Grammar World 3 - Ch24
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megamind publication24 Suffixes
Read the following sentences:
1. Sumit is my friend. 3. I hope to meet you.
Our friendship is strong. Hopefully, I will meet you.
2. The king was kind. 4. Meet my child.
He acted with kindness. Don’t be childish.
In the above sentences, the letters in red colour are used after the words in blue to form
new words with different meanings. These groups of letters are called suffixes.
A suffix is a letter or a group of letters that are added at the end of a word
to change its meaning.
Let us now study about some of the important suffixes.
Suffix –able
play playable use usable
Suffix –en
gold golden sharp sharpen
Suffix –er
read reader teach teacher
Suffix –dom
free freedom wise wisdom
Suffix –ful
hope hopeful use useful
Suffix –hood
adult adulthood child childhood
Suffix –ion
celebrate celebration create creation
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Suffix –ish
child childish fool foolish
Suffix –less
care careless fear fearless
Suffix –ly
bad badly quick quickly
Suffix –ment
entertain entertainment measure measurement
Suffix –ness
happy happiness kind kindness
Suffix –ship
friend friendship hard hardship
Add suffixes from the helpbox to make new words. One has been done for you
ness ous ish dom ly
1. child - childish , _________ 7. king - _________
2. friend - _________ 8. careless - _________, _________
3. fool - _________ 9. hazard - _________
4. dark - _________ 10. glad - _________
5. kind - _________, _________ 11. happy - _________, _________
6. quiet - _________ 12. quick - _________
NCF C-2.1, C-4.1, C-4.2
Critical Thinking
Initiative & Self-Direction
Your teacher will read a short story. Pay attention to the words that end with -ful, -less, -er
and -ly. Think about how the words change when these suffixes are added.
Now, it’s your turn! Pick three words from the story and add the suffixes -ful, -less or -er
to them. Write the new words in your notebook.
Tell a friend what each new word means.
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