Introducing about Suffixes

A suffix is a group of letters placed at the end of a word to make a new word. A suffix can make a new word in one of two ways:

1. inflectional (grammatical): for example, changing singular to plural (dog > dogs), or changing present tense to past tense (walk > walked). In this case, the basic meaning of the word does not change.

2. derivational (the new word has a new meaning, "derived" from the original word): for example, teach > teacher or care > careful

Inflectional suffixes
Inflectional suffixes do not change the meaning of the original word. So in "Every day I walk to school" and "Yesterday I walked to school", the words walk and walked have the same basic meaning. In "I have one car" and "I have two cars", the basic meaning of the words car and cars is exactly the same. In these cases, the suffix is added simply for grammatical "correctness". Look at these examples:

Derivational suffixes
With derivational suffixes, the new word has a new meaning, and is usually a different part of speech. But the new meaning is related to the old meaning - it is "derived" from the old meaning.
We can add more than one suffix, as in this example.

derive (verb) + tion = derivation (noun) + al = derivational (adjective)
There are several hundred derivational suffixes. Here are some of the more common ones:

Learning About Suffixes 

“er and est” 

Here we just study about er and est……

The suffixes er and est are added to adjectives or describing words to compare things.

Rules To Remember:

Rule 1   : The suffix er should be used when you are comparing two   things.

Example: Susan is shorter than Emily.

Rule 2  : The suffix est should be used when you are comparing more than two things.

Example: Megan is the shortest girl in our class.

Rule 3: For two-syllable words ending in y (happy), the  y should be dropped and an I should be added before adding the suffix est.

Example: Rosie is the funniest cat in my neighborhood.

Rule 4: For one-syllable words (fat), the ending  consonant should bedoubled before adding  er or est.

Example: That is the fattest bird I have ever seen.

 Rule 5: Words ending with the letter “e” (late), drop the “e” before adding er or est.

Example: Marge arrived at school later than Chrissy.

`Try To Do This Exercise….

 PART A.

Use the rules above to add the suffixes er and est to the words below. Use the suffix in the ( ) after the word. Write the new word on the line.

1. thick (er) ____________________________________

2. tall (est) ____________________________________

3. silly (est) ____________________________________

4. long (er) ____________________________________

5. mad (est) ____________________________________

6. friendly(er) ____________________________________

PART B.

Use the rules you have learned to add the suffixes er and est to the

following words. Use the suffix in the ( ) after the base word. Write the

new word on the line.

1. sleepy(est) _________________________________________

2. pretty (est) _________________________________________

3. soft (er) _________________________________________

4. crazy(est) _________________________________________

5. loud (er) _________________________________________

6. tough (est) _________________________________________

7. bright (er) _________________________________________

8. sad (er) _________________________________________

9. lucky (est) _________________________________________

10. nasty (er) _________________________________________

11. lazy (est) _________________________________________

12. tiny (er) _________________________________________

13. scary (est) _________________________________________

14. dark (er) _________________________________________

15. strong (est) _________________________________________

16. weak (er) _________________________________________

17. jolly (est) _________________________________________

18. fast (er) _________________________________________

19. lovely (est) _________________________________________

PART C.

Write the correct form of the adjectives below on the lines.

Read the sentence carefully.

1. Mark is ____________________________ in math than Becky is.

Smarter, smartest

2. Addition is ________________________ than subtraction to me.

Easier, easiest

3. That is the ________________________ snake I have ever seen.

Longer, longest

4. Shelby’s cat is the ____________________________ I know.

Faster, fastest

5. Brent’s story is ___________________________ than my story.

Shorter, shortest

It’s a Quiz!

Circle the letter in front of the correct answer.

1. I liked the poem Grant read because it’s the _____.

a. funniest b. funnier c. funnyest

2. I am the ______ person in my gym class.

a. weaker b. weakiest c. weakest

3. Mark is the _________ runner on the baseball team.

a. faster b. fastest c. fasterest

4. My blanket is ______ than Ginger’s blanket.

a. softer b. softiest c. softest

5. Who has the __________ grades in your class?

a. higher b. highiest c. highest

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