14 Nov 2012

USING SUFFIXES


Hi, here you are some tables with different suffixes added to words in order to create new words changing many times their morphological category, for example from a verb to an adjective,  from an adjective to a noun, or from a noun to another noun or to an abstract noun.  Of course, you can add many other words.

Word -able Word -al Word -ical
accept acceptable  region regional  biology biological
rely reliable  nation national  history historical
admire admirable  accident accidental  geography geographical
 comfort comfortable  education educational  philosophy philosophical
 enjoy enjoyable  emotion emotional
fashion fashionable tradition traditional
prefer preferable

 Word -ish Word -y Word  -er Word -or
child childish draught draughty  employ employer invent inventor
white whitish fog foggy  photograph photographer collect collector
fool foolish blood bloody  read reader direct director
old oldish cloud cloudy  drive driver  edit editor
small smallish dirt dirty  paint painter  inspect inspector
tall tallish noise noisy  report reporter  visit visitor
brown brownish sleep sleepy  speak speaker  act actor

Word - ant Word -ent Word -ist
participate participant reside resident biology biologist
serve servant study student motor motorist
account accountant correspond correspondent art artist
assist assistant guitar guitarist
novel novelist
piano pianist
science scientist

Word -ness Word -ance Word -ence
kind kindness arrogant arrogance violent violence
friend friendliness relevant relevance confident confidence
shy shyness brilliant brilliance different difference
aware awareness important importance absent absence
careless carelessness significant significance present presence
happy happiness patient patience
lonely loneliness

   
Word -ity Word -cy
able ability  accurate  accuracy
curious curiosity  frequent frequency
generous generosity  redundant  redundancy
 formal formality  efficient efficiency
 popular popularity  fluent fluency
possible possibility private privacy
real reality proficient proficiency
secure security
simple simplicity

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