Suffixes

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Muadzah
Indah Pusvita
Nur Mutiya
Nurul Dwi Lestari
 Suffix
A suffix is a letter or group of
letters added at the end of a
word which makes a new word.
words suffix new words

forget, use -ful forgetful, useful

state, govern -ment statement,

government

complicate, create -ion complication,

creation

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 Suffixes:
spelling
beauty, duty + -ful → beautiful,
dutiful (-y changes to i)
heavy, ready + -ness →
heaviness, readiness (-y changes
to i)
able, possible + -ity → ability,
possibility (-le changes to il)
permit, omit + -ion → permission,
3 omission (-t changes to ss)
 -ist capitalist, Marxist, socialist

Noun
(followers of philosophies)
-ity/-ty brutality, equality, cruelty
-ment amazement, disappointment,

suffixes
suffix
age
examples of nouns
baggage, village, postage -ness
parliament
happiness, kindness,
usefulness
-al arrival, burial, deferral
-ry entry, ministry, robbery
-ance/-ence reliance, defence, insistence
-ship friendship, membership,
-dom boredom, freedom, kingdom workmanship
-ee employee, payee, trainee -sion/-tion/- expression, population,
-er/-or driver, writer, director xion complexion

-hood brotherhood, childhood,

neighbourhood
-ism capitalism, Marxism, socialism
(philosophies)

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 suffix examples of adjectives
-able/-ible drinkable, portable, flexible
Adjective
-al brutal, formal, postal
-en broken, golden, wooden
-ese Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese
-ful forgetful, helpful, useful
-i Iraqi, Pakistani, Yemeni
-ic classic, Islamic, poetic
-ish British, childish, Spanish
-ive active, passive, productive
-ian Canadian, Malaysian, Peruvian
-less homeless, hopeless, useless
-ly daily, monthly, yearly
-ous cautious, famous, nervous
-y cloudy, rainy, windy
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 Verb Suffixes
suffix examples of verbs

-ate complicate, dominate, irritate

-en harden, soften, shorten

-ify beautify, clarify, identify

-ise/-ize economise, realise, industrialize

(-ise is most common in British English; -ize is most
common in American English)

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 Adverb Suffixes
suffix examples of adverbs

-ly calmly, easily, quickly

-ward(s) downwards, homeward(s), upwards

-wise anti-clockwise, clockwise, edgewise

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 Car ______ filled the parking
lot.
a. s

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b. ly
c. ful
d. er

The teach ______ took the

class on a field trip.
e. s
f. ly
g. ful
8 h. er
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 ⊷My mother
is a beauty
_____
woman.

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 ⊷It’s
important
to improve
the quality
of educate
_____

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 She knocked
on the door
soft _____

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 We feel a
happy child
_____

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 Walking alone
at night is
danger _____

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 Emma
Watson
looks
flaw
_____
today.

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 The
second
dog is
very
cute!
He’s
adore
_____
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 He was
known
througho
ut the
communit
y for his
kind _____

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 I am a
physic
_____
teacher.

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 They
never
disagree
or have
an argue
_____

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s!
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 Source :
dictionary.cambridge.org

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