The previous blog post discussed spelling with the suffixes -ing, -ed, -er, and -est. There are other common suffixes that would be helpful for students to learn. Learning common suffixes helps students determine the meanings of unknown words. Students can use their knowledge of word parts with Latin and Greek roots, specifically prefixes and suffixes, to pull an unknown word apart and determine its meaning. Following is a list of commonly used suffixes.
Suffix Example Words
-able capable, notable, desirable
-al central, coastal, general, hospital
-ant pleasant, important, distant, constant
-ance continuance, allowance, abundance, balance
-ee employee, trustee
-en harden, sweeten, golden, driven
-ence excellence, evidence, difference, reference
-ent innocent, confident, ardent, eloquent
-ful cheerful, careful, wonderful, shameful
-hood manhood, statehood, womanhood
-ible possible
-ice justice, service, notice, practice
-id timid, solid, valid, frigid
-ish finish, vanish, punish, abolish, perish
-ine engine, famine, genuine
-it limit, deposit
-ite definite, infinite, opposite
-ive relative, possessive, active, effective
-ize realize, fertilize, specialize, apologize
-less shameless, careless, restless, blameless
-ment assignment, department, apartment, agreement
-ness happiness, sickness, brightness, darkness
-ward awkward, downward, upward
-cian Grecian, politician, musician
-ciate appreciate, emaciate
-cient proficient, efficient, sufficient
-cial racial, social, facial, crucial
-tial partial, initial, essential
-sial controversial
-cious gracious, delicious, vicious
-tious facetious, pretentious, ostentatious
-xious anxious, obnoxious, noxious
For additional ESL teaching tips:
Click here to read about the pronunciation of -ed.
Click here to read about pronouncing plurals.
Click here to read about voiced and voiceless sounds.
Click here to read about rising and falling intonation in questions.
Click here to read about syllable stress and the schwa.
Click here to read about adding the suffixes -ing, -ed, -er, and -est.
Click here to read about teaching common prefixes.
Click here to read about decoding multi-syllabic words.
Click here to read about spelling words that end in S, F, and Z.
Click here to read about other sounds for c and g.
Click here to read about adding the suffixes -ing, -ed, -er, and -est.
Click here to read about teaching common prefixes.
Click here to read about decoding multi-syllabic words.
Click here to read about spelling words that end in S, F, and Z.
Click here to read about other sounds for c and g.
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