Suffixes Part of Speech

True or False

Suffixes enable root words to change in different ways in order to form different classes of word.

• True

• False

Part of speech of suffix -ious

• adjective

• adverb

• verb

Part of speech of suffix -ed

• past tense verb

• present tense verb

• gerund

Part of speech for suffix -ly

• adverb

• verb

• noun

Part of speech of suffix -ty

• noun

• adjective

• verb

Part of speech of suffix --ance / -ence

• noun

• verb

• adjective

Part of speech of suffix -ship

• noun

• verb

• adverb

_____ is a word part with a specific meaning at the end of a word.

• prefix

• root word

• suffix

True or False: Suffixes enable root words to change in different ways in order to form different classes of word.

• True

• False

Part of speech of suffix -ious

• adjective

• adverb

• verb