Look at the following words given and read.
A. Commonly, nearly
B. Spaniard, drunkard
C. parental
D. authority
Notice that common and near are adjectives. What happened to their function when ly was added? Notice, too, that Spain is a noun and drunk is the past participle of the verb drink. What happened to their function or use, when the suffix –ard was added? Similarly, parent is a noun. What became of it when the suffix –al was added? How about the author? What part of speech is it? Did it change function when the suffix –ity was added?
In English, suffixes, like prefixes, are very common. The following chart shows suffixes, their meanings and the parts of speech they form.
A. Commonly, nearly
B. Spaniard, drunkard
C. parental
D. authority
Notice that common and near are adjectives. What happened to their function when ly was added? Notice, too, that Spain is a noun and drunk is the past participle of the verb drink. What happened to their function or use, when the suffix –ard was added? Similarly, parent is a noun. What became of it when the suffix –al was added? How about the author? What part of speech is it? Did it change function when the suffix –ity was added?
In English, suffixes, like prefixes, are very common. The following chart shows suffixes, their meanings and the parts of speech they form.
ACTIVITY
SOURCE: Bermudez, V., Cruz, J., Gorgon, E., Nery, R., San Juan, M. English Expressways IV textbook
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