Directions: The following suffixes make nouns. Review them and answer the multiple choice questions. For each of the suffixes given below, write your own example word and use it in a sentence.
-acy, -cy: state or quality
Example:
fluency = skillfulness in speaking or writing
-age: activity, or result of action
Example:
bondage = a state of subjection to a force, power, or influence.
-al: action, result of action
Example:
arrival = the act of arriving
-an: person
Example:
Indian = someone from India
-ance, -ence: action, state, quality or process
Examples:
radiance = the quality of being bright
absence = the state of being away
-ancy, -ency: state, quality or capacity
Example:
vacancy = an empty room or position
agency = the capacity to exert power or influence, a position or person that performs a function
-ant, -ent: an agent, something that performs the action
Examples:
disinfectant = an agent that destroys germs, somthing that cleans
dependent = a thing supported by another, a thing determined by another
-ate: state, office, fuction
Example:
candidate = a person nominated for an office or position
-ation: action, resulting state
Example:
specialization = the result of being distinguished by one quality or ability
-dom: place, state of being
Examples:
freedom = the state of being free
boredom = the state of being bored
-er, -or: person or thing that does something
Example:
porter = a person who carries things
collector = a person who collects or gathers things
-ful: an amount or quanity that fills
Example:
mouthful = an amount that fills the mouth
-ian, an: related to, one that is
Example:
pedestrian = a person who walks
human = a person
-ia: names, diseases
Example:
phobia = an illogical fear of something
-iatry: art of healing
Example:
psychiatry = branch of medicine that deals with the mind and emotions
-ic, ics: related to the arts and sciences
Example:
arithmetic = a branch of math that usually deals with non-negative numbers
economics = the social science related to studying business
-ice: act
Example:
malice = the desire to do evil
-ing: material made for, activity, result of an activity
Examples:
flooring = a material made for floors
swimming = the activity of swimming or moving through water
-ion: condition or action
Example:
abduction = the action of carrying someone away by force
-ism: doctrine, belief, action or conduct
Example:
formalism = a belief in sticking to prescribed forms or artistic styles
-ist: person or member
Example:
podiatrist = a foot doctor
-ite: product or part
Example:
graphite = a black material used in making pencils
-ity, ty: state or quality
Example:
lucidity = clear thinking
novelty= something new or unusual
-ive: condition
Example:
native = a person born in a specific place
-ment: condition or result
Example:
document = an official paper usually showinf proof or evidence of something
-ness: state, condition, quality
Example:
kindness = the quality of being kind or nice
-or: condition or activity
Example:
valor = bravery, courage
-ory: place for, serves for
Example:
territory = an area around a place
-ship: status, condition
Example:
relationship = the state of being related or connected to something or someone
-ure: act, condition, process, function
Example:
exposure = the condition of being exposed or unprotected
-y: state, condition, result of an activity
Example:
society = companionship
victory = the result of winning something
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