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Common Suffixes and Examples

The document outlines common suffixes used to form nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs in English. It provides examples for suffixes such as -age, -al, -ance, -dom, -ee, -er, -hood, -ism, -ity, -ment, -ness, -ry, and -ship for nouns; -able, -al, -en, -ese, -ful, -i, -ic, -ish, -ive, -ian, and -less for adjectives; -ate, -en, and -ify for verbs; and -ly, -ward(s), and -wise for adverbs. The document serves as a reference

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Common Suffixes and Examples

The document outlines common suffixes used to form nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs in English. It provides examples for suffixes such as -age, -al, -ance, -dom, -ee, -er, -hood, -ism, -ity, -ment, -ness, -ry, and -ship for nouns; -able, -al, -en, -ese, -ful, -i, -ic, -ish, -ive, -ian, and -less for adjectives; -ate, -en, and -ify for verbs; and -ly, -ward(s), and -wise for adverbs. The document serves as a reference

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Common suffixes and examples

Noun suffixes

SUFFIX EXAMPLES OF NOUNS YOUR


EXAMPLES

-age baggage, village, postage

-al arrival, burial, deferral

-ance/-ence reliance, defence, insistence

-dom boredom, freedom, kingdom

-ee employee, payee, trainee

-er/-or driver, writer, director

-hood brotherhood, childhood, neighbourhood

-ism capitalism, Marxism, socialism (philosophies)

capitalist, Marxist, socialist (followers of


-ist
philosophies)

-ity/-ty brutality, equality, cruelty

-ment amazement, disappointment, parliament

-ness happiness, kindness, usefulness

-ry entry, ministry, robbery

-ship friendship, membership, workmanship


SUFFIX EXAMPLES OF NOUNS YOUR
EXAMPLES

-sion/-tion/-
expression, population, complexion
xion

Adjective suffixes

YOUR
SUFFIX EXAMPLES OF ADJECTIVES
EXAMPLES

-able/-
drinkable, portable, flexible
ible

-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


YOUR
SUFFIX EXAMPLES OF ADJECTIVES
EXAMPLES

-ly daily, monthly, yearly

-ous cautious, famous, nervous

-y cloudy, rainy, windy

Verb suffixes

SUFFI YOUR
EXAMPLES OF VERBS
X EXAMPLES

-ate complicate, dominate, irritate

-en harden, soften, shorten

-ify beautify, clarify, identify

economise, realise, industrialize (-ise is most common in


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

Adverb suffixes

YOUR
suffix examples of adverbs
EXAMPLES

-ly calmly, easily, quickly

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

anti-clockwise, clockwise,
-wise
edgewise

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