Noun Suffix

5.4 Noun Suffixes

by Alicia Hendrie

​What is noun?

​a word used to identify any class of people, places, or things (common noun), or to name a particular one of these (proper noun).

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​Examples: tree, cat, Central Plaza, pencil, T. Alicia

​What is a suffix?

A suffix is a letter or group of letters, for example '-ly' or '-ness', which is added to the end of a word in order to form a different word.

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Examples: -ation, -fy, -ing, -itis.

​What is a root word?

​A root word has no prefix or suffix — it's the most basic part of a word.

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​Example: teach

​teacher

​teaching

​teachable

​reteach

​overteach

Fill in the Blank

What is the root word in the following occupation:

Photographer

Fill in the Blank

Add a suffix to change this noun into somebody whose job is to report on the news:

Journal___

​Using context clues

​Context clues are hints that can help define a difficult or unusual word.

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For example: Otolaryngologist​

• ​Oto: ear

• ​laryng (larynx): voice-box

• ​ologist: people who are concerned with a particular science

Multiple Choice

Match the occupation to the correct definition:

Technician

• Somebody who teaches at a univesity

• Somebody who teaches you to do a particular skill

• Somebody with technical training who works with special equipment or machines

• Somebody who pays someone to work for them

Multiple Choice

Match the definition to the correct occupation:

Somebody who is training for a job

• employer

• employee

• employs

• employed

​Commonly used suffixes to form occupations

Often, names of jobs and professions are compound nouns, and some of them may have variants of spelling.

• -er

• -or

• -ian

• -ist

• -an

• -ent​

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Open Ended

Give me one example of an occupation that ends in -ian