Suffixes: '-ation'
English: Year 3 & 4 National Curriculum, topic 1.3.6
Suffixes - 'ation'
Suffixes are letters or words placed at the end of words which change their meaning. When you add the suffix '-ation' to the end of a verb, the verb becomes a noun. Let's look at some examples of verbs ending in 'ation'...
To inform → information
To document → documentation
To admire → admiration
To sense → sensation
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Which of these are nouns?
What do we add to the end of verbs to make them nouns?
What is the noun form of the verb inform?
What is the noun form of 'to admire'?