5.1.- Health and Sport: listening Part 2.

Opening Speaking Practice in Teams

Video Post Surgery Consultation at the Clinic

Video quiz:

https://www.topworksheets.com/t/NYNUpzXvjvl

Collaborative Exercise on Page 40

Suffixes

  

What is a Suffix? Learn suffix definition with examples.

Suffix definition:

In English, a suffix is a letter/a group of letters attached to the end of a word to form a new word or to change the grammatical function (part of the speech) of the original word. In other words, a suffix is a few letters put at the end of a word to change its meaning.

A suffix is a type of affix which is attached to the root of a word, only this time, the letters are attached to the end of the word rather than the beginning.

Suffix examples:

§  -ile: Futile, senile, fragile…

§  -y: Rainy, funny, dirty, messy, dirty…

§  -ise, -ize: Publicise, synthesise, hypnotise

 

📚 References (APA 7)

1. Bauer, L. (2003). Introducing linguistic morphology (2nd ed.). Edinburgh University Press.
2. Plag, I. (2018). Word-formation in English (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press.
3. Lieber, R. (2009). Introducing morphology. Cambridge University Press.

Word building online exercise

https://www.grammarbank.com/word-formation.html