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Noun Suffixes and Adjective Suffixes
Noun Suffixes and Adjective Suffixes
} ANCE¨endurance,assistance,appearance,annoyance.
} MENT¨punishment, development ,improvement,
goverment, management,agreement.
} TION¨information,education,organization,invitation.
} SION¨admission,confusion,permission,conclusion.
} ER/OR¨driver,baker,teacher,driver,sailor,writer,worker.
} ION¨creation,election,discussion
From adjectives+suffix Ò we form a noun
} ITY¨possibility,stupidity,activity,similarity,personality
,flexibility,scarcity.
} NESS¨Kindness,weakness,happiness,illness,sadness,
goodness
From noun+suffix Ò we form a noun
} SHIP¨membership,relationship,friendship,partnership.
} HOOD¨motherhood,brotherhood,childhood,
} neighbourhood.
} DOM¨Freedom,kingdom,wisdom,stardom,boredom.
} FUL ¨ careful,painful,useful,thoughful,forgetful.
} OUS ¨ dangerous,famous,delicious,furious.
} ED ¨ amazed,surprised,dazed.
} IVE ¨ attractive,sensitive,creative,passive.
} ABLE¨washable,fashionable,reliable,readable,count
able.
} IBLE ¨ edible , invisible ,flexible.
} AL ¨ musical,political,emotional,legal,national.
} LESS ¨ careless,thoughtless,harmless,useless.
} ING ¨ boring,tiring,exciting,amazing.
} IC ¨ realistic,optimistic,artistic.
} ENT ¨ confident,permanent,consistent