American spelling: suffixes
Words have been categorized in grammar on how they are used, or as parts of speech:verb, noun, pronoun, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.
Words also have "roots" which convey their basic meaning. Suffixes are groups of letters (afixes!) placed after a root word to form a new word, change its part of speech, and modify its meaning. For example:
change (noun) + able (suffix) = Changeable (adjective) or the ability to be changed.
work (noun) + able (suffix) = workable (adjective) or the ability to be worked.
week (noun) + ly (suffix) = weekly (adverb), or an action or activity done by the week.
happy (adjective) + ly (suffix) = happily (adverb) an action is done in a happy state
moprh (verb) + ology (suffix) = morphology (noun), or the study of how words change
Here are some spelling rules for applying suffixes to root words:
| More: If a word ends with a silent "e," drop the "e" before adding a suffix which begins with a vowel (-ing, -able, -: Examples: make--making, makable; time--timing, oblige--obliging. Try spelling these: | |||
| 1. | state + ing = | ||
| 2. | like + able = | ||
| 3. | indulge + ing = | ||
Do not drop the "e" when the suffix begins with a consonant:Examples: state--statement; like--likeness; use--useful; definite--definitely Try spelling these: | |||
| 4. | base + ment = | ||
| 5. | home + ward = | ||
| 6. | peace + ful = | ||
| Silent "e" practice! | |||
| 7. | notice + able = | ||
| 8. | advertise + ment = | ||
| 9. | change + less = | ||
| 10. | shine + ing = | ||
| 11. | conceive + able = | ||
| 12. | fascinate + ing = | ||
| 13. | encourage + ment = | ||
| 14. | encourage + ing = | ||
Adding suffixes to words ending -ce and -ge Keep the silent e before -able and -ousExamples; enforceable, serviceable, courageous, outrageous | |||
| 15. | notice + able = | ||
| 16. | courage + ous = | ||
| 17. | change + able = | ||
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