Suffixes
Define a suffix, Use a list of suffixes to make new words.
Mrs. Wilson teaches English at university. She is the best teacher. Her students love her. |
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Verb |
verb + er = noun each: a verb / er: a suffixe |
A suffix is a letter or a group of letters added at the end of a word, which makes a new word.
The suffix can be: er / or / ist / ian
is used at the end of
- a verb: teach: teacher
- a noun: vegetable: vegetarian.
- an adjective: natural: naturalist.
verb to | a personal noun |
Drive | driver, writer… |
Direct | director |
Type | typist |
drive → driver
verb personal noun
adjective to | a personal noun |
Colonial | colonialist |
Ideal | idealist |
colonial→ colonialist
adjective personal noun
Noun to | a personal noun |
Vegetable | vegetarian |
vegetable → vegetarian
Noun personal noun