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.