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Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -s | plural nouns; dog to dogs 3rd person present tense singular verb; like to he likes |
| -en | plural (irregular); ox to oxen Like or relating to; wood to wooden |
| -ed | past tense verb/past participle; work to worked or has worked |
| -ing | present participle gerund (verbs that act like a noun); sleep to sleeping; garden to gardening |
| -er | comparative adjective (compares the quality of two items); big to bigger A person who does something; sing to singer |
| -est | superlative adjective (compares the quality of more than two items); big to biggest |
| -es | plural nouns; fox to foxes |
| -ly | In what manner--creates adverbs; quiet to quietly |
| -ence | State or quality of/action or process of; independent to independence |
| -ance | State or quality of; avoid to avoidance |
| -ation | State or quality of; starve to starvation |
| -tion | State or quality of; attend to attention |
| -ion | State or quality of; suspect to suspicion Nouns that denote action or condition; create to creation |
| -hood | State or quality of; neighbor to neighborhood |
| -ism | State or quality of; hero to heroism |
| -ity | State or quality of; necessary to necessity |
| -ty | State or quality of; honest to honesty |
| -ment | State or quality of; amuse to amusement |
| -ness | State or quality of; good to goodness |
| -ship | State or quality of; friend to friendship |
| -sion | State or quality of; tense to tension |
| -or | A person who does something; act to actor |
| -ist | A person who does something; science to scientist |
| -able | Capable of; love to lovable Creates adjectives |
| -ible | Capable of; response to responsible Creates adjectives |
| -al | Like or relating to; nature to natural |
| -an | Like or relating to; suburb to suburban |
| -ial | Like or relating to; society to social |
| -ic | Like or relating to; poet to poetic |
| -ical | Like or relating to; history to historical |
| -ish | Like or relating to; child to childish |
| -like | Like or relating to; life to lifelike |
| -some | Like or relating to; trouble to troublesome |
| -y | Like or relating to; dirt to dirty |
| -ful | Filled with; hope to hopeful |
| -ily | In what manner; steady to steadily |
| -less | Without; care to careless |
| -olgoy | Study of; geo (Earth) to geology |
| -ward | In the direction of; back to backward |
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