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Suffixes are the endings of words. Some examples include
The suffix can often show the type of word. For example, "ed" is used for past tense verbs. The following is a list of all the major suffixes for each type of word. NOUNS Here are some of the most common noun suffixes. tion/sion solution, pollution, collision, conclusion ity productivity, capacity, personality ment payment, treatment, punishment ness happiness, loneliness, laziness Often "ness" suffixes are added to adjectives that end in "y". This makes them a noun. happy -- happiness crazy -- craziness er/or/ist The people or things that do a verb can be created by adding ER, OR, or IST. ER is the most common of the three. Teach --- teacher Print --- printer doctor, operator pianist, biologist, scientist hood parenthood, fatherhood, neighbourhood ship friendship, partnership, relationship nce patience, distance, reliance dom freedom, kingdom, boredom ADJECTIVES Adjective suffixes often are used to create words that show nouns displaying the quality of something. For example, Heroic is an adjective that shows someone has the qualities of a hero. Adjectives are words that modify nouns. Therefore, they are found before nouns, or often after the verb HAVE. Here are some examples of suffixes that form adjectives: ing (describes things and their qualities) exciting, boring, interesting ed (describes feelings) excited, bored, interested ive creative, abusive, persuasive ic futuristic, heroic, public al global, final, traditional able breakable, affordable, possible y sticky, shiny, healthy ous glamorous, fabulous, glorious ful (full of) harmful, hateful, successful, beautiful less (without) pointless, endless, homeless ish selfish, foolish, childish VERBS ed Regular verbs end in "ed" in the past and past participle forms. played, jumped en broken, taken, forgotten "En" is common for past participles. gotten, written, ize symbolize, materialize, realize ate create, skate, donate ify solidify, qualify, quantify ADVERBS Most adverbs in English are created by adding LY to the adjective. You can practice and learn more with these tests on suffixes: Suffix Test # 1 Suffixes Test # 2 |
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