Language Note 3.1 More Suffixes

Quick Review of Suffixes What are suffixes? Suffixes are letters that you add to the end of a word to make a new word.

-er photographer, manager, designer -or instructor, actor, doctor A) In Language Note 1.9, you learned about these suffixes that we often use for a person’s job: -er photographer, manager, designer -or instructor, actor, doctor -ist scientist, artist, chemist -ian historian, librarian, musician

B) In Language Note 2.1, you learned about these suffixes that make a word an adjective: -able -ful (means with a lot of something) -less (means without something)

C) Here are more suffixes C) Here are more suffixes. These suffixes usually make a word a noun for a thing: -ion -ment

Noun for a Person, often a Job Suffix: - ion Noun for a Thing Noun for a Person, often a Job Verb Adjective competition competitor compete explanation explain decision decide graduation graduate invitation invite instruction instructor instruct education educator educate (un)educated translation translator translate communication communicator communicate preparation prepare (un)prepared organization organizer organize (un)organized

Noun for a Person, often a Job Suffix: - ment Noun for a Thing Noun for a Person, often a Job Verb Adjective improvement improve management manager manage (un)manageable advertisement advertiser advertise excitement excite exciting, excited government governor govern payment pay measurement measure measurable

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