Lesson 22
Intermediate Level
Affixes & Morphology
Suffix -ish
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Adding Suffixes
Suffixes are word parts that change the meaning of
words.
What is the meaning of the suffix in the word
“foolish”?
foolish
like a fool
ish
like “characteristic of”
Adding “ish” to a word is a way of turning a noun
into an adjective.
A noun is: __________________________________
An adjective is:____________________________
Define the following words by their suffix:
pinkish
selfish
sluggish
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Adding Suffix Endings
Suffixes are word parts that change the meaning of words.
Which suffix can be used to mean more than
one, or to change the tense of the verb?
_______
Which suffix can be used to make a verb
past tense?
_______
Which suffix can be used to make a verb
present tense?
_______
Read these words (circle the suffix):
spoons
cooked
cooking
booking
blooms
bloomed booing
booms
booths
doomed
grooming brooms
books
tools
stools
groomed pools
hooking
cooling
fooled
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