Ade XI

WORD
FORMATION
SUFFIXES
Here starts the
lesson!
SOME WORDS
Forgetful edible calmness

Neighborhood statement
Government beautiful
Complication equality
Table of Contents!
What is suffix?
a letter or group of
letters added at the end
of a word which makes a derivational (the new word has a
new word new meaning, "derived" from the
A suffix can make a new word in original word): for example, teach
one of two ways: → teacher or care → careful
inflectional (grammatical): for example,
changing singular to plural (dog → dogs),
or changing present tense to past tense
(walk → walked). In this case, the basic
meaning of the word does not change.
Common Suffixes in English
1. Noun Suffixes
2. Adjective Suffixes
3. Verb suffixes
1. Noun suffixes
Suffix Meaning Examples
-acy state or quality privacy, fallacy, delicacy
-al act or process of refusal, recital, rebuttal
-ance, -ence state or quality of maintenance, eminence, assurance
-dom place or state of freedom, kingdom, boredom

being
-er, -or one who trainer, protector, narrator
-ism doctrine, belief communism, narcissism, skepticism
-ist one who chemist, narcissist, plagiarist
-ity, -ty quality of inactivity, veracity, parity, serenity
-ment condition of argument, endorsement, punishment
-ness state of being heaviness, sadness, rudeness, testiness
-sion, -tion state of being concession, transition, abbreviation

2. Adjective suffixes
-able, -ible capable of being edible, presentable, abominable,

credible
-al pertaining to regional, grammatical, emotional,
coastal
-ful notable for fanciful, resentful, woeful, doubtful
-esque reminiscent of picturesque, statuesque, burlesque
-ic, -ical pertaining to musical, mythic, domestic, chiastic

-ish having the quality fiendish, childish, snobbish
of
-ious, -ous characterized by nutritious, portentous, studious
-ive having the nature creative, punitive, divisive, decisive
of
-less without endless, ageless, lawless, effortless
-y characterized by sleazy, hasty, greasy, nerdy, smelly
3. Verb suffixes
-ate become regulate, eradicate, enunciate,

repudiate
-en become enlighten, awaken, strengthen
-ify, -fy make or become terrify, satisfy, rectify, exemplify
-ize, -ise* become civilize, humanize, socialize, valorize
Tips ● Verb noun
● Adjective noun
● Verb adjective
● Noun adjective
A suffix goes at the end of a word. A

prefix goes at the beginning.
When adds a suffix note
this!!
Suffixes:
Exam
spelling conten
t
Often, the suffix causes a spelling

change to the original word. In the
table above, the -e ending of complicate
and create disappears when the -ion
suffix is added. Other examples of able, possible + -ity →
spelling changes include: ability, possibility (-
le changes to -il)
beauty, duty + -ful → beautiful,

dutiful (-y changes to i)
permit, omit + -ion→
heavy, ready + -ness → heaviness, permission,
readiness (-y changes to i) omission (-t changes
to -ss)
Exercise
about Suffix
1. We add a suffix to the _______ of a. a word.
a. start
b. middle
c. end
2. Inflectional suffixes never change the _______ of the

original word.
a. basic meaning
b. plurality
c. tense
Choose the
3. The word "accidental" is
correct answ a. inflected
e r!
b. corrected
c. derived
4. We use the suffix "-ed" to make _______ forms.

a. regular past tense
b. present participle
c. superlative
5. Which word has an inflectional suffix?
a. teachers
b. jealousy
c. imaginary
6. We often make _______ with the suffix "-ly".

a. nouns
b. adverbs
c. verbs
7. Which is a suffixed word "derived" from the word "god"?
a. Gods
b. Goddess
c. demigod
8. We can add the suffix _______ to the word "brother" to mean "like a brother".
a. -ize
b. -ate
c. -ly
9. We often use the suffix _______ to convert a verb into the person performing the action of the verb.
a. -en
b. -er
c. -tion
1. Your party was the most (success) ________ party I had
Practical Uses ever been to.

2. The doctor said that her (ill) ________ was a result of
of This Subject overwork.

3. There were so many (rain) _______ days that we spent a lot
of time watching T.V
4. My children have all received a (music) _________
education.
5. Ingrid spent her (child) ________ in Sweden.
6. None of my (employ) _______ went on strike because they
are satisfied with their working conditions.
7. Why did you look at me so (suspicious) ________?
8. Carol's parents were very upset by your
(refuse) __________.
9. They wouldn't like to live in a noisy (neighbour)
Add a suffix
to ___________
build the 10. We understand your (excite) _______________ , it's a very
correct new good news.
word. 11. Don't you hate his (child) ________ reactions ?
12. Before going to sleep, give him a (spoon) ________ of that
syrup.
Complete the table below
Verb Noun Adjective Adverb
forget ……. …….. …….
…….. ……. …….. lovely
…….. moisture …….. ……..
…….. …….. massive ……..
admire …….. …….. ……..
…….. …….. memorable ……..
please …….. …….. ……..
…….. …….. …….. creatively

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WORD

Forgetful edible calmness

-acy state or quality privacy, fallacy, delicacy

-al act or process of refusal, recital, rebuttal

-ance, -ence state or quality of maintenance, eminence, assurance

-dom place or state of freedom, kingdom, boredom

-ism doctrine, belief communism, narcissism, skepticism

-ist one who chemist, narcissist, plagiarist

-ity, -ty quality of inactivity, veracity, parity, serenity

-ment condition of argument, endorsement, punishment

-ness state of being heaviness, sadness, rudeness, testiness

-sion, -tion state of being concession, transition, abbreviation

-able, -ible capable of being edible, presentable, abominable,

-ic, -ical pertaining to musical, mythic, domestic, chiastic

Suffix Meaning Examples

-ate become regulate, eradicate, enunciate,

A suffix goes at the end of a word. A

Often, the suffix causes a spelling

beauty, duty + -ful → beautiful,

2. Inflectional suffixes never change the _______ of the

4. We use the suffix "-ed" to make _______ forms.

6. We often make _______ with the suffix "-ly".

Practical Uses ever been to.

of This Subject overwork.

Verb Noun Adjective Adverb

forget ……. …….. …….

…….. ……. …….. lovely

…….. moisture …….. ……..

…….. …….. massive ……..

admire …….. …….. ……..

…….. …….. memorable ……..

please …….. …….. ……..

…….. …….. …….. creatively

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