AFFIXES

Noun Suffixes Verb Suffifes

suffix Examples of nouns suffixes Examples of

-age Baggage,village, postage -ate Complicate, dominate,
-al Arrival, proposal, dismissal irritate
-ance/ence Reliance, insistence,defence -en Harden, soften, shorten
-dom Freedom, kingdom, wisdom -ify Beautify, clarify, identify
-ee Employee, trainee, payee -ise/ize Economise, realise,
-er/or Driver,writer,director Industrialize( -ise is most
hood Childhood, brotherhood common in British English;
-ism Capitalism,socialism,marxism -ize is most common in
-ist Capitalist, socialist,pianist American English)
-Ity/ty Equality, brutaliry, cruelty
ment Amazement,disappointment
-ness Kindness, usefulness
-ry Entry, ministry, robbery
-ship Membership, workmanship
-sion/tion/ Expression, population,
xion complexion

Adjective Suffixes Adverb Suffixes

suffixes Examples of adjectives suffixes Examples of adverbs

-able/ible Drinkable,portable, flexible -ly Calmly, easily, quickly
-al Brutal, formal, postal -ward(s) Downwards, homeward(s),
-en Broken, golden, wooden upwards
-ese Chinese, Japanese, wise Anti- clockwise, clockwise,
Vietnamese edgewise
-ful Helpful, useful, forgetful
-i Iraqi,Pakistani,Yemeni
-ic Classic, islamic, poetic
-ish British, childish, Spanish
-ive Active,passive, productive
-ian Canadian, Malaysian,
Peruvian
-less Homeless, hopeless, useless
-ly Daily, moutly, yearly
-ous Cautious, famous, nervous
-y Cloudy, rainy, windy