Suffix Meaning Examples
-able, -ible Capacity Edible
Repairable
-ance Action
State Importance
Acceptance
-dom State of being Boredom
Freedom
-er Person who Teacher
Driver
-ish Having the quality of Childish
Selfish
-ity Quality of Activity
Serenity
-less Without Endless
Effortless
-ment Condition of Punishment
Argument
-ship Position
Relation Internship
Partnership
-y Characterized by Smelly
Dirty

Identify the two words that doesn’t exist in the next group of words

Greasy / Timeless / Activement / Closedom / Malicious


Suffixes

Suffix Meaning Example
-age a condition leakage, bondage, marriage
-al an action denial, removal, approval
-ar one who performs the action beggar, liar, scholar
-cy state
quality urgency, emergency, fallacy
accuracy, decency, lunacy
-dom place
state of being kingdom, dukedom, earldom
boredom, freedom, stardom
-ee one who performs an action interviewee, internee, employee, nominee
-er one who performs an action reader, driver, maker, painter
-hood state of being boyhood, childhood, manhood
-ion condition union, opinion
-ism doctrine or belief Marxism, Sufism, egotism
-ist one who is something dentist, chemist, Marxist, atheist
-ice the result of an action service, cowardice
-logy theory biology, geology, ecology
-ment the condition of an action acknowledgement, punishment, agreement
-on/en/an doer artisan, citizen, surgeon
-ness state of being sadness, happiness, rudeness, business
-nce state
quality abundance, absence, presence
brilliance, endurance, obedience
-or one who performs the action creator, supervisor, sailor
-ship position held internship, partnership, kinship
-sion state of being illusion, inclusion, extension
-tion state of being creation, information, confirmation
-tude result of an action fortitude, magnitude, servitude
-ty quality
state flexibility, sensibility, frailty
serenity, safety, reality

Let’s practice

Write an example using every suffix

Suffix Example
-age package
-al arrival
-ar titular
-cy conspiracy
-dom filmdom
-ee trainee
-er dancer
-hood womanhood
-ion infection
-ism altruism
-ist artist
-ice justice
-logy biotechnology
-ment achievement
-on/en/an electrician
-ness goodness
-nce sequence
-or author
-ship membership
-sion diversion
-tion destination
-tude latitude
-ty beauty