Suffixes Ance and Ence

Suffixes ~age ~able ~ence ~ance

Multiple Select

What words are derived (made from) the word different?

• differ

• difference

• differs

• differing

• indifferent

There are many other words like different that also end in ~ent and change to ~ence

• absent, confident, evident, present, excellent, intelligent

• absence, confidence, evidence, presence, excellence, intelligence

There are also words that have the same sound as the ent/ence words, and behave the same way, but these words end in ~ant and change to ~ance

• important, brilliant, distant, assistant, ignorant, elegant

• importance, brilliance, distance, assistance, ignorance, elegance

What do you do when adding these suffixes to a base word?

When adding the suffixes age, able, ence, ance to a word ending in a vowel, you drop the final vowel before adding the suffix. If the word doesn't end in a vowel, we simply add on the suffix.

Multiple Choice

If you added the suffix ~age to the word store, what would the correct spelling be?

• storage

• storeage

Multiple Choice

If you added the suffix ~age to the word carry, what would the correct spelling be? (Don't forget what happens when you have a word that ends in a consonant +y!)

• carryage

• carriage

• carrage

Multiple Choice

If you added the suffix ~able to the word renew, what would the correct spelling be?

• reneable

• renewable

Multiple Choice

If you added the suffix ~able to the word size, what would the correct spelling be?

• sizable

• sizeable

Multiple Choice

If you added the suffix ~ance or ~ence to the following word, what would the correct spelling be? annoy

• annoyence

• annoyance

Multiple Choice

If you added the suffix ~ance or ~ence to the following word, what would the correct spelling be? correspond

• correspondance

• correspondence

Multiple Choice

If you added the suffix ~ance or ~ence to the following word, what would the correct spelling be? defy

• defiance

• defience