AFFIXES: Suffixes and Prefix
Suffixes for verbs
-able
To form adjectives from verbs.
To drink / drinkable
To reason / reasonable
-ance
change the final e of the verb for a
To insure / insurance
To guide / guidance
er
The person who performs the action is added to the verbs for design
To speak / speaker
To teach / teacher
-ee designates the person who receives the action indicated by the original verb.
To employ / employee
-ment
Convert verbs into nouns
To enlarge / enlargement
To move / movement
Prefixes and Suffixes
Prefixes and suffixes are grammatical “affixes” (prefixes come
before the root word, and suffixes come after).
In very simplistic terms, prefixes change the meaning of words,
and suffixes change their form (including plural, tense,
comparative, and part of speech).
suffixes for adjective
It is added to adjectives or nouns to form adverbs
-ness
With this suffix we can transform an adjective into a noun. If the adjective ends in -y, it is changed to a -i
-ness
happiness, kindness, usefulness
-ess / -ine
change the gender of a noun from masculine to feminine
Waiter / waitress
Actor / actress
-ful
This suffix has a meaning of "abundance of something" and can be added to nouns to form nouns or adjectives
Flavour / flavourful
Wonder / wonderful
-ship
A suffix to form abstract nouns from other nouns
Dictator / dictatorship
Citizen / citizenship
-Y
suffix that indicates abundance and that can be added to the end of a noun to form adjectives
Hair / hairy
Rain / rainy
An additional element placed at the beginning or end of a root, stem, or word, or in the body of a word, to modify its meaning
A suffix is a letter or group of letters added at the end of a word which makes a new word
A prefix is a letter or group of letters, for example 'un-' or 'multi-', which is added to the beginning of a word in order to form a different word. For example, the prefix 'un-' is added to 'happy' to form 'unhappy
Common suffixes
-age
baggage, village, postage
-al
arrival, burial, deferral
-ance/-ence
reliance, defence, insistence
-dom
boredom, freedom, kingdom
er/-or
driver, writer, director
-hood
brotherhood, childhood, neighbourhood
-ism
capitalism, Marxism, socialism (philosophies)
-ist
capitalist, Marxist, socialist
-ity/-ty
brutality, equality, cruelty
-ment
amazement, disappointment, parliament
ry
entry, ministry, robbery
-ship
friendship, membership, workmanship
-sion/-tion/-xion
expression, population, complexion
Prefixes, Suffixes and Roots
A prefix is a group of letters attached to the beginning of a word to partly demonstrate its definition.
A root word is a base or stem of a word that conveys meaning.