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Look at the following sentences and find the words with different grammatical functions.

e.g.

There is a drop in the prices of pulses

Do not drop the waste here

See how the word ‘drop’ is used as a noun in the first sentence and as a verb in the second sentence. the same word is used with different grammatical functions. A number of words have different grammatical functions in different contexts with different meaning.

The following prefixes or suffixes at the beginning or end or the word determine whether they are Verbs, Nouns, Adjectives or Adverbs.

e.g.

Verb	Noun	Adjective	Adverb
en-	-ment	-able	-ly
im-	-ness	-ible
-es	-tion	-ive
-ed	-sion	-ful
-ire/ize	-ance	-al
-fy	-cy	-ant
-en	-ity	-ic
-ate	-th	-ave
-ish	-ce	-ent
-dom	-ant
-ship	-ar
-hood	-ing
-er/or	-y

Some Important words can be changed into all the four forms.

e.g.

Verb	Noun	Adjective	Adverb
devote	devotee, devotion	devoted, devotional	devotedly, devotionally
contruct	construction	constructive	constructively
harmonised	harmony	harmonious	harmoniously
sensed	sense	sensitive, sensible	sensitively, sensibly
possess	possessions	possessive	possessively
reflect	reflection, reflectiveness	reflective	reflectively
astonished	astonishment	astonishing	astonishingly
integrate	integration	integral	integrally
fancied	fancy	fanciful	fancifully
impose	imposition	imposing	imposingly
bonded	bond	bonded, bonding	bonding
stylized	style	stylish	stylishly
expertise	expertness, expert	expert	expertly
symbolise	symbol	symbolic, symbolical	symbolically
proportioned	proportion	proportionate	proportionately
marvelled	marvel	marvellous	marvellously
architectured	architecture	architectural	architecturally
manage	management	manageable	manageably
restrict	restriction	restrictive, restricted	restrictively
directed	direction	direct	directly
excite	excitement	excited	excitedly
form	formation	formative	formatively
speeded, sped	speed	speedy	speedily
exceed	excess	excessive	excessively
confuse	confusion	confusing	confusingly
attract	attraction	attractive	attractively
endanger	danger	dangerous	dangerously
notice	notice	noticeable	noticeably
vary	variation, variety	various	variedly
stressed	stress	stressful	stressfully
economies	economy	economic, economical	economically
relate	relation, relativity	relative	relatively
systematize	system	systematic, systemic	systematically
initiate	initiation	initiative	initiatively
presist	presistence	presistent	presistently
brutalise	brutality	brutal	brutally
include	inclusion	inclusive	inclusively
dirtied	dirt	dirty	dirtily
trimphed	triumph	triumphant	triumphantly
reduce	reduction	reducible, reductive	reducibly, reductively
diminish	diminution	diminishable	diminutively
faced	face	facial	facially
functioned	function, functioning	functioning	functionally
tensed	tension	tensed	tensely
unsustained	unsustainance	unsustainable	unsustainably
tasted	taste, tastefulness	tasty, tasteful	tastefully
remedied	remedy	remedial	remedially
acquiesce	acquiescence	acquiescent	acquiescently
sophisticate	sophistication	sophisticate	sophistically
revere	reverence	reverential	reverentially
obey	obedience	obedient	obediently
regarded	regard	regardful	regardfully
forced	force	forcible	forcibly
depend	dependence	dependent	dependently
secure	security	secured	securely
devote	devotion	devotional	devotionally
suffice	sufficience	sufficient	sufficiently
authorise	authority	authoritative	authoritatively
define	definition	definite	definitely
compare	comparison	comparative	comparatively
enrich	riches	rich, richer	richly
inform	information	infromative	informatively
amazed	amazement	amazing	amazingly
pitied	pity	piteous	piteously
delighted	delight	delightful	delightfully
popularize	popularity	popular	popularly
wondered	wonder	wonderful	worderfully
expect	expectation	expectant	expectantly
needed	need, needy	needful	needfully
amuse	amusement	amusing	amusingly
lavished	lavishness	lavish	lavishly
believe	belief, believer	believable	believably
particularize	particular, particularity	particular	particularly
sensed	sense	sensible	sensibly
respond	response	responsive	responsively
commune	community	communal	communally
act	action, act	active	actively
brief	brevity	brief	briefly
relate	relevance	relevant	relavantly
completed	completion	complete	completely
practise	practice	practical	practically
mean	meaning	meaningful	meaningfully
express	expression	expressive	expressively
commercialize	commerce	commercial	commercially
conclude	conclusion	conclusive	conclusively
necessitate	necessity	necessary	necessarily
spirited	spirit	spiritual	spiritually
focused	focus	focal	focally
create	creation, creator	creative	creatively
visualise	vision, visionary	visual	visually
tortured	torture	torturous	torturously
warmed	warmth	warm	warmly
energies	energy	energetic	energetically
famed	fame	famous	famously
specify	specification	specific, specifiable	specifically
sympathise	sympathy	sympathetic	sympathetically
compose	composer	composed	composedly
figured	figure	figurative	figuratively
observe	observance	observable	observably
relate	relationship	relative	relatively
fascinate	fascination	fascinating	fascinatingly
engage	angagement	engaging	engagingly
entertain	entertainment	entertaining	entertainingly
clear	clarity	clear	clearly
loved	love	lovable	lovingly
think	thought	thoughtful	thoughtfully
decide	decision	decisive	decisively
appreciate	appreciation	appreciative	appreciatively
feared	fear	fearful	fearfully

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Some Important words can be changed into all the four forms.

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