2Bach003 WORD FORMATION 1/2

SUFFIXES Add Permit

NOUN SUFFIXES
Admire refresh
a) State, Action & Quality Agree Measure
Amuse Shop
-ment  employment Appear Solve
-ion/tion/sion  Discussion/production/permission Apply Tired
-ation/ition  Invitation/ opposition Argue Train
-ence/ance  Preference/ distance Assist Translate
-ty/ity  Certainty/security Astonish Warn
-ness  Illness, happiness Calculate Perform
-ing  building Collect Examine
-hood  childhood Encourage Train*
-ship  friendship Enter Paint*
Excite Mother
b) for people Fit Comedy*
Important Art*
Impress Science*
-er/or  Driver / editor
interfere member
-ist  Tourist
Play* Mean
-ant/ent  Assistant / student
romantic extravagant
-an/ian  Republican / electrician
Study* Resist
-ee  employee Understand Observe
VERB SUFFIXES

-ize/ise  Privatise bright modern

general short
-en  widen
beauty simply
-ify  simplify
standard sharp
ADJECTIVE SUFFIXES
economy accident
-al  professional
possibility green
-ic  Metallic
Help* Colour*
-ive  informative physic use
- ful  successful Friend* thirst
-less  Hopeless religion red
-ous  dangerous salt attract
-y  rocky cloud environment
-able/ible  Comfortable / visible convert ambition
-ish  English / brownish spain green

ADVERB SUFFIXES
nervous bad
-ly  recently up beautiful
-wards  backwards quick back

PREFIXES (negative)
Like Usual
Dis-  dishonest
Certain Relevant
Il- (+l)  illegal
comfortable Visible
Im- (+ m or p)  impossible
tidy Clear
In-  indirect
Satisfied Correct
Ir (+ r)  irregular Necessary Friendly
Non-  Non-alcoholic patient Happy
Un-  Uncomfortable polite obedient
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WORD FORMATION 2/2
VERBS NOUNS NOUNS ADJECTIVES OPPOSITES
Advise Cheer beautiful
Arrive Salt Bitter
Belief Shame Certain
Bore Long Clean
Breathe Wide Correct
Compete Peaceful Coward
Complain Hunger Empty
Confess Innocent Exciting
Criticize Dirty Expensive
Decision Foggy Far
Delivery Lucky Fat
Destruction Good foggy
Discover Active Good
Divide Friend Happy
Employ Accuracy Hard
Encourage Polite Heavy
Engage Religion Hopeful
Entrance Long Ill
Explain High Innocent
Fitness Deep legible
Fright Personal Long
Gift Tolerant Low
Knowledge Regular noisy
Lose sensibleness Possible
Live sensitivity Right
Marry Reason Slow
Murder strong Strong
Oppose loudness Sure
Pleasure cruel Tall
Pollution fashionable Thick
Practice glamour Tight
Relaxation comfort Valid
Satisfaction colour violent
Sight success Well
Robbery romance Wet
Sale extravagance Wide
Shopping kind Wise
Solve Boredom young
Speech Grass Black
Suggest noise Rude
Suspicion Sun Easy
Think Beautiful nice
Threat Pain intelligent
Understand surprise cold
Usage Young calm
imagine Real open
Appear Rain Dark
Employ Freedom New
type wisdom Late
examination sad Deep
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