Week #5 Etymology - Suffixes

What is a suffix?

• A part of a word

• The ending part of the word that tells you something about the meaning

• The beginning part of a word that tells you something about the meaning

• The definition of a word

What does the suffix -ing mean?

• something that is happening

• something that happened already

• the act or process of something

• more than one

Tags

CCSS.RF.2.3D

What does the suffix -ed mean?

• something that is happening

• something that happened already

• the act or process of something

• more than one

What do the suffixes -ion/-tion/-ation/-ition mean?

• something that is happening

• something that happened already

• the act or process of something

• more than one

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4C

What do the suffixes -s/-es mean?

• something that is happening

• something that happened already

• the act or process of something

• more than one

What does the suffix -ly mean?

• having the characteristics of

• something that happened already

• state of, condition of

• more than one

What does the suffix -ness mean?

• having the characteristics of

• act, process

• state of, condition of

• more than one

Which suffix is used in adverbs?

• -ment

• -tion

• -ly

• -ed

Which suffix is used in verbs?

• -ing

• -tion

• -ly

• -ed

Which suffix is most commonly used in adjectives?

• -ing

• -tion

• -ly

• -ed