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4th Grade Suffixes

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Suffix (Sample Words)
Meaning
ly (commonly, happily, safely)   the way an item is  
ful (thankful, careful)   full of or enough of  
able or ible (comfortable, reversible)   to be able  
less (careless, helpless)   without  
ist, er, or (pianist, artist, teacher, author, tailor, farmer)   one who (does somthing)  
ence or ance or ous (influence, violence, compliance, famous, continuous)   quality or state of  
ism or ity or ness (baptism, realism, necessity, kindness)   state of (root) or being of (root)  
s or es (fishes, kites, cats)   makes a word plural, more than one  
ary (library, missionary)   related to, place for  
ing (singing, purring)   process of doing something  
ed (hummed, drummed)   past tense  
ic or ish or al (acrobatic, allergic, bluish, selfish, final)   like or related to  
ate (compassionate, decaffeinate)   process of making (root), quality of  
est (biggest, fastest)   the most or best  
tion or sion or tive or sive (attention, discussion, attentive, permissive)   process of doing, state of an item  
y or ity (handy, hungry)   in the manner of being  
ant or ent or ment (abundant, absorbent, arguement, disagreement)   cause of an action or condition, being  
ize (characterize, humanize)   to become, to cause  


   


 

 

 

 

 

 
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