Suffixes -ian, -ist, -ism

Suffixes -ian, -ist, -ism

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A word part that goes at the end of a word and changes the word's meaning.

• prefix
• suffix

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What does the suffix -ian mean?

• "one who" or related to

• A person who practices or is concerned with something

• action or behavior characteristic of a (specified) person or thing

-ian means "one who" related to, or like

• technician

• librarian

• beautician

• musician

• magician

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Someone who guards you and takes care of you is known as a...

• guardion

• guardian

• guarded

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Someone who works at a clinic is know as a...

• clinicion

• clinician

• cliniccian

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If I attach this suffix to a word, it turns it into a person that does something.

• ian

• ion

• ed

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What is a physician?

• A heart surgeon
• A medical doctor
• A therapist
• An x-ray technician

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A person who plays music is known as a ...

• musicion

• musician

• mussician

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The suffix -ist means:

• act/belief/practice of

• one who does a specific action.

• science of/study of

• bad or wrong.

The suffix -ist means - one who does a specific action

• biologist

• dentist

• florist

• tourist

• violinist

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What is a pianist?

• A musician who sings and plays an instrument.
• A conductor who orchestrates piano players.
• A performer who acts and sings.
• An entertainer who plays the piano.

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What is colonist?

• A person who lives in a colony; a person who helps to create a colony or settles down in one.
• A person who has lived in one place forever.
• A person who visits other countries often.
• A person who moves to another state.

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The ______________ works long hours at two laboratories in the Denver area.

• mythology

• chemist

• tourist

• geology

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You could tell that family were ______________ because of the clothes they wore and how often they pulled out their maps.

• patriotism

• tourists

• optimism

• chemists

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What does "ism" mean?
ex: patriotism

• to cause to be
• act/ belief/ practice of
• one having a certain skill
• one who does a specific action

The siffix -ism means - act/ belief/ practice of

• realism

• Buddhism

• racism

• plagiarism

• criticism

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The suffixes -ism, and -ist, transform root words into _______________.

• verbs

• conjunctions

• nouns

• pronouns

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Despite the forecast's call for sleet, Henry displayed a high level of __________________, as he just knew the football game would take place as scheduled.

• optimism

• chemist

• patriotism

• geology

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The crowd of citizens showed a strong sense of __________________ as they celebrated a national holiday.

• patriotism

• geology

• optimism

• tourist

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A word part that goes at the end of a word and changes the word's meaning.

• prefix
• suffix

Spelling

You can use your knowledge of suffixes to help with your spelling

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• comidian

• comedien

• komedian

• comedian

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• hiroism

• heroesm

• heroism

• heroizm

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• touhrism

• touresm

• turism

• tourism

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• optimisme

• optemism

• optimism

• optimizm

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• criticism

• kriticism

• criticizm

• criticisme

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• musecian

• mulisician

• musician

• musiciaen

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• civiliaen

• civilian

• civiliane

• civilain

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• balloonist

• balonist

• ballooniste

• balloonest

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• pianest

• pianiste

• pianist

• painist

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• favoritism

• faevortitism

• favoreitism

• favoritizm