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Suffixes

Suffixes. Definition of suffixes:. A suffix is a letter or a group of letters added to the end of a word or root to change its meaning or change it into a different word group ( e.g. from verb to noun, etc..) teach (verb)+ er (suffix)= teacher (noun). Common noun suffixes:.

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Suffixes

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  1. Suffixes

  2. Definition of suffixes: • A suffix is a letter or a group of letters added to the end of a word or root to change its meaning or change it into a different word group ( e.g. from verb to noun, etc..) • teach (verb)+ er(suffix)= teacher (noun)

  3. Common noun suffixes: • -er ( writer, painter, worker , shopper ,teacher) • -or ( actor , operator , sailor , supervisor) • Both can be used for things which do a particular job: (pencil-sharpener , bottle opener , grater , projector) • -er and –ee: (employer-employee , sender-addressee, payee (of a cheque )

  4. -tion / -sion / -ion: (complication , pollution , reduction , alteration , donation , promotion , admission) • -ist/ -ism: ( Buddhism , journalism , Marxist , typist , physicist , terrorist) ( pianist , violinist , cellist ) • -ness: (goodness , readiness , forgetfulness , happiness , sadness , weakness) Happy + ness = happiness

  5. Adjective suffixes: -they change verbs into adjectives. • -able / -ible: (drinkable, washable , readable , forgivable , edible , flexible)

  6. Verbs suffixes: • They change adjectives into verbs. • -ise or –ize: ( modernise , commercialise , industrlise )

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