+ Suffixes 7 th Grade
+ -able Meaning: Able to Example: Driveable, believeable
+ -ary Meaning: Related to Example: planetary, honorary
+ -ful Meaning: Full of, characterized by Examples: Playful, watchful
+ -ic Meaning: Characteristic, relating to Examples: Mythic, magnetic
+ -ile Meaning: Of, relating to Examples: Bibliophile, docile
+ -ish Meaning: In the manner of, relating to Examples: Childish, selfish
+ -ity Meaning: State, qualify Example: creativity
+ -ive Meaning: Performs an action Example: creative, inventive, expressive
+ -ly Meaning: In the manner of Example: happily, lovely
+ - logy/olo gy Meaning: The study of Example: biology, geology,
+ -ance Meaning: State, action Example: resistance, assurance
+ -ant Meaning: Agent, receiver Example: defendant, disinfectant
+ -ation, ion, -tion Meaning: State, process, result Example: creation, situation, meditation
+ -cracy Meaning: Rule of Examples: democracy
+ -er Meaning: Comparison, one who does something Example: runner, player, maker
+ -graphy Meaning: Writing of Example: geography, biography