Suffixes
Suffixes are small groups of letters which can be See also:
added to the end of many words to give them Types of verbs 49
Singular and plural nouns 69 Adjectives 92
different meanings.
SUFFIXES
Suffixes attach to the end of a word to change its meaning. Suffixes
usually give the same change in meaning to each word they attach to.
= possible to be
= full of
= someone who
= without
FURTHER EXAMPLES
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USING SUFFIXES
Some words can take more
than one kind of suffix to
give different meanings.
COMMON SUFFIXES
SUFFIX MEANING SAMPLE SENTENCE
able to be
having characteristics of
state of
become
place or state of being
become
person who performs an action
full of
having characteristics of
an action, state, or system
someone who plays or does
quality of
make
without
condition of, act of
state of
having qualities of
state of being or act of
characterized by
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SUFFIXES CHANGING WORD CLASS
Certain suffixes are only used for specific types of words. The suffix
of a word can sometimes show what part of speech the word is.
ADJECTIVES
NOUNS
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SUFFIX SPELLING RULES
If the suffix starts with a vowel, and the root
ends with a stressed final syllable ending
consonant-vowel-consonant, the last letter of
the root is doubled before adding the suffix.
VERBS
If the suffix starts with a vowel and the root
ends with an “-e,” the final “-e” is dropped
from the root before adding the suffix.
Roots ending “-ge” or “-ce” are an exception.
Root ends with “-ge.”
The “e” stays
in the word.
If the root ends consonant plus “-y,” the “y”
changes to an “i” before any suffix is added.
The exception is “-ing.”
“-y” doesn’t change
before “-ing.”
If the root ends vowel plus “-y,”
the final “-y” does not change. Root ends vowel
plus “-y.”
The “-y” does not
change to an “i.”
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Suffixes
Suffixes are small groups of letters
which can be added to the end of many
words to give them different meanings.
MATCH THE BEGINNINGS OF THE SENTENCES TO
THE CORRECT ENDINGS
WRITE THE SUFFIXES FROM THE PANEL IN THE CORRECT GROUPS
ADJECTIVES VERBS NOUNS
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CROSS OUT THE INCORRECT WORDS IN EACH SENTENCE
REWRITE THE SENTENCES, PUTTING THE WORDS IN THE
CORRECT ORDER
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