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Affixation Verb, Adj, and Adv
Affixation Verb, Adj, and Adv
Noun
• Noun, derived from:
–Noun
• -let : booklet
• -ess : princess
• -ship, -hood : brotherhood
• -ist, -ian : musician
• -dom : kingdom
Noun
– Noun derived from Verb
• -ance, -ence : performance
• -ment : development
• -[(a)t]ion : motivation (motivate)
• -al : arrival (arrive)
• -er : singer
• -ist : typist
• -ant : informant
• -ure : failure
• -age : package
Noun
–Noun derived Adjective
• -ity : purity (pure)
• -ness : happiness
• -ism : radicalism
• -cy : frequency (frequent)
• -th : truth (true)
Verb
• Verb, derived from:
– Noun
• en- : enslave
• -ize : customize
• -(i)fy : beautify (beauty)
• be- : befriend
Verb
– Verb derived from Verb
• re- : repaint
• un- : untie
• dis- : disbelieve
– Verb derived from Adjective
• -en : weaken
Adjective
– Adjective derived from Noun
• -ful : helpful
• -less : helpless
• -al : personal
• -ish : selfish
• -ous : dangerous
• -ic : artistic
• -y : cloudy
• -ly : friendly
Adjective
– Adjective derived from Verb
• -able :breakable
• -ant/-ent :expectant
• -ive :attractive
– Adjective derived from Adjective
• un- : unhappy
• in- (il-, ir- im-) : impossible
Adverb
1. -ly : slowly
(Derived from Adjective)
2. -wise : otherwise
Exercise
nicely bewitch central
careful endless
rebuild famous suddenly
enrich girly dreamy shorten
adjective verb
Adv.
Exercise
Identify words with affix on the text below! Write down the
affixes, the base, and the word class of the words formed!