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 eg from verb to noun etc teach verb er ID: 415444
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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)
Definition of suffixes:Slide3
-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 )
Common noun suffixes:Slide4
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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)
Happ
y
+
ness = happinessSlide5
-they change verbs into adjectives.
-able / -
ible:(drinkable, washable , readable , forgivable , edible , flexible)Adjective suffixes:Slide6
They change adjectives into verbs.-
ise
or –ize:( modernise , commercialise , industrlise )Verbs suffixes: