Suffixes For Foreign Students Of English

Suffixes for foreign students of English. Suffixes come at the end of words. They help you to understand the meaning of a new word. Here are some common suffixes. Suffix er, or (noun)

Meaning person

Examples worker, instructor

er, or (noun) ful (adjective) ology(noun) ics(noun, singular) less(adjective) ly

machine, thing full of subject of study subject of study without makes an adverb from an adjective makes an abstract noun from an adjective makes an adjective from a noun

cooker, word processor useful, beautiful sociology, psychology economics, politics useless, endless sadly, happily

ness y

happiness, sadness. sandy, sunny.

1. Match the adjectives with the nouns in the box. Some adjectives go with more than one noun. 1. electric 2 fast

3 beautiful 4 sandy

5 sunny 6 hard

7 useful 8 endless

9 useless

worker book

cooker swimmer

beach guitar

weather smile

car picture

2. Write a meaning of the words and phrases below. 1 zoology. The study of animals. 2 a traveller 3 slowly 4 hopeful 5 rainy 6 painless 7 badly 8 a tin opener 9 mathematics 10 a footballer

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