GRAMMAR - Using Suffixes
Like prefixes, suffixes are added to roots to create new words. In this lesson, you will learn the origins of suffixes and how to understand and identify them.
A SUFFIX IS similar to a prefix, except that it is added to the end of a word to form a new one, instead of the beginning. There are other differences as well. For example, unlike prefixes, more than one suffix can be added to a word. If you look at the word beautifully, for instance, you can see that two suffixes, -ful and -ly, have been added to beauty to create the new word.
Technically, suffixes include plural endings and conjugation endings. A part of speech is how a word is used rather than what a word is: for example, a word might be used as a noun in one sentence but as a verb in another.
Some words change when certain suffixes are added to them. For instance, many words ending in a silent e will drop the -e before adding -ed and -ing, as in the word love. Love becomes loved and loving. Many of those words, however, do not make any change when adding -ing. For example, supply becomes supplied and supplying. Words that end in a vowel and -y, on the other hand, add both -ed and -ing without making any changes. The word delay, for example, becomes delayed and delaying.
Common Suffixes:
This list covers the most common suffixes, their meanings, and some examples of words using each prefix. The suffixes are categorized by their type: whether they are noun, adjective, or verb endings.
Like prefixes, suffixes are added to roots to create new words. In this lesson, you will learn the origins of suffixes and how to understand and identify them.
A SUFFIX IS similar to a prefix, except that it is added to the end of a word to form a new one, instead of the beginning. There are other differences as well. For example, unlike prefixes, more than one suffix can be added to a word. If you look at the word beautifully, for instance, you can see that two suffixes, -ful and -ly, have been added to beauty to create the new word.
Technically, suffixes include plural endings and conjugation endings. A part of speech is how a word is used rather than what a word is: for example, a word might be used as a noun in one sentence but as a verb in another.
Some words change when certain suffixes are added to them. For instance, many words ending in a silent e will drop the -e before adding -ed and -ing, as in the word love. Love becomes loved and loving. Many of those words, however, do not make any change when adding -ing. For example, supply becomes supplied and supplying. Words that end in a vowel and -y, on the other hand, add both -ed and -ing without making any changes. The word delay, for example, becomes delayed and delaying.
Common Suffixes:
This list covers the most common suffixes, their meanings, and some examples of words using each prefix. The suffixes are categorized by their type: whether they are noun, adjective, or verb endings.
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