Suffixes

When you see this ending ​ __, __, ​ and even __ , the word is an adjective (description).

• -ous

• -ible

• -able

• -ly

• -ment

When you see the following suffixes, you know you have a noun (name/place/animal/ thing/ idea): ​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​ (d)  

• -ment

• -or

• -ty/-cy

• -ly

• -ous

When you see a word with a suffix of ​ (a)   , you know you have an adverb (describing an adjective or a verb)

• -ly
• -ment
• -able
• -or

Accede, proceed, concede, precede, succeed, exceed:

Consider the suffix -cede/-ceed, you know you're dealing with a ​ (a)   , so that means this word RECEED means ​ ​ ​ (b)  

• verb
• moving back
• noun
• adjective
• adverb
• nostalgia
• memory
• forgetful
• old

Match the following

• description of merciful (adjective)

• beneficialLY

• description of kind and charitable (adjective)

• benefactOR

• person (noun)

• benefIT

• action (verb)

• beneficiENT

• describing the action of doing in a way that is good to someone (adverb)

• benevolENT

When you see these three suffixes ​ (a)   , ​ (b)   , and ​ (c)   you know the word is an action (verb).

• -ate

• -ize/-ise

• -ent

• -ly

• -ous

Match the following

• verb

• malevolent

• adverb

• grandiloquently

• noun

• surmise

• adjective

• embroilment

What about the suffix -ive? Consider these words: punitive, exhaustive, excessive. You can surmise that words with -ive is ​ (a)  

• adjective (description of noun)
• verb (action)
• noun (animal, person, thing, idea)
• adverb (describing a verb or adjective)

Match the following

• being sneaky

• insatiably

• unable to be satisfied

• subversive

• thing that sticks out of a house

• abutment

• to remove surgically

• ablate

Reorder the following to construct a word with a PREFIX, ROOT, and SUFFIX

• D

• UN

• ATE

• VITI

Answer explanation

Prefix: UN- NOT

Root: Vitiatus =VICE (spoil)

Suffix: ATE- to do

Suffix: D - description

UNVITIATED =

Unspoiled/ Pure