Suffix

Suffixes

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What are Suffixes?

• They are letters or numbers that could be added to the last of the root word.

• They are letters or numbers that could be added to the beginning of the root word.

Suffix (N.): -tion, -sion, -ness, -ment, -ty, -ry, -anc(s)e, -enc(s)e, -dom, -hood, -ship, -tude, -ism, -cracy, -logy, -er, -ian, -ist, -

ess, -ar, -ee, -or, -ure

Suffix (V.):, -en, -ate, -iz(s)e, -ify, -sign, -ceive, -port, -pose, -prove, -fuse, -fer, -sist, -mit, -pect, -press

Suffix (Adj.): -al, -ous, -able, -ible, -ant, -ent, -ing, -ed, -ful, -less, -ic, -ive, -y

Suffix (Adv.): -ly, -ward(s), -wise

***Exception***:

- ค าบางค า ที่เป็นค านาม สามารถลงท้ายด้วย –al ได้ คือ arrival, appraisal, proposal, disapproval, refusal, denial, removal, withdrawal, survival, funeral, betrayal, trial

- ค าส่วนมากที่ลงท้ายด้วย –ly มักเป็น adv. แต่บางค าท าหน้าที่เป็น adj. เช่น costly, friendly, ugly, lovely, lonely, lowly, elderly, lively และบางค าก็สามารถ เป็นได้ทั้ง adv. และ adj. เช่น deadly, likely, early, daily, weekly,

monthly, yearly, kindly

- Fast เป็นได้ทั้ง adv. และ adj. (fastly ไม่มีในภาษาอังกฤษ หากเคยเห็นแปลว่ามีการใช้ผิด)

- Hard เป็นได้ทั้ง adv. และ adj. ความหมายต่างกัน คือ หนัก และอย่างหนัก ส่วน hardly มีใน

ภาษาอังกฤษ มีความหมายอีกอย่างหนึ่งไปเลยคือ แทบจะไม่

- ค าบางค า ที่ลงท้ายด้วย –ate แต่เป็น adj. ได้แก่ delicate, inadequate, considerate

The suffix -ist makes a word mean a "person who."
Example is a scientist being a person who is in science.

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A person who travels the wold is a?

• travel

• tourer

• tourist

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A person who studies animals is a?

• animalist

• zoologist

• botanist

The suffix -ive means the quality of.

An example is defective which means the quality is not good because it has a defect.

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Intense + ive =

• intenseive

• intensive

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defense + ive =

• defensive

• defenseive

The suffix -ness means likely to. AN example of this would be friendly + ness = friendliness. Friendliness means likely to be friendly.

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Likely to forgive is?

• forgiveness

• forgivness

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The coolness of the air forced me to put on a jacket. Coolness means?

• a person who is cool

• likely to be cool

• quality of cool

-able and -ible

can be, able to or fit to

Suffix -able

value - valuable

avail - available

desire - desirable

move - movable

Root word with -able

do - doable

depend - dependable

understand - understandable

enjoy - enjoyable

comfort - comfortable

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avail -

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value -

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depend -

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enjoy -

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do -

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manage -

Suffix -ible

flex - flexible

reduce - reducible

destruct - destructible

corrupt - corruptible

COMMON WORDS with -ible

terrible

legible

horrible

sensible

edible

responsible

incredible

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flex -

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corrupt -

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destruct -

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flex -

• The suffix -ous means full of or having.

• Words that have the suffix -ous are usually ADJECTIVES

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​Suffix -OUS

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What does the word dangerous mean?

• more danger

• the most danger

• full of danger

• without danger

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What does the word famous mean?

• without fame

• the most famous

• more than one famous person

• full of fame

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What is joyous?

• without joy

• joy again

• full of joy

• before joy

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I get ______________________ in front of a crowd.

• curious

• nervous

• glorious

• fabulous

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The fireman was so ______________________ running back into the burning building.

• enormous

• jealous

• courageous

• tremendous

What does adding -ation to the end of a word do?

• It changes verbs into nouns

• It alters the meaning to add "the condition or the process of"

• It will appear in a different part of the sentence.

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List as many words as you can that end with -ation:

a few examples to get you started: graduation, evacuation, location...

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What is the root verb in the word realization?

• real

• liz

• realize

• really

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Learning prefix and suffix meanings helps readers do what?

• understand the title of a book

• understand the meaning of words

• complete their homework quickly

• improve their reading comprehension skills

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What does the word beautiful mean?

• wrongly beautiful

• beautiful before

• beautiful again

• full of beauty

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In the word lonely, the ly means ...?

• in a certain way

• full of

• against

• to do again

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The suffix or ending less, as in the word cashless, means...?

• full of

• before

• without

• in a certain way

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What do we call an ending we add to a word?

• prefix

• suffix

• baseword

• root

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The prefix anti,as in the word antihero, means ...?

• before

• repeat, or do again

• with or together

• against or the opposite of

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What is the meaning of the word misbehave?

• behave after something

• behave before others

• behave wrongly

• behave correctly