SUFFIXES

She sang softly hoping that the baby would fall asleep.

He was known throughout the community for his kindness and generosity.

We have so much to be thankful for.

He got an A in Biology class.

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What do you think are the meaning of the underlined words?◦softly ◦hoping◦kindness◦generosity◦thankful◦Biology

What do you think are the root words of the following words?

A suffix is a letter or a group of letters attached to the end of a word to form a new word or to alter the grammatical function of the original word.

For example, the verb read can be made into the noun reader by adding the suffix -er; read can be made into the adjective readable by adding the suffix -able.

What is a suffix?

Noun Suffixes

Suffix Meaning Root Word Example-al act or process

ofrefuse + al = Refusal

-er, -or one who Train + er =Protect + or=

trainer, protector

-ism the belief of Community communism-ist one who Chem chemist

-ity, -ty quality of Vera veracity-ness state of being Heavy heaviness-ship position held Fellow fellowship

-sion, -tion state of being Concesstransit

concession, transition

Verb SuffixesSUFFIX MEANING EXAMPLE

-ate become eradicate

-en become enlighten

-ify, -fy make or become terrify

-ize, -ise become civilize

Adjective Suffixes

SUFFIX MEANING EXAMPLE-able, -ible can be done edible,

presentable-al pertaining to regional-ful full of fanciful

-ic, -ical pertaining to musical, mythic-ious, -ous characterized by nutritious,

portentous-ive having the

nature ofcreative

-less without endless-ly kind of brotherly,

motherly