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Prefixes Suffixes
Prefixes Suffixes
Prefixes Suffixes
-or verbs A person or thing that dose Act actor; sail sailor;
something as job conduct conductor; comment
commentator
-ship nouns The state or quality of; the Owner ownership; friend
status or office of; skill or friendship; citizen citizenship;
ability as; the group of professor professorship;
musician musicianship;
member membership
-th Verbs; The action or process of Grow growth; strong
adjectives strength; long length; true
truth; deep depth; wide
width; dead death
-ure verbs The action, process or fail failure; close closure;
result of depart departure; please
pleasure
-y verbs The action or process of Inquire inquiry
ADJECTIVE suffixes
Suffix Added to Meaning Examples
-able Verbs; nouns That can or must be; Reason reasonable; tax
having the quality of taxable; fashion fashionable;
comfort comfortable; change
changeable; eat eatable
-al nouns Connected with Magic magical; verb verbal;
music musical; nation
national; accident accidental;
environment environmental
-ant Verbs That is or does something Signify significant; ignore
ignorant
-ed Nouns; verbs Having; having the Talent talented; beard
characteristics of; that bearded; disease diseased;
suffers or receives some interest interested; bore bored;
kind of feeling or effect excite excited; embarrass
embarrassed
-en nouns Made of; looking like Wood wooden; gold golden
-ent verbs That is or does something Differ different; compete
competent
-esque nouns In the style of Statue statuesque; Dante
dantesque
-ful Nouns; verbs Full of; having the qualities Sorrow sorrowful; forget
of; tending to forgetful; success successful;
peace peaceful; help helpful
-ial Nouns Typical of Dictator dictatorial
-ian nouns From, typical of Belgium Belgian; Brazil
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Brazilian; Shakespeare
Shakespearian
-ible Verbs; nouns That can or must be; Horror horrible; sense
having the quality of sensible; access accessible;
divide divisible
-ic Nouns; verbs Connected with, that Scene scenic; economy
performs the action economic; Arab Arabic; horrify
mentioned horrific; specify specific
VERB suffixes
Suffix Added to Meaning Examples
-ate Nouns; To give the thing or Hyphen hyphenate; active
adjectives quality mentioned activate
-en adjectives To make or become Black blacken; sad sadden;
broad broaden; less lessen;
sweet sweeten; sharp sharpen
-ify Adjectives; to make or become Solid solidify; beauty beautify;
nouns simple simplify; pure purify
-ise [BrE]/- Nouns; To become, make or Private privatise; fossil fossilize;
ize [AmE] adjectives make like; to speak, modern modernise; general
think, act, treat, etc. in generalize; critic criticize; theory
the way mentioned; to theorise; pasteurize; hospital
place in hospitalise
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ADVERB suffixes
Suffix Added to Meaning Examples
-ly Adjectives; In the way mentioned; at Happy happily; sudden
nouns intervals of suddenly; lucky luckily; beautiful
beautifully; hour hourly ; day
daily
-ward(s) Nouns; In the direction of Back backward(s); up
adjectives; upward(s); out outward(s); east
adverbs eastward(s); home homeward(s)
-wise nouns In the manner or Clock Clockwise; side sidewise;
direction of length lengthwise
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7 Were you aware of the ____________ of the 8 It has caused me a great deal of
situation? SERIOUS ____________ ANXIOUS
8 she had to take an oath of __________. 9 He is a famous__________. INVENT
SECRET 10 My driving __________ is very patient with
9 Some the animals are on the verge of me. INSTRUCT
__________. EXTINCT ____ / 10
10 Stewardess is also called a
flight___________. ATTEND 6 Form the suitable words that fit the
____ / 10 space.
4 Form the suitable words that fit the 1 You didn't follow the _____________.
space. INSTRUCT
2 She works as a ____________. WAIT
1 Slowly he_________his consciousness.GAIN 3 He is a lift ____________. ATTEND
2 It was a very_____________evening, 4 I am seeking _____________ EMPLOY
wasn't it? ENTERTAIN 5 He has just dismissed three of his
3 After eating something that had gone off he ___________ EMPLOY
developed food ___________.POISON 6 We can't interview every _________ for the
4 This is a job. APPLY
very______________situation.MESS 7 Please fill in this ___________form. APPLY
5 this is not a very 8 How much is the ___________ fee? ADMIT
_____________situation.PROMISE 9 Have you got any form of __________
6 Why are you filling in this__________form? IDENTIFY
APPLY 10 I'd like to give you a piece of _________.
7 This text book should have been ADVISE
more__________.INFORM ____ / 10
8 Oh, stop bothering me!As if i didn't have
enough___________.DIFFICULT 7 Form the suitable words that fit the
9 Tell me about your_________with your space.
father.RELATE
10 I think we'll soon become 1 The next ___________session will be on
_____________.MILLION Thursday. PRACTISE
____ / 10 2 He spoke a great __________. LONG
3 There is a______-of water at the moment.
5 Form the suitable words that fit the SHORT
space. 4 I'm out of my________ DEEP
5 He doesn't know his own
1 You can't go any further without a __________STRONG
__________. PERMIT 6 it's worth its______ in gold. WEIGHT
2 This is an animal __________ organization. 7 He is of average ___________ HIGH
FARE 8 He measured the _________ of the door.
3 Every government should ___________ WIDE
basic human rights. PRACTICE 9 He married her for her _________
4 These two companies have been in BEAUTIFUL
_____________ for over 10 yrs. OPERATE 10 She married him for his _________
5 We try to promote ___________ methods in WEALTHY
rearing of farm animals. HUMAN
6 Everybody was impressed by his ____ / 10
___________. GENEROUS
7 Has that satisfied your______________ 8 Form the suitable words that fit the
CURIOUS space.
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9 Form the suitable words that fit the
The magic fat injection - Scientists in London space.
are working on the _______________
(DEVELOP) of a new kind of _______________ The dull life of animals - I came across an
(INJECT) that will help people to lose article in a magazine the other day which made
_______________ (WEIGH). The product is a _______________ (COMPARE) between people
liquid that kills off fat cells in the body, and tests and animals. It seemed to come to the
on animals have shown _______________ ______________ (CONCLUDE) that in most
(ENCOURAGE) results. The _______________ cases we are superior to animals and lead a
(INVENT) of the drug are planning to carry out more _______________ (COMFORT) life. Wild
trials on humans soon, and are animals have much more _______________
_______________ (ENTHUSE) about the (FREE) than pets or animals in zoo, but even a
product’s potential. One of the advantages of lion or a tiger in the jungle could be killed by
the _______________ (TREAT) is that adults _______________ (HUNT) at almost any time.
only have a _______________ (LIMIT) number For animals, life is generally hard and
of fat cells, and when they are killed off, they _______________ (DANGER) compared to the
are destroyed _______________ (PERMANENT). life led by people in large cities, where there is
If the new drug passes the necessary not only _______________ (VARY) but also the
_______________ (SAFE) tests, it is likely that possibility to choose the kind of life you want to
it will be extremely _______________ lead. It is hard to imagine a life more
(SUCCESS). _______________ (BORE) than that of a
____ / 11 tortoise.
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