NOUN SUFFIXES Directions: The following suffixes are common endings of nouns. I provide the meaning of each suffix and examples of words containing each suffix. On another piece of paper list examples of your own—three of each (for a C), four of each (for a B), or five of each (for an A). defiance, persistence, buoyancy, expediency -ence, -ancy, -ency: –ance, (definition: of) action, process, state electrician, immersion, institution (definition, -sion, -tion: -cian: –cian, having a specific skill; definition of the others: act of, state of, result of) freedom, kingdom, wisdom (definition: quality, realm, office) –dom: childhood, manhood (definition: order, quality) –hood: racism, exorcism (definition: system, manner, condition) –ism: racist, exorcist (definition: one who, that which) –ist: captivity, clarity (definition: state of, quality) –ity: government, achievement (definition: act of, result) –ment: carelessness, restlessness (definition: state of) –ness: as in (definitions: quality, state, condition: rank, –ship: “scholarship”; as in as in status, office art, skill, or craft “professorship”; “penmanship”; as in a collective body “readership”) gratitude, multitude (definition: condition, state, quality) –tude:
NOUN SUFFIXES Directions: The following suffixes are common endings of nouns. I provide the meaning of each suffix and examples of words containing each suffix. On another piece of paper list examples of your own—three of each (for a C), four of each (for a B), or five of each (for an A). –ance, -ence, -ancy, -ency: defiance, persistence, buoyancy, expediency (definition: action, process, state of) –cian, -sion, -tion: electrician, immersion, institution (definition, -cian: having a specific skill; definition of the others: act of, state of, result of) –dom: freedom, kingdom, wisdom (definition: quality, realm, office) –hood: childhood, manhood (definition: order, quality) –ism: racism, exorcism (definition: system, manner, condition) –ist: racist, exorcist (definition: one who, that which) –ity: captivity, clarity (definition: state of, quality) –ment: government, achievement (definition: act of, result) –ness: carelessness, restlessness (definition: state of) –ship: (definitions: quality, state, condition: as in “scholarship”; rank, status, office as in “professorship”; art, skill, or craft as in “penmanship”; a collective body as in “readership”) –tude: gratitude, multitude (definition: condition, state, quality)
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