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B1IntermediateTopic: Word formation and collocations

Word endings like -tion, -ness and -ful

Nouns and adjectives made from a word you already know by adding an ending: -er, -or, -tion, -ment, -ness, -ful, -less and -able. The definitions give only the meaning, so you remember the whole word and its ending.

20 cardsby Grove EnglishAdded 19 Oct 2026

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  1. owner

    the person something belongs to: The owner of the café lives upstairs

    владелец

  2. visitor

    a person who comes to see a place or a person for a short time: Visitors to the hospital must leave by eight o'clock

    посетитель

  3. organiser (American: organizer)

    a person who plans an event and makes sure that everything is ready for it: The organisers had to stop the concert because of the rain

    организатор

  4. invitation

    a letter, a card or a message that asks you to come to a party or another event: We got an invitation to their wedding

    приглашение

  5. explanation

    what someone says or writes to make a thing clear and easy to understand: Her explanation was much clearer than the one in the book

    объяснение

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    • improvement
    • payment
    • argument
    • happiness
    • illness
    • kindness
    • weakness
    • careful
    • careless
    • helpful
    • painful
    • homeless
    • enjoyable
    • affordable
    • suitable

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