Learning word families helps you use one root word in multiple grammatical contexts. Here are 20 essential word families.
| Noun | Verb | Adjective | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|
| beauty | beautify | beautiful | beautifully |
| creation | create | creative | creatively |
| decision | decide | decisive | decisively |
| difference | differ | different | differently |
| education | educate | educational | educationally |
| excitement | excite | exciting/excited | excitingly |
| happiness | happen (unrelated) | happy | happily |
| importance | import (different) | important | importantly |
| information | inform | informative | informatively |
| introduction | introduce | introductory | introductorily |
| movement | move | movable | movably |
| prediction | predict | predictable | predictably |
| preparation | prepare | prepared | preparedly |
| protection | protect | protective | protectively |
| sadness | sadden | sad | sadly |
| strength | strengthen | strong | strongly |
| success | succeed | successful | successfully |
| understanding | understand | understanding | understandingly |
| weakness | weaken | weak | weakly |
| willingness | will (verb) | willing | willingly |