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Use the suffix information provided in the document “Suffixes” to complete this chart. Type the
information into the box. You will not be printing this for submission, so feel free to take as
much space as you need. Your assessment is a list of words you will identify by part of speech
based on the suffix.
Suffixes
Suffix: Part of Speech
Meaning:
Words ending with
this suffix:
definition not
required
NOUNS
Noun
state or quality
Noun
Noun
Noun
activity or result of action
result of an action
person
infancy
privacy
courage
referral
artisan
-ance
-ence
-ancy
-ency
-ant
-ent
-ate
Noun
action, state quality or
process
state, quality, or capacity
Noun
an agent; something that
performs an action
state, office, function
-ation
-tion
-sion
-dom
Noun
action, resulting state
-er
-or
-ful
Noun
-ian
-an
-ia
Noun
-acy
-cy
-age
-al
-an
Noun
Noun
Noun
Noun
Noun
resistance
independence
vacancy
agency
disinfectant
dependent
candidate
specialization
vacation
My word:
definition not
required
-aitry
Noun
-ic
-ics
-ice
Noun
-ing
Noun
-ion
Noun
-ism
Noun
-ist
Noun
-ite
Noun
-ity
-ty
-ive
Noun
-ment
Noun
-ness
Noun
-or
Noun
-ory
Noun
-ship
Noun
-ure
Noun
-y
Noun
-ate
VERBS
Verb
-ed
Verb
-en
Verb
-er
-or
-ify
Verb
-ing
Verb
Noun
Noun
Verb
-ize
Verb
-ure
Verb
-able
-ible
-il
-ial
ical
-ant
-ent
-ient
-ar
-ary
-ate
ADJECTIVES
Adjective
Adjective
Adjective
Adjective
Adjective
-ed
Adjective
-en
Adjective
-er
Adjective
-est
Adjective
-ful
Adjective
-ic
Adjective
-ile
Adjective
-ing
Adjective
-ish
Adjective
-ive
-ative
-itive
-less
Adjective
-ous
-eous
-ose
-ious
-y
Adjective
Adjective
Adjective
-fold
ADVERBS
Adverb
-ly
Adverb
-ward
Adverb
-wise
Adverb