Word Formation. Suffixes -ful,-less,-ous,-y

A suffix is a letter or group of letters, for example '-ly' or '- ness', which is added to the end of a word in order to form a different word, often of a different word class. For example, the suffix '-ly' is added to ' quick' to form 'quickly'. Compare affix and , prefix. (Collins English Dictionary)

Learning suffixes can help you guess new vocabulary in addition to helping improve your word choice when writing.

It is great that we can usually predict the part of speech of a word using the suffix and sometimes guess the meaning. However, how does that help us improve our vocabulary in writing?

Unfortunately, you can’t just put together any noun and the suffix -al to make an adjective to fit in your sentence ( “tigeral” isn’t a word).

There is a chart with some general rules that you can use to build new words to use in writing, by adding more suffixes at the end. But be careful–sometimes it’s not possible to add or change the suffix. Please check a dictionary if you are unsure.

Suffixes that make adjectives -full, -less, -ous, -y

Let's Practise.

Make new adjectives by adding these suffixes -ful, -less, -ous and -y to
the words given below.

1. danger- .....

2. storm- .....

3. home- ....

4. help- .....

5. wind- .....

6. poison- .....

7. fun- .....

8. use- .....

9. power- .....

10. rain-.....

11. beauty- .....

12. snow-.....

• Click the link https://learningapps.org/watch?v=p8gvw4jka21

• Do the exercises and click "Check"

• Take a screenshot and attach the file