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Wordbuilding

 

Suffixes with nouns

  

-er/-or - inventor,producer,seller,teacher,writer.
-ee - employee,payee,trustee.
-age -  garbage,marrage,passage.
-ance/-ence -  importance,difference,persistance.
-dom -  freedom,kingdom,wisdom.
-hood -  brotherhood,childhood,neighbourhood.
-ion(-ation,-tion,-sion,-ssion) – collection,production,session.
-ness – brightness,darkness,freshness,kindness.
-ment – environment,improvement,unemployment.
-ology – biology,psychology,technology.
-ism – communism,capitalism,racism.
-ety/-ity – society,productivity,responsibility.
-ship – friendship,leadership,membership.
-y – fantasy,envy,hypocricy.

Suffixes with adjectives

 


-able/-ible – changeable,eatable,responsible.
-al – central,cultural,social.
-ive – active,creative,effective,positive.
-ed – determined,educated,talented.
-ent/-ant – confident,pleasant,violent.
-ing – interesting,depressing,surprising.
-ful – beautiful,cheerful,successful,useful.
-less (=без) – hopeless,homeless,lifeless,useless.
-ic – electronic,domestic,genetic,tragic.
-ous/-ious – famous,nervous,religious.
-y – busy,happy,healthy,pretty,windy.


Suffixes with verbs

 


-en – blacken,lengthen,sharpen,widen.
-fy – falsify,simplify,tastify.
-ize – characterize,memorize,sympathize.