Teaching reading comprehension
Vocabulary: reproducible 3.3
Suffixes
Suffix Meaning Examples
-able or -ible able or can do fashionable, horrible, comfortable
-al relating to natural, accidental, personal
-ary like, connected withdictionary, imaginary
-en made from or makefrozen, wooden, frighten
-er one who does something, more teacher, computer, greater, faster
-est most largest, oldest, funniest
-ful full of beautiful, careful, helpful
-ish like foolish, selfish
-less not, the opposite ofspeechless, careless, lifeless
-ly like quickly, suddenly, nearly
-ment result of development, argument, excitement
-ness describes being happiness, kindness, illness
-ous connected with dangerous, poisonous, furious
-sion, -tion expresses an action or state explosion, decision, pollution, collection
-th result of growth, depth, health
-y inclined to thirsty, muddy, sleepy