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Noun formation with -ing and -tion/-ation

Learn which fixed ending each verb pairs with

  • Foreign languages important
  • Literature and philosophy important

6 minutes

The academic content is in Arabic, as at the BAC and as in the app.

What the syllabus expects from you

  • Forming nouns from verbs with -ing and -tion/-ation

The method

  1. Identify the verb root, then test which suffix (-ing vs -tion/-ation) the sentence needs

The common mistakes

  • Wrong suffix choice between -ing and -tion/-ation for the same verb family

From the lesson

Look closely at these two sentences. Both nouns come from a verb you already know, yet they end differently.

The vocabulary

  • education (تربية/تعليم)
  • assessment (تقييم)

What is not on the syllabus

  • Present passive voice, sequencing devices (previous concepts)

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