Talk a Lot Focus on Connected Speech Common Suffixes and What they Indicate • • • A suffix comes at the end of a word Suffixes are usually unstressed Adding a suffix changes the word type, e.g a noun changes into a verb Below are some examples of how a root word can change type when a suffix is added: Root Word Word Type + Suffix believe participate walk interfere teach big China clever faith Russia access beauty watch memory child science attract name quiet arrange happy cube fame cat friend revise maintenance ten revolve verb -able verb -ant verb (infin.) -ed verb -ence verb -er adjective -er noun (country) -ese adjective -est noun -ful noun (country) -ian verb -ible noun -ify verb (infin.) -ing noun -ise noun -ish noun (abstract) -ist verb -ive noun -less adjective -ly verb -ment adjective -ness noun -oid noun -ous noun (singular) -s noun (common) -ship verb -sion noun -tain number (cardinal) -th verb -tion Changes to Word Type believable participant walked interference teacher bigger Chinese cleverest faithful Russian accessible beautify watching memorise childish scientist attractive nameless quietly arrangement happiness cuboid famous cats friendship revision maintain tenth revolution adjective noun (person) verb (past participle) noun noun (person) adjective (comparative) adjective (nationality) adjective (superlative) adjective noun (person) adjective verb verb (present participle) verb adjective noun (common) adjective adjective adverb noun noun adjective adjective noun (plural) noun (abstract) noun verb -on -or -our -ow -phone -ra -raphy -tain -teen -um -ure -us -y number (ordinal) noun Other common suffixes -an -ane -ar -ard -cide -cy -ect -en -ert -es -ess -et -ey -ia -ic -ical -ies -im -in -is -ism -it -ity -le -logy -o -oir For more fun worksheets, games and quizzes log onto www.englishbanana.com now! Talk a Lot Elementary English Banana.com 15.1