Prepared by: Ms.

Ayala Anabtawi
Ms. Jizelle Sara
Prepared for: 6th Grade (Rosary Sisters’ School)
What are suffixes?

A suffix is a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word

and changes the word's meaning.

Ex: comfort---- comfortable

person---- personal
celebrate---- celebration
decide---- decision
• Changing nouns into adjectives
The simplest way to change a noun into an adjective is to add suffixes to the end of the
root word (the word before adding a suffix or a prefix) . The most common suffixes used to
create adjectives are:

-al, -ful, -less, -ous and -able

1. -al

Ex: nature---- natural

magic---- magical
person---- personal
logic---- logical Noun Adjective
2. -ful

Ex: beauty---- beautiful

harm---- harmful
success---- successful
care---- careful
Noun Adjective
3. - less

Ex: hope---- hopeless

care---- careless
home---- homeless
fear---- fearless
Noun Adjective
4. -ous

Ex: danger---- dangerous

poison---- poisonous
Noun Adjective
 5. -able

Ex: fashion---- fashionable

comfort---- comfortable
Noun Adjective
• Changing verbs into nouns

We change a verb into a noun by adding suffixes to the end of the root word (the word
before adding a suffix or a prefix) . Some of the common suffixes used to create nouns from
verbs are:

- tion and -sion

 1. – tion
1. When the verb ends in ate
Ex: celebrate---- celebration
educate---- education
2. When the verb ends in pt
Ex: adopt---- adoption
interrupt---- interruption
Verb 3. When the verb ends in ct
Ex: act---- action
correct---- correction
4. When the verb ends in ute
Ex: pollute---- pollution
distribute---- distribution
Noun
2. –sion
Verb
1. When the verb ends in de 2. When the verb ends in se
Ex: decide---- decision Ex: revise---- revision
explode---- explosion confuse---- confusion

Noun
• Summary
Noun Adjective
Verb Noun

1. -al 1. -tion (verb endings: ate, pt,

2. -ful ct and ute)
3. -less 2. -sion (verb endings: de and
4. -ous se)
5. -able