SUFFIXES

Nouns may end in ...

Adjectives – adverbs – verbs may end in…

ance inheritance
ence emergence
er sharpener - dishwasher
ful spoonful of sugar
hood brotherhood
ing drawing - painting
ity equality - flexibility
ment disagreement
ness freshness
ship friendship
tion formation
sion revision
th warmth – breadth - depth
ure closure - pressure
y discovery
cy fluency
er teacher
or actor
ee occupations pianist
ist employee

ful > adjective careful - thoughtful

less > adjectives > lack / without careless - thoughtless
able > adjectives drinkable
al > adjectives natural
ant > adjectives arrogant
ent > adjectives violent
ible > adjectives sensible
ic > adjectives chaotic - apologetic
ish > adjectives childish
ist > adjectives elitist
ive > adjectives active - expensive
ous > adjectives famous
y > adjectives guilty - salty
wards > adverb > direction eastwards
en > verbs (to make more....) sharpen – widen - lengthen
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bi two Bicycle - bilateral

dis Negative / opposite Dislike - disembark
il Negative / opposite Illegal - illegible
im Negative / opposite impossible
In Negative / opposite inconvenient
ir Negative / opposite irregular
de Negative / opposite decentralise
un Negative / opposite unlock - unhappy
anti against Anti-clockwise
Anti-European
co together Cooperation / co-work
de Reduce devaluate
remove debone
ex previous ex-husband
inter between intercontinental
macro Very big macro-economics
micro Very small microwave
mis Badly / wrongly misunderstand
mono one monolingual
multi many multi-purpose
out more outnumber
over Too much Overcook - overdo
post after postgraduate
pre before pre-arrangement
pro In favour of pro-European
semi half semicircle
sub below substandard
trans across transplant
under Not enough undercharge

Write the corresponding noun or adjective form of the words given.

1. success successful 13. rain rainy 25. silence silent

2. enthusiasm enthusiastic 14. fog foggy 26.indifferent indifference

3. sarcasm sarcastic 15. wave wavy 27. Regular regularity

4. anger angry 16. affection affectionate 28. Cruel cruelty

5. fortune fortunately 17. mystery mysterious 29.generosity generous

6. humor humorous 18. style stylish 30. Dead death

7. mercy merciful 19. religion religious 31. Free freely

8. patience patient 20. ignorance ignorant 32. confuse confusion

9. energy energize 21. noise Noisier

10. dirt dirtier 22. truth truthful

11. absence absent 23. ambition ambitious

12. beauty beautiful 24. power powerful

Write the opposites of the following words using prefixes.

1. happy unhappiness 13. continue discontinue 25. Agree

disagree
2. legal illegal 14.understand misunderstand 26. Approve
disapprove
3. able unable 15. tie untie 27. Polite
impolite
4. convenient inconvenient 16. button unbutton 28. Discreet
indiscreet
5. believable unbelievable 17. advantage disadvantage 29.Dependent
independent
6. regular irregular 18. mature immature 30. Pleasant
unpleasant
7. honest dishonest 19. capable incapable 31. Kind
unkind
8. appear disappear 20. organize disorganize 32. Real
unreal
9. obey disobey 21. dress undress 33. Healthy
unhealthy
10. like unlikely 22. fold unfold 34. Cover
discover
11. attractive unattractive 23. fortunate unfortunate 35. Correct
incorrect
12. connect disconnect 24. fair unfair 36. Patient
impatient

1. membership of the club is open to all who live in the village. MEMBER
2. Childhood is said to be the happiest stage of your life. CHILD
3. Youth these days are too rebellious. YOUNG
4. Appearance, he does not know it. APPEAR
5. “Shall I carry that bag for you?” she said helpful HELP
6. He’s under a lot of pressure at work. PRESS
7. 7.30 a.m. on a Saturday is a rather inconvenient time for an appointment. CONVENIENT
8. A very old car is usually reliance RELY
9. A new born baby is helpfulness and totally dependent on other people. HELP
10. Add a spoony of sugar to the recipe if you have a sweet tooth. SPOON
11. After the meeting, the managing director decided to hand in his resignation RESIGN
12. Although it doesn’t rain much, the local tap water is quite drunken DRINK
13. And now we are going to measure your strength STRONG
14. Appearances are deception DECEIVE
15. Are there any similarity between these two religions? SIMILAR
16. Because her skirt was too short, Marta decided to lengthen it. LONG
17. Can you identify any of the people in the photograph? IDENTITY
18. Could you please circled this report throughout the department? CIRCULAR
19. Do you agree with this decision? DECIDE
20. Do you ever suffer from loneliness or boredom? LONELY / BORE
21. Don’t be so impatient, we’ve only been waiting a few minutes. PATIENT
22. Don’t depend on him, he’s a very reliable person. RELY
23. Don’t let me frighten you FRIGHT
24. Driving after drinking is a sign of unresponsible, said the judge. RESPONSIBLE
25. During the war, he got a medal for braver BRAVE
26. Feel the sharpen of this knife SHARP
27. Governments around the world are worried about both air and sea pollution POLLUTE
28. Gaugin did some of his best known painting in Tahiti PAINT
29. Have you measured the deepen of the well? DEEP
30. He loan me his racket. LOAN
31. He gave up work at 55 and led an active retirement RETIRE
32. He husband gave her a lot of courageous COURAGE
33. He is a wonderful pianist PIANO
34. He is tired because his new job is so stressfulness STRESS
35. He is very generous and everyone admires his self SELF
36. He remembers every detail of it because he has a photography PHOTOGRAPH
37. He said this was not a case of deliberate cruelty CRUEL
38. He should be in prison, he is a worthy member of society. WORTH
39. Her hair is redder, not bright red. RED
40. Her lawyer said in her defence that she was lonely and confused. DEFEND

1) Strength strengthen heat hot weakness weaken afraid fright older old