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SPELLING PROGRAMME - PART 3

Suffixes: Information Sheet

Suffixes are groups of letters added to the end of a word.

Suffixes change the words from one type to another. Look at
the examples below:-

Changing a verb (doing word) to a noun (naming word):

e.g. work + ‘er’ = worker

Changing a noun to an adjective (describing word):
e.g. rain + ‘y’ = rainy

Changing an adjective to a noun:

e.g. soft + ‘ness’ = softness

Changing an adjective to an adverb (describing word):

e.g. sad + ‘ly’ = sadly

Changing an adjective to a verb:
e.g. tight + ‘en’ = tighten

Here are some suffixes beginning with a vowel.

-able -al -ed -en -er -est -ing -ish -ive -ous -y

Here are some suffixes beginning with a consonant.

-ful -fully -less -ly -ness -ment -s -some

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