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4th Grade Suffixes
| Suffix (Sample Words) | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ly (commonly, happily, safely) | the way an item is, in a certain way |
| ful (thankful, careful) | full of or enough of |
| able or ible (comfortable, reversible) | to be able |
| less (careless, helpless) | without |
| ist, er, ner, or (runner, 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, darkness) | 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 or ive(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 |
| ness (alertness) | state or act of being |
| al (musical, accidental) | belonging to, related to |
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