Part of speech: suffixes

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There are many endings of words (known as “suffixes”) which are associated

with different parts of speech. Here are some examples:

Part of Speech Suffixes Examples

appearance, performance,
Nouns -ance
significance

dependence, existence,
-ence
reference

definition, distribution,
-tion
organisation

conclusion, dimension,
-sion
tension

assessment, employment,
-ment
environment
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literature, procedure,
-ure
structure

-ity clarity, identity, majority

advantage, package,
-age
percentage

important, relevant,
Adjectives -ant
significant

consistent, dependent,
-ent
evident

effective, informative,
-ive
productive
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beneficial, commercial,
-cial
financial

essential, influential,
-tial
residential

-ous ambiguous, obvious, serious

-ic dramatic, economic, specific

Verbs -en strengthen, tighten, widen

-olve involve, revolve, solve

-ide coincide, decide, divide

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-ise generalise, organise, revise

It’s important to note that these are general patterns and there are many words
which do not follow them. For example:

initiative (noun), mention (verb), sudden (adjective), statistic (noun), ensure

(verb), wooden (adjective).