Most Common Suffixes

-able, -ible

• can be done

• having characteristics of

• past-tense verbs

• made of

-al, -ial

• having characteristics of

• past-tense verbs

• made of

• comparative

-ed

• made of

• comparative

• past-tense verbs

• one who

-en

• verb form. present participle

• characteristic of

• made of

• without

-er

• comparative

• without

• more than one

• action or process

-er

• one who

• full of

• without

• possessing the qualities of

-est

• without

• characteristic of

• more than one

• comparative (superlative)

-ful

• state of

• more than one

• full of

• without

-ic

• having characteristics of

• without

• action or process

• made of

-ing

• without

• state of, condition of

• verb form/present participle

• more than one