This document contains information about forming nouns from adjectives using the suffix "-ity". It provides examples of common adjectives ending in E, IVE, AL, ARY, IC, OUS and BLE and their noun forms with "-ity". These nouns are taught in a Grammar V class at the Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo in Ecuador. The document includes a short test for students to practice identifying adjective-noun pairs.

1. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CHIMBORAZO
FACULTA DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN HUMANAS Y
TECNOLOGÍAS
LANGUAGES SCHOOL
FIFTH SEMESTER
GRAMMAR V
TOPIC:
ITY ADJECTIVES TRANSFORM TO NOUNS
PROFESSOR:
MSG. MAGDALENA ULLAURI
STUDENTS:
JENNIFER FLORES
DIANA MENDOZA
MARZO - AGOSTO 2015

2. ITY
An adjective + the suffixe ity makes a noun:
Active (adjective) + ity = activity (noun)
Invisible (adjective) +bility = invisivility (noun)
Her we have nouns using the suffix ity. Note the changes in the spelling
ADJECTIVES ENDING IN E
ADJECTIVE NOUN
COOPERATIVE cooperativity
CREATIVE creativity
ENTIRE entirety
JUVENILE juvenility
MUNDANE mundanity.
ADj ENDING IN “ive”
ADJECTIVE NOUN
AGGRESSIVE aggressivity
ATTENTIVE attentivity
ATTRACTIVE attractivity
COOPERATIVE cooperativity
DESCRIPTIVE descriptivity
ADj ENDING IN “nal”
ADJECTIVE NOUN
EMOTIONAL emotionality
FUNTIONAL funtionality
INTENTIONAL intentionality
INTERNAL internality
NOCTURNAL nocturnality
ADj ENDING IN “al”
ADJECTIVE NOUN
FUNTIONAL funtionality
EMOTIONAL emotionality
PERSONAL personality

3. IMPARTIAL impartiality
MONUMENTAL monumentality
ADj ENDING IN “ary”
ADJECTIVE NOUN
LITERARY literarity
ELEMENTARY elementarity
ARBITRARY arbitrarity
VOLUNTARY voluntarity
COMPLEMENTARY complementarity
ADj ENDING IN “IC”
ADJECTIVE NOUN
ATOMIC atomicity
ARTISTIC artisticity
PUBLIC publicity
ADj ENDING IN “OUS”
ADJECTIVE NOUN
ANONIMOUS anonymity
GENEROUS generousity
ADj ENDING IN “BLE”
ADJECTIVE NOUN
INVISIBLE invisibility
INCREDIBLE incredibility
RESPONSIBLE responsibility
FLEXIBLE flexibility
ILLEGIBLE illegibility

4. BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://www.shertonenglish.com/resources/es/adjectives/adjectives-ic.php
http://www.shertonenglish.com/resources/es/adjectives/adjectives-ary.php

5. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CHIMBORAZO
FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN HUMANAS Y
TECNOLOGÍAS
LANGUAGES SCHOOL
FIFTH SEMESTER
GRAMMAR V
STUDENT´S NAME: ______________________________________________
DATE: __________________________________________________________
TIME: ___10minutes_____________________________________________
TEST
OBJECTIVE: identify the use of different ADJECTIVES AS A NOUN
INSTRUCTIONS:
A. Write the correct noun to the following adjectives
COOPERATIVE___________________
ENTIRE___________________
MUNDANE___________________
JUVENILE___________________
AGGRESSIVE____________________
ATTRACTIVE______________________
EMOTIONAL______________________
NOCTURNAL___________________
ELEMENTARY____________________
VOLUNTARY ___________________
SIGNATURE