
Application
apply applicable applicably
applicant
appoint appointment
appreciate appreciation appreciative
approve Approval
disapprove disapproval
argument arguable
argue arguably
argumentation argumentative
arrange arrangement
arrive arrival
assist assistance
associate association
assume assumption
astonish astonishment
attend attendance

attention attentive

Attraction Attractive
attract
attractiveness unattractiveness unattractive
avoidable avoidably
avoid avoidance
unavoidable unavoidably
base base basic basically basis
beauty
beautify beautiful beautifully
beautician
belief Believable believably
believe
disbelief unbelievable unbelievably
bleed blood
bravery brave
breathe breath breathless
broaden breadth broad
brighten brightness bright
brilliance brilliant
burry burial
Calculation
calculate
calculator
caution cautious
Change
change changeable unchangeable
changeability
Child Childish
childhood childlike
choose choice
circle circle circular
Civil
Civiilsation Civic
civilise
civics civilised
uncivilised
Class
classify
classification
enclose enclosure
collection
collect collective
collector
Comfort Comfortable comfortably
comfort
discomfort uncomfortable uncomfortably
comparative
compare comparison comparably
comparable
compel compulsion compulsory compulsorily
Competition
compete competitive
competitor
Complete
complete completion
imcomplete
composition
compose
composer
conclude conclusion
confirm confirmation
Confident
confide confidence unconfident
confidential
confess confession
confirm confirmation confirmed
 unconfirmed
confuse confusion
congratulate congratulation
Conscious
consciousness unconsciousness
unconscious
conserve conservation
Considerable considerably
consider consideration
inconsiderable inconsiderably
construct construction constructive
consume consumption
continuous
continue continuation
discontinuous
discontinue discontinuation
continual
Convenience Convenient
inconvenience inconvenient
converse conversation conversational
Cook
cook cookery
cooker
Correct
correct correction incorrect
corrective
encourage courage
courageous
discourage encouragement discouragement
cowardice coward
creation
create creative
creature creator
Crime
criminal
criminal
Critic
criticize critical
criticism
curiosity curious
cruelty cruel
custom customary
damage damage
endanger danger dangerous
darken darkness dark
day daily
deafen deafness deaf
 deceit deceitful
decisive
decide decision
indecisive
decoration
decorate
decorator
deepen depth deep
Defence Defensive
defend indefensibly
defendant indefensible
Deliverable
deliver delivery
undeliverable
Dependence Dependent
depend
independence independent
Descriptive
describe description Describable
indescribable
Destructive
destroy destruction
non-destructive
Determined
determine determination
undetermined
develop development
dictate dictation dictatorial
dead
die death
deadly
differ difference different
differentiate differentiation
Direction
Direct
direct Director
indirect
directory
discover discovery
discuss discussion
distance distant
distribute distribution
disturb disturbance
divide division divisive
doubt doubt doubtful
dust duster dusty
ease easy easily
economise Economy Economic
 economics Economical
uneconomical
educate education educational
Efficient
efficiency
inefficient
elect election
Electricity Electric
electrify
electrician electrical
embarrass embarrassment
employment
unemployment
employ
employee
employer
enjoy enjoyment enjoyable enjoyably
enter entrance
Enthusiasm Enthusiastic enthusiastically
enthuse
enthusiast unethusiastic unenthusiastically
equalisation
equal
equalise equality equally
unequal
inequality
except exception
exhibit exhibition
Expensive
expense
inexpensive
Explanatory
explain explanation explicable
inexplicable
explode explosion explosive
express expression
extend extension extensive extensively
extinction extinct
fail failure
Falsity
falsify false
falsehood
Famous
fame famously
infamous
Fashion Fashionable fashionably
unfashionable unfashionably
fatten Fat Fat
 fatness fattening
Faulty
fault faultily
faultless
Favorable
favor unfavourable favorably
favor
favorite favoured unfavorably
favorite
Afraid
Fear
fear fearful
fearlessness
fearless
fertility
ferfilise fertile
fertiliser
Unfit
fit fitness
misfit
fly flight
foot
footprint
footstep
forget forgetfulness forgetful forgetfully
forgive forgivingness
Formation
form formative formatively
deformity
Fortune Fortunate fortunately
misfortune unfortunate unfortunately
formalise formality formal formally
free freedom free freely
refresh refreshment fresh
Frequency frequent
frequently
infrequency infrequent
Friend
friendly
befriend
unfriendly
friendship
Furniture furnished
furnish
furnisher unfurnished
generosity generous generously
gentleness gentle gently
gold golden
Government
govern
governor
greed greedy
 greed greedy
grow growth
guilt guilty
Happiness Happy happily
unhappiness unhappy unhappily
hasten haste hasty hastily
Hatred
hate hateful hatefully
hatefulness
Head
Headline
head
Headache
heading
Healthy healthily
heal health
unhealthy unhealthily
Heat
heat hot
heater
heighten height high
hero
heroine heroic heroically
heroism
hesitate hesitation hesitative
hinder hindrance
Honest
honesty
dishonest
Honour Honourable
dishonour dishonourable
horizon horizontal
House
Household
housekeeper
housewife
hunger hungry hungrily
ice icy
identified
identify identification
unidentified
Imaginary
Image
imagine imaginative imaginarily
imagination
unimaginative
imitate imitation imitative
importance important
 unimportant
impress impression impressive
improve improvement
include inclusion inclusive
Industry industrial
industrialise
industrialist industrilised
infer inference
influence influence influential
inform Informative
information
misinform uninformative
injure injury
innocence innocent
inquire inquiry
insure insurance
intellect
intellectualise intellectual
intellectual
Intentional
intend intention
unintentional
interest interest Uninterested
disinterest disinterest uninteresting
interpret interpretation
interrupt interruption
interrogate interrogation interrogative
introduce introduction
invent invention inventive
invite invitation
know knowledge knowledgeable
laugh laughter laughable
Lead leader
mislead leadership
Legality legal Legally
legalise
illegality illegal illegally
lend loan
lengthen length long
lessen less
lighten Light light
 Lighter
Lighthouse
lightness
Literature literary
literacy literate
illiteracy illiterate
live
live life lively
alive
Loneliness lonely
aloneness alone
lose loss
loosen looseness loose
loyalty Loyal
disloyalty disloyal
luck lucky luckily
maintain maintenance
Management
Managerial
manage Mismanagement
Manageable
mismanage manager
unmanageable
manageress
marry marriage
Mountain
mountainous
mountaineer
measure measurement measurable measurably
mechanic
mechanical
mechanism
Memory
memorise memorial
memo
modernisation
modernise modern
modernity
modify modification
morality moral
moralise
immorality immoral
Mother
motherly
motherhood
Mountain
mountainous
mountaineer
multiply multiplication multiple
mystery mysterious
 Nation
nationalize national
nationality
natural
naturalise nature
unnatural
necessary necessarily
necessitate necessity
unnecessary unnecessarily
negligible
neglect negligence negligibly
negligent
nerve nervous
noise noisy noisily
obedience obedient
obey disobey
disobedience disobedient
objective
objection
object objectionable objectionably
objectivity
unobjectionable
oblige
obligation obligatory
obligate
observation
observe observant
observatory
occasion occasional
occupation
occupy
occupant
office
Official
officiate officer
unofficial
official
omit omission
operate operation
Origin
originate original
originality
owner
own
ownership
Packet
pack
package
part
part partner partial
particle
Patience Patient
impatience impatient
Payment Payable
pay
payee unpaid
 peculiarity peculiar
permit permission permissive
person Personal
personlity impersonal
perceptive
perceive perception
unperceptive
Perfect
perfect perfection
imperfect
perform performance
Permanence
parmanent
permanency
Persuasive
persuade persuasion
unpersuasive
Pleasure
please pleasurable
displeasure
plenty plentiful
politics
political
politician
poison poisounous
Popularity Popular
popularise
unpopularity unpopular
populate population
poverty poor
possession
possess possessive
possessor
post postage postal
Possibility possible possibly
impossibility impossible impossibly
Practical
practicality Impractical
practicability practicable
impracticable
Practice
practise
practitioner
prefer preference preferable preferably
present presence present
preserve preservation preservative
press pressure
prevent prevention preventive
 pride proud
Prison
imprison prisoner
imprisonment
probability probable probably
improbability improbable improbably
Production
Productive
produce Product
unproductive
producer
professional
profession
unprofessional
profitable profitably
profit profit
unprofitable unprofitably
pronounce Pronunciation
mispronounce mispronunciation
propose proposal
protect protection protective
prove Proof
disprove disproof
publicise publicity public
punctuality punctual
punish punishment
Purify Pure
purify
impurify impure
qualified
qualify qualification
disqualified
quarrel quarrel quarrelsome
rapidity,
rapid rapidly
rapidness
real,
realisation,
unreal,
realise reality,
realistic,
realist
unrealistic
reasonable, reasonably,
reason
unreasonable unreasonably
receiver,
receipt,
receptive,
receive recipient,
unreceptive
reception,
receptionist
recognise recognition Recognisable
 unrecognisable
recommend recommendation
reduce reduction
reflect reflection
regrettable,
regret regret regrettably
regretful
Regularity regular
regularise
irregularity irregular
reference,
refer referee, referent
referent
refuse refusal
relieve relief
religious
religion
unreligious
Repeatable
repeat repetition
unrepeatable
Residence
reside residential
, resident
resign resignation
respect, Respectful
respectably,
respect respectability, , respectable,
respectfully
disrespect unrespectable
respond response
Responsibility responsible, responsibly,
,irresponsibility irresponsible irresponsibly
enrich richness rich
robber,
Rob
robbery
romantic,
romance romantically
unromantic
roughen roughness rough
royalty royal
sadden sadness sad
satisfied
Satisfaction unsatisfied
satisfy
dissatisfaction satisfactory
unsatisfactory
save safety Safe
 safe unsafe
scarcity scarce
Scene
scenic
scenery
science
scientific scientifically
scientist
season seasonal
Secure
secure security
insecure
select selection selective
Sensation
sensitive
insensitive s
sense sense enseless
sensible
insensible
sensational
separate
separate sepatation separable
inseparable
serve service servant
shade shady
shameless
shame shame ashamed
shameful
sharpen sharpness sharp
shorten shortage short
sign signature
silence silent
Similarity Similar
dissimilarity dissimilar
simplify simplicity simple simply
situate situation
sincerity sincere
sleepy
sleep
sleep sleepless sleepily
sleeper
asleep
Slip
slip slippery
slipper
smooth smoothness smooth
soften softness soft
solve solution
sorry
sorrow
sorrowful
speak speech speechless
Spell spelling
misspell misspelling
Stability Stable
stabilize
instability unstable
state statement
stone stony
Stopper
stop
stoppage
straighten straightness straight
strengthen strength strong
stupidity stupid
succed success successful
sunny
sun suntanned
sunburned
Sufficient
suffice sufficiency
insufficient
support
support supportive
supporter
Suspicious
suspect suspect
unsuspicious
sweeten seetness sweet
systematic
systematize system
unsystematic
sympathetic
sympathise sympathy
unsympathetic
talk talk talkative
Taste
Tasty
taster tastefully
taste Tasteful
tastefulness tastelessly
tasteless
tastelessness
tend tendency
thicken thickness thick
think thought thoughtful
threaten threat
tighten tightness tight
entitle title
toughen toughness tough
translation
translate
translator
treat treatment
trouble troublesome
Truth True
truly
truthfulness truthful
entrust trust trustee trustworthy
typical
type
untypical
Typist
Typeface
type typewritten
Typesetter
typewriter
union
unite unit
unity
urge urgency urgent urgently
Use
useful
use user
useless
usefulness
vacancy vacant
Vaccination
vaccinate
vaccine
Valid
validate validity
invalid
Valuabl valuably
value value
invaluable invaluably
Variety Variable
variably
vary Variation invariable
invariably
variability various
vibrate vibration vibrant
violence violent
Visibility
Visible Visibly
Invisibility
invisible invisibly
invisibleness
visualise visual
wake a
wake, awake
awaken
warm warmth warm
wave wavy
wealth wealthy
weaken weakness weak
Weight
weigh weightless
weightiness
Wide
widen width
widespread
Wise
wisdom
unwise
wool woollen
work
work worker workless
workshop
Worthless
worth
worthy
x-ray x-ray
youth
young
young
younger youthfully
youngster
youthful
youthfulness
Zeal
Zealousness zealous zealously
zealot
zip
Zip
zipper
unzip
zipfastener
Zoo
Zoologist zological
zoology
REPORTED SPEECH :
Comparatives

Use:
Use reported speech to talk about what another person said in the past.
Eve: ‘I went to the party on Friday night’.
James: ‘Eve said that she had gone to the party on Friday night’.

Form:
1) When reporting speech, the verb in the sentence may shift to a past tense.

am / is / are changes to was / were

“I am fine.” She said that she was fine.
present simple changes to past simple
“I like it.” He said he liked it.
present continuous changes to past continuous
“She’s sleeping.” He said that she was sleeping.
will changes to would
“I’ll be there.” You said that you’d be there.
can changes to could
“I can come to the meeting.” You said that you could come to the meeting.
past simple changes to past perfect
“I did the shopping.” Tom said that he had done the shopping.
present perfect changes to past perfect
“I’ve read that book.” I told him that I’d read the book.
past continuous changes to past perfect continuous
“She was walking home alone.” He said that she had been walking home alone.
present perfect continuous changes to past perfect continuous
“I’ve been working,” I told him that I’d been working.
2) To report speech, use He / She / I said (that) ...
You can also use He / She told me (that)...; I told him / her (that)...

3) Don’t use quotation marks (“) when reporting speech.

4) References to times in the past also may need to change when using reported speech, if that time is
no longer the same.

this morning / week / month → that morning / week / month

yesterday → the previous day
last week / month → the previous week / month
ago → earlier / previously
tomorrow → the following day
next week / month → the following week / month