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Speech Work: Word Building – Suffixes

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Meaning of Suffix

What is a Suffix?

A suffix is a word that is placed after a root word to form another word. E.g. –ness, -ment, -ship, -er, -ation, -less.

Suffix	Root-word	New word
-ness	Happy	Happiness
	Sick	Sickness
-ment	Punish	Punishment
	Manage	Management
-ship	Friend	Friendship
-er	Box	Boxer
-ant	Serve	Servant
	Disinfect	Disinfectant
-al	Refuse	Refusal
	Deny	Denial
Ish	Fool	Foolish

Use of Suffixes to form Adverbs, Nouns and Adjectives:

Adjective + tly

e.g;

Unwillingly, stealthily, continuously.

Adverb+ ward

e.g.

forward.

Noun + ward

e.g.

homeward.

Noun + wise

e.g.

anticlockwise.

Noun + logy

e.g.

phonology, technology.

Evaluation:

With the use of a suffix, form a new word from each of the following words.

Mouth, use, teach, break, drive, child, suit, fame.

Reading Assignment:

Prefixes and suffices.

Reference:

The Silent Teachers for Schools and Colleges Page 153 by Segun Olatoye.