Common Suffixes with Examples

The meaning of the suffix -able, -ible is (a)  

• Unable to do
• Can be done
• Made of
• Full of

What is the meaning of the suffix -al, -ial?

• Having characteristics of

• Comparative

• One who

• State of, condition of

What is the suffix -ed used to create?

• Adverbs

• Adjectives

• Past tense verbs

• Future tense verbs

What is the meaning of the suffix -en?

• Act, process

• Made of

• Without

• One who

What can the suffix -er do to a word?

• Makes it plural

• Makes it a past tense verb

• Make it a present participle form of the verb

• Makes it comparative

What is the meaning of the suffix -er, -or?

• One who

• More than one

• State of, condition of

• Made of

What can the suffix -est do to a word?

• Make it a past tense verb

• Make it plural

• Make it comparative

• Make it an adverb

The suffix -ful means (a)  

• Having characteristics of
• One who
• Full of
• Can be done

The meaning of the suffix -ic is (a)  

• State of
• More than one
• Having characteristics of
• Full of

What does the suffix -ing do to a word?

• Make it plural

• Create the present participle form of a verb

• Create the past tense form of a verb

• Create an adverb