Noun suffixes

 A suffix is a letter or group of letters added at the end of a word which makes a new word.

words
suffix
new words
forget, use
-ful
forgetful, useful
state, govern
-ment
statement, government
complicate, create
-ion
complication, creation
The new word is most often a different word class from the original word. In the table above, the suffix -ful has changed verbs to adjectives, -ment, and -ion have changed verbs to nouns. If you see a word ending in -ment, for example, it is likely to be a noun (e.g. commitment, contentment).

Suffixes: spelling

Often, the suffix causes a spelling change to the original word. In the table above, the -e ending of complicate and create disappears when the -ion suffix is added. Other examples of spelling changes include:
  1. beautyduty + -ful → beautiful, dutiful (-y changes to i)
  2. heavyready + -ness → heaviness, readiness (-y changes to i)
  3. able, possible + -ity → abilitypossibility (-le changes to il)
  4. permitomit + -ion → permission, omission (-t changes to ss)   
              →For example, the following video gives some examples of noun suffixes:



→The following video is very interesting and it's got a great deal of examples:

Here's a link with a site with lots of examples and exercises:




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