Noun suffixes Suffixes denoting a persons activity or

Noun suffixes

Suffixes denoting a person’s activity or profession V+ Suffix er (or) inventor, sailor, engineer, helper ee addressee, employee, payee ant (ent) assistant, inhabitant, patient, resident Noun+ Suffix ist ian physicist, economist mathematician, musician, politician

Abstract nouns. Process or result V + suffix ment argument, development, achievement tion(sion, ion) creation, population, vision age breakage, leakage, marriage ure pressure, creature, failure ing building, acting, training t weight, height, flight al refusal, survival, arrival adjective + suffix th width, depth, length, strength noun (verb, adjective)+ suffix ary (ery, ry) rivalry, robbery, slavery, bravery

Abstract nouns Status, condition Noun + suffix ship membership, sponsorship, fellowship hood motherhood, brotherhood, adulthood adjective + suffix ity (ty) poverty, liberty, popularity, clarity cy literacy, expectancy, brilliancy ness darkness, lateness, easiness ance (ence) confidence, dependence, dom freedom, wisdom, boredom, ism journalism, enthusiasm, heroism

Nouns, changing their root. Believe – belief Prove- proof Feed fed Breathe - breath Complain - complaint Choose - choice Receive - receipt Relieve - relief Laugh – laughter Loose- loss Advise - advice Practise - practice Proud - pride

• • • • • • Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words. Learning a language. In many people’s ____ , learning a IMAGINE language is something they will be able to do easily. They can enroll at the local college in their ____ , buy the books and within NEIGHBOUR a few weeks they can be fluent in he language. The ____ can be different though. Language REAL learners do not take into account that after a day’s work they might be exhausted and not be able to concentrate at evening classes. There are other things they will have to find time for too, such as doing ____ for tests and preparing their REVISE homework. Students can feel they have made some progress when they get over their SHY and can speak with more _____ or hold a CONFIDE conversation with each other. When they eventually start writing short _____ COMPOSE and letters, the sense of _______ is so ACIEVE overwhelming that they no longer think of _____ of attending a INCONVINIENT language course.