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Lesson 9 - Sports/Hobbies
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Common English Suffixes

A suffix is a word ending. The following is a list of 10 common English suffixes.

Prefix Meaning Example
-ed past Yesterday he planted flowers.
-ing present participle She is talking.
-ly adverb They worked quickly.
-s, -es plural books, watches
-able, -ible something you can do countable (You can count it.)
-en made of wooden (made of wood)
-ful full of careful (full of care)
-ist person chemist (person who does chemistry)
-less without fearless (without fear)
-ive, -tive adjective form creative (adjective form of the verb "create")

 

Practice
Use one of the suffixes from the table above with a word from the box below to form a new word.

paper
sing
careful
attract     
grace 		avoid
gold
walk
end
biology*  

*Drop the y when you add a suffix. 

1. Something that is made of gold is .
  

2. He walks for exercise everyday. Yesterday he too.
  

3. I have one paper, but you have two .
  

4. An activity that is without end is .
  

5. Some that attracts is .
  

6. The ballerina is full of grace. She is .
  

7. Something you can avoid is .
  

8. If you are careful, you drive .
  

9. She sings in the choir. Right now she is .
  

10. A person who is an expert in biology is a .
  

 

More Practice
Can you think of other words with these suffixes? Write sentences with them.

 

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