Suffiz -ise -ize

The suffix -ise (and its forms -ised, -ize, -ized) is added to

• adjectives

• adverbs

• nouns

• verbs

Answer explanation

Remember: not every adjective or noun can take the suffix -ise! There is sometimes a "personality clash"

The suffix -ise (and its forms -ised, -ize, -ized) are added to adjectives and nouns to make:

• adverbs

• compound nouns

• verbs

What does the suffix -ise mean?

• it means without (the thing mentioned). Example: without a shirt

• it means the result of a process

• it means to cause; to produce the effect of a thing or quality

Answer explanation

-ise comes to show that the verb produces the effect of the noun or adjective it derives from.

Please change the nouns into verbs by adding the suffix -ise / -ize:

APOLOGY

Answer explanation

to tell someone that you are sorry for having done something that has caused problems or unhappiness for them.

Please change the nouns into verbs by adding the suffix -ise / -ize:

COMMERCIAL

Answer explanation

to make a product or service available for sale; to develop or organize something in order to make as much money as possible.

Please change the nouns into verbs by adding the suffix -ise / -ize:

VISUAL

Answer explanation

to imagine or remember someone or something by forming a picture in your mind.

Please change the nouns into verbs by adding the suffix -ise / -ize:

STANDARDS

Answer explanation

a process to make things of the same type have the same basic features.

Please change the nouns into verbs by adding the suffix -ise / -ize:

SOCIAL

Answer explanation

to spend time when you are not working with friends or with other people in order to enjoy yourself.

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REAL

Answer explanation

To become fully aware of a fact; understand clearly.

Please change the nouns into verbs by adding the suffix -ise / -ize:

IMMUNE

Answer explanation

to protect a person or animal against a disease by putting a substance into the body to make it produce antibodies.