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What are example of suffixes?

Here are some examples of suffixes, categorized by the type of word they form:

Nouns:

* -ment: agreement, movement, judgment

* -tion: information, education, reaction

* -ness: happiness, sadness, kindness

* -er/-or: teacher, writer, actor

* -ship: friendship, leadership, scholarship

* -hood: childhood, adulthood, brotherhood

* -ism: capitalism, communism, feminism

* -cy: democracy, accuracy, efficiency

Verbs:

* -ize: modernize, symbolize, criticize

* -ify: beautify, simplify, clarify

* -en: strengthen, soften, lengthen

Adjectives:

* -ful: beautiful, powerful, grateful

* -less: careless, hopeless, worthless

* -able/-ible: readable, visible, flexible

* -al/-ical: historical, musical, critical

* -ous: dangerous, famous, curious

* -y: happy, sleepy, dirty

Adverbs:

* -ly: quickly, slowly, happily

* -ward: backward, forward, upward

* -wise: clockwise, otherwise, likewise

Other:

* -ette: cigarette, kitchenette

* -ing: swimming, dancing, singing (present participle)

* -ed: played, jumped, walked (past tense)

Remember:

* Suffixes are attached to the end of a word.

* They can change the part of speech of a word.

* Some suffixes have more than one meaning or function.

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