Word formation. The most common suffixes

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Word formation

By understanding the different methods of word formation, students can expand their language skills and improve their ability to communicate in English.

Word formation is divided into four categories based on the method of formation. These are:

Prefix addition
Suffix addition
Word class conversion
Compound word formation

Let’s consider suffix addition.

Common suffixes for adjectives

*Suffix*	*Example*	*Meaning*
able/ible	changeable terrible	able to
ant/ent	confident arrogant	a person
ful	useful	full of
ic	heroic	having the form
ish	selfish	a little
ate	considerate	become
ive	active	having the nature of
less	useless	without
like	business-like	similar to
ous	serious	having quality
some	tiresome	tendency to
y	easy	made up of characterized by
al	accidental	pertaining to
ile	fragile	having the nature of

Common suffixes for adverbs

*Suffix*	*Example*	*Meaning*
ly	easily	in a manner
wise	clockwise	in relation to
ward	forward	showing direction

Common suffixes for nouns

*Suffix*	*Example*	*Meaning*
er/or	teacher conductor	a person
ion	evolution	process, state or result
hood	childhood	state of being
ment	development	an action or a state
dom	freedom	state, quality of being
ance/ence	independence endurance	an action or a state
ant	accountant	a person
ee	trainee	a person
ism	socialism	belief or condition
ist	terrorist	a person
ness	happiness	state, quality
ship	friendship	position held
ice	service	result of an action
ure	pleasure	action, process or result
(i)ty	honesty	quality
ery	bakery	a type or a place of work
age	marriage	result or a state
th	warmth	state or quality
tude	magnitude	result of an action