The activities in students word study notebooks often help guide them to the generalizations that I am hoping they identify themselves for a given word listHere are some examples of generalizations about inflected endings that my Syllables and Affixes students will learn through their word study activities.

Example of words with affixes. A suffix is a letter or a group of letters attached to the end of a word to form a new word or to change the grammatical function or part of speech of the word. These account for over 95 of prefixed words Here they are in some short quotations. English List of Suffixes and Suffix Examples Suffixes That Make ADVERBS Suffix Meaning Example -ly In a manner Quickly -ward Shows direction forward -ways Shows direction Sideways Suffixes That Make NOUNS Suffix Meaning Example -ant A person Asistant ee A person Referee -ence An action or state Difference -eror A person Teacher ery A type or place of work Bakery ess Makes a feminine form Waitress -ful As much as.

For example when someone adds the suffix -ion to the end of the base word revise the end of the word e replaces with ion. The two most common types of affixes are prefixes and suffixes. Many suffixes being used for example -ly -less -ous -tion -ness.

Lets take an example of a very common word act. Explore a suffixes list to broaden your vocabulary. Easy Examples of Affixes Here are some examples of affixes.

Similarly read is made into the adjective readable by adding the suffix. Incapable The affix is the prefix in ex-President The affix is the prefix ex- laughing The affix is the suffix -ing Real-Life Examples of Affixes The four most common prefixes are dis- in- re- and un-. For example the verb read is made into the noun reader by adding the suffix -er.

On the other hand an inflectional affix is an affix that expresses a grammatical contrast that is obligatory for its stems word. For example by adding the suffixes -er and -est to the adjective fond you create the comparative fonder and the superlative fondest. Suffix itself makes vocabulary rich and easy to be used in daily life.

Common Suffixes-able can be done able to-ful full of-ing verb ending progressive tense-ed verb ending past tense-ly adverb ending-tion act or process of. WORD STUDY NOTEBOOKS. Suffixes change the meaning or grammatical function of a base word or root word.