7th Grade - Unit 10 - Verb Suffixes

What is a suffix?

• A morpheme added at the beginning of a word to form a derivative

• A morpheme added in the middle of a word to form a derivative

• A morpheme added at the end of a word to form a derivative

suffix

examples of verbs

-ate

complicate, dominate, irritate

-en

harden, soften, shorten

-ify

beautify, clarify, identify

-ise/-ize

economise, realise, industrialize (-ise is most common in British English; -ize is most common in American English)

• Verb suffixes

• Verb suffixes

• Verb suffixes

• Verb suffixes

Choose the correct verb according to the definition

Make more visually pleasing

• Brighten

• Beautify

• Calculate

• Circulate

Become lighter

• Brighten

• Beautify

• Calculate

• Circulate

Use mathematical methods to determine.

• Brighten

• Beautify

• Calculate

• Circulate

Move freely and continuously through and area.

• Brighten

• Beautify

• Calculate

• Circulate

To establish or recognize a person or thing.

• Darken

• Harden

• Identify

• Materialize

Take shape and appear.

• Darken

• Harden

• Identify

• Materialize

Getting darker

• Darkening

• Harden

• Identify

• Materialize

Became hard

• Darkening

• Hardened

• Identify

• Materialize