Презентация по теме "Word formation. Suffixes"

Word Formation

Suffixes

Suffixes are syllables which we add to the end of certain words to form new words.

• Nouns reffering to people

• Verb + er/or/ar
• Verb + er/or/ar

e.g. teach – teach er , sail – sail or , beg – begg ar

• Noun/verb/adjective + ist
• Noun/verb/adjective + ist

e.g. motor – motor ist , tour – tour ist , ideal – ideal ist

• Verb + ant/ent
• Verb + ant/ent

e.g. contest – contest ant , study – stud ent

• Noun + an/ian
• Noun + an/ian

e.g. republic – republic an , library – librar ian

• Verb + ee (passive meaning)
• Verb + ee (passive meaning)

e.g. train - train ee

Word Formation

Suffixes

Nouns formed from verbs

-age pack - pack age

-al refuse - refus al

-ance accept - accept ance

-ation imagine - imagin ation

-ence differ - differ ence

-ion revise - revis ion

-ment achieve - achieve ment

-sion comprehend – comprehen sion (verbs ending in –d/-t)

-sis hypnotize - hypno sis

-tion prescribe - prescrip tion

Word Formation

Suffixes

Nouns formed from adjectives

-ance elegant - eleg ance

-cy vacant - vacan cy

-ence competent - compet ence

-ion desolate - desolat ion

-ness lonely - loneli ness

-ity formal - formal ity

-ty loyal - loyal ty

-y modest - modest y

Word Formation

Suffixes

Adjectives formed from nouns

- ous fame - fam ous

-al addition - addition al

-ic hero - hero ic

-ive expense - expens ive

-ful care - care ful

-less care - care less

-y health - health y

-ly friend - friend ly

Word Formation

Suffixes

Adjectives formed from verbs

-able like - like able

-ible defend - defens ible

-ive conclude – conclus ive

Verbs formed from adjectives

-en light - light en

-ise legal - legal ise