Suffixes (ion and ian).

If I attach this suffix to a word, it turns it into a person that does something.

• ian

• ion

• ed

A person who plays music is known as a ...

• musicion

• musician

• mussician

Adding 'ion' to a base word that ends in 't' usually

• -Does not change the spelling of the base word.

  -May affect how the final 't' sounds.

• -Usually changes the spelling of the base word.

  -Does not affect how the final 't' sounds.

• -Affects the spelling of the base word.

  -Does not affect how the final 't' sounds.

The correct word pair for the word adopt is...

• adoptian

• adoption

• adpotian

Someone who works at a clinic is know as a...

• clinicion

• clinician

• cliniccian

A suffix is...

• a small group of letters that goes before a base word or a root.

• a small group of letters that goes after a base word or a root.

• an actual word that has meaning.

Someone who guards you and takes care of you is known as a...

• guardion

• guardian

• guarded

The correct word pair for the word digest is...

• digestian

• digestion

• diggestion