words
|
suffix
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new words
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forget, use
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-ful
|
forgetful, useful
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state, govern
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-ment
|
statement, government
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complicate, create
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-ion
|
complication, creation
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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:
- beauty, duty + -ful → beautiful, dutiful (-y changes to i)
- heavy, ready + -ness → heaviness, readiness (-y changes to i)
- able, possible + -ity → ability, possibility (-le changes to il)
- permit, omit + -ion → permission, omission (-t changes to ss)→For example, the following video gives some examples of noun suffixes:
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Vocabulary building
→Here are some exercises to practise:
-ous/-y/-able/-ful
-our/-ment/-ion/-ity/-ce/-ship/-ing
→Here are some exercises to practise:
-ous/-y/-able/-ful
-our/-ment/-ion/-ity/-ce/-ship/-ing
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