名词在句中多用来作主语、宾语、表语和定语。在英语应用能力考试中，要求考生根据题意把括号里所给的词变成名词，所填词多出现在句尾或句首：
1 .所填词的特征
① 前有物主代词如my , his，their, our, your, its等;
② 前有冠词如a, an, the;
③ 前有形容词如large，clever，foolish等;
④ 前有冠词+形容词如that ancient，the clever等;
⑤ 前有不定代词many, much, a few ，a little，several等。
2 .所填词多为抽象名词或表示人的名词。如decision，illness，protection等。
常见名词后缀：
1 .表示人的名词后缀
① –al crime criminal
② –an Canada Canadian
Europe European
history historian
③ –ant account accountant
④ –ar/er/or beg beggar
lie liar
operate operator
act actor
village villager
educate educator
law lawyer
⑤–ee employ employee
⑥–ist art artist
chemistry chemist
science scientist
tour tourist
2.抽象名词后缀
①–ance/ence exist existence
dependent dependence
confident confidence
different difference
important importance
distant distance
intelligent intelligence
appear appearance
②–th deep depth
true truth
warm warmth
wide width
dead death
long length
strong strength
grow growth
③–ment move movement
develop development
arrange arrangement
equip equipment
judge judgment
④–tion/ation/ion pollute pollution
discuss discussion
organize organization
educate education
inform information
invent invention
invite invitation
protect protection
predict prediction
decide decision
⑤–ing find findings
build building
paint painting
⑥–ness ill illness
careful carefulness
kind kindness
weak weakness
helpless helplessness
⑦–age short shortage
⑧–ty certain certainty
⑨–al arrive arrival
propose proposal
withdraw withdrawal
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