Ingles II

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República Bolivariana de Venezuela

Ministerio del Poder Popular Para la Defensa

Universidad Nacional Experimental Politécnica De La Fuerza Armada

Núcleo Valencia, Extensión Isabelica

Professor: Lic. Karen M. Hoyos L.

Student's name: ______________________________________________

Career: ____________________________, Sec. ______________

English II (Sem. 2)

Suffixes.

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Suffixes are groups of letters attached to the ends of roots, words, and word groups.

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Suffixes serve a grammatical function. A suffix can indicate what part of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb) to which the word belongs.

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http://www.southampton.liunet.edu/academic/pau/course/websuf.htm

Common Suffixes

• -ness
  • Noun: state, condition, quality
    • kindness : the quality of being kind or nice
      • kind + ness

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• -ful
  • Noun: an amount or quanity that fills
    • mouthful : an amount that fills the mouth
      • mouth + ful

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• -able, -ible
  • Adjective: worth, ability
    • solvable : able to be solved or explained
      • solv + able
    • incredible: not able to be believed, amazing
      • in + cred + ible

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• -less
  • Adjective: without, missing
    • motiveless : a reason for someone to do something
      • mot + ive + less

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http://www.southampton.liunet.edu/academic/pau/course/webesl.htm

Common Suffixes

Exceptions 

In most cases the spelling of the word doesn't change, but in many cases it does.

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Here are some examples where the spelling of the word doesn't change.

sly + ly = slyly

awkward + ness = awkwardness

work + able = workable

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Sometimes the spelling of words does change. The following ways to add suffixes are examples that show how the spelling of words change when a suffix is added.

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• When you had the word full to the end of a word, you must drop the second l.

Awe + full = awful Here, you also drop the e in awe.

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• When you add y or a suffix that begins with a vowel to words ending in a silent e. You drop the e and add the suffix.

Abuse + ive = Abusive

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• When you have words that end in ge or ce, you do not drop the final e.

For example: change + able = changeable

knowledge + able = knowledgeable

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• When you add a suffix that does not end in vowels or y, you do not drop the final e.

For example: arrange + ment = arrangement.

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• When you add a suffix that begins with a consonant you keep the final e. Here are some examples:

care + less = careless

forgive + ness = forgiveness

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• Here is a list of words that are exceptions to dropping the e when a suffix begins with a consonant:

awe + full = awful

incredible + ly = incredibly

twelve + th = twelfth

whole + ly = wholly

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• The final e is dropped when you add the suffix ment to a word. Two examples are

judge + ment = judgment

acknowledge + ment = acknowledgment.

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• However, there are some exceptions. For example:

encourage + ment = encouragement

achieve + ment = achievement

enhance + ment = enhancement.

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http://www.suite101.com/lesson.cfm/17267/1158/3

Exercises

-ful and -less Suffix Exercise at Auto-English

1. Use the base words in the chart below to make adjectives with the suffixes -ful and -less.

2. Match the suffixes on the left to the explanation or function on the right

http://www.esl-galaxy.com/prefix/Common%20suffixes.pdf

For more information visit:

http://www.esl-galaxy.com/prefix/prefixmultiplechoicesentences.pdf

http://www.esl-galaxy.com/prefix/prefixmultiplechoice.pdf

http://www.saintambrosebarlow.wigan.sch.uk/Y4Spelling/suffixes2y4.htm

http://www.manythings.org/wbg/prefixes-jw.html