This document discusses suffixes and provides examples of different types of suffixes. It begins by defining a suffix as a word part added to the end of a word that conditions its usage or meaning. It then provides tables that list common noun, adjective, and inflectional suffixes and the words they can be added to. The document includes activities for students to practice identifying and using suffixes. It asks students to complete sentences by choosing the correct suffix, and match suffixes to the words they can be added to. In conclusion, the document provides resources on suffixes for students to learn more.

1. Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo
Facultad en Ciencias de la Educación, Humanas y
Tecnologías
English Major
What is a Suffix?
A suffix is a word part that is added at the end of a word that conditions its
usage or meaning.
 If you broke up a word to the parts that give it meaning, you have
broken the word into its Morphemes
Examples:
NOUNS SUFFIX ADJECTIVES
accident,region,brute,person,
universe
Al Accidental,regional,brutal,personal,
Universal
Custom,moment,compliment,
honor,caution,diet
ary Customary,momentary,complimentary,
honorary,cautionary,dietary
Beauty,skill,wonder,succes,awe
,delight
ful Beautiful,skillful,successful,aweful,
Delightful
athlete ,photograph, base,
science,history ,rhythm
Ic Athletic,photographic,basic,scientific,
historic, rhythmic
Magic, practice, logic, statistic,
history, alphabet
Ical Magical,practical,logical,statistical,
Historical,alphabetical
fool ,sheep, child,pink,self, girl Ish Foolish,sheepish,childish,pinkish,selfish
Girlish.
Power, use, friend,home,worth,
penny
less Powerless,useless, friendless,homeless
Worthless,penniless

2. Inflectional Suffixes:
Inflectional suffixes are normally used to change the grammatical of a word
like:
Build => Built
Charge => Charged
Make => Making
Nice => Nicely
Example:
Base form Suffix Suffixes
Run, play, worry, pick,
mix, pitched
Ed Runned, played,
worried, picked,
mixed, pitched
Friend, nice, slow,
quick, late, local
Ly Friendly, nicely,
slowly, quickly, lately,
locally
Work, walk, chat, sing,
read, save
S Works, walks, chats,
sings, reads, saves.
Cross, box, mix, wash,
match,
Es Crosses, boxes, mixes,
washes, matches
Late, fast, short, warm,
long, high
Er Later, faster, shorter,
warmer, longer, higher
Late, tall, far, smart,
fast, pretty
Est Latest, tallest, furthest,
smartest, fastest,
prettiest
Make, build, say, dry,
warm, study
ing Making, building,
saying, drying,
warming, studying

3. Activity One
1. - Complete the following sentences whit the correct
suffix:
 He was acting in a very childish way. (child)
 He passed his exam. He was successfulfor the second time.
(succeed)
 The team that he supported were able to win the championship
(champion)
 I couldn't find any weakness in his theory. (weak)
 There were only a handful of people at the match. (hand)
 6.- You need a combination of motivation, organization and hard
work to realize your dreams.(combine)
ACTIVITY TWO
2. -Match the following word with their respective suffix.
• Use -ive
• Break -er
• Build -full
• Create -ing
• thought -est
• Short -ful

4. Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo
Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, Humanas y
Tecnologías
Language Major
Test Answered
Name: ______________________________
Date: _______________________________
Objective:
To find if students are able to use the different kinds of suffixes, by
developing and completing the following test.
Time: 10 minutes
1) Use the correct suffix to complete the adjectives in these
sentences.
-ful -less -able -ive -ic -ly -ible
1. Your brother was very coward ly
. He ran away immediately.
2. That snake looks dangerous, but it's totally harm less
. Don't worry!
3. To work as an acrobatin the circus, you have to be very flex ible
.
4. Oh, look at those ador able
puppies. Can I have one?
5. He's always running about, very athlet ic
. He'll be in the Olympics
one day.
6. What a beauti
ful
painting. Do you know who painted it?

5. 7. We need a full and truth ful
account of what happened, Jennifer. Tell
us everything.
8. These animals sleep during the day and are then act ive
during the
night.
9. It must be very lone ly
living on this mountain without any
neighbors.
10. Betty is a very creat ive
little girl, always painting or drawing or
something like that.

6. Bibliography:
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/english_lessons/suffix-exercises
https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/suffixes.htm