Word building
The English Suffixes:
Noun Suffixes |
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Suffix |
Meaning |
Example |
-acy |
state or quality |
privacy |
-al |
act or process of |
refusal |
-ance, -ence |
state or quality of |
maintenance, eminence |
-dom |
place or state of being |
freedom, kingdom |
-er, -or |
one who |
trainer, protector |
-ism |
doctrine, belief |
communism |
-ist |
one who |
chemist |
-ity, -ty |
quality of |
veracity |
-ment |
condition of |
argument |
-ness |
state of being |
heaviness |
-ship |
position held |
fellowship |
-sion, -tion |
state of being |
concession, transition |
Verb Suffixes |
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-ate |
become |
eradicate |
-en |
become |
enlighten |
-ify, -fy |
make or become |
terrify |
-ize, -ise |
become |
civilize |
Adjective Suffixes |
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-able, -ible |
capable of being |
edible, presentable |
-al |
pertaining to |
regional |
-esque |
reminiscent of |
picturesque |
-ful |
notable for |
fanciful |
-ic, -ical |
pertaining to |
musical, mythic |
-ious, -ous |
characterized by |
nutritious, portentous |
-ish |
having the quality of |
fiendish |
-ive |
having the nature of |
creative |
-less |
without |
endless |
-y |
characterized by |
sleazy |
The English prefixes:
Prefix |
Meaning |
Example |
a-, an- |
without |
amoral |
ante- |
before |
antecedent |
anti- |
against |
anticlimax |
auto- |
self |
autopilot |
circum- |
around |
circumvent |
co- |
with |
copilot |
com-, con- |
with |
companion, contact |
contra- |
against |
contradict |
de- |
off, away from |
devalue |
dis- |
not |
disappear |
en- |
put into |
enclose |
ex- |
out of, former |
extract, ex-president |
extra- |
beyond, more than |
extracurricular |
hetero- |
different |
heterosexual |
homo- |
same |
homonym |
hyper- |
over, more |
hyperactive |
il-, im-, in-, ir- |
not, without |
illegal, immoral, inconsiderate, irresponsible |
in- |
into |
insert |
inter- |
between |
intersect |
intra- |
between |
intravenous |
macro- |
large |
macroeconomics |
micro- |
small |
microscope |
mono- |
one |
monocle |
non- |
not, without |
nonentity |
omni- |
all, every |
omniscient |
post- |
after |
postmortem |
pre-, pro- |
before, forward |
precede, project |
sub- |
under |
submarine |
syn- |
same time |
synchronize |
trans- |
across |
transmit |
tri- |
three |
tricycle |
un- |
not |
unfinished |
uni- |
one |
unicorn |
Use the right of words between brackets to fill I the gaps:
1-The young recruit was fascinated by the highly…………………..men sitting around him (power)
2-Some were eating………………..while others picked at their plates (greed)
3-Wherever he went, he could see young upstarts thrilled with…………………… (Excite)
4-At night he would make up, overwhelmed with a feeling of………………… (Frighten)
5-Yes that world was…………………and fascinating, he thought (impress)
6-His dream was to live up to his father’s………………… (Expect).
7-………………….is a complex science (political)
8-Wade’s……………….seemed to be good but it is not (political)
9-Stop making false…………………without any evidence (accuse)
10-The…………..………….. of one’s weakness is the first step towards finding means to eradicated it (recognize)
11-They are……………………claiming their right freedom (legitimacy)
12-The whole society must be……………………to gender issues (sensitive)
13-They……………..that they have all rights and can treat their wives the way they like (assumption)
14-The………………..of his family background revealed bad condition
15-Because of the………….of that woman the baby was run over by the car. (care)
16-A………………chosen government should not be overthrown by coups. (democracy)
17-Do you mind lending me some money? I am……………….this morning. (penny)
18-You need a………….to open a bottle. (open)
19-If African countries want to develop, they shouldn’t be too………………on the west. (depend)
20-Making certain mistakes is not…………………for terminale students. (excuse)
21-Any…………………(withdraw) from foreign countries and any (neglect)…………….. of the domestic agenda, would definitely………………….(weak) America’s power inside and outside. But, America’s……………….(last) supremacy is………………. (symptom) of its social, political and economic (solid)
Remark: before filling a gap, I ask myself what kind of I need: Do I need a subject, an object, a verb, a noun, an adverb, an adjective…etc?
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