Suffixes
Recognising how words are built up will help you to spell them.
Yesterday, we looked at prefixes which are added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning.
Today we are going to explore suffixes which are added to the end of a word to change its meaning.
e.g. the suffix ling=a little one
So…duckling means a little duck!
Some suffixes have specific uses. Adding ‘ing’ can change a noun into a verb eg ‘garden’ to ‘gardening‘. While ‘ed’ can put a verb in the past tense eg ‘jump’ to ‘jumped‘.
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Research the following suffixes. Find out what each suffix means and write down at least three examples below!
- ology
- graph
- port
- ation
- ment
Miss Gorick and Mrs Healy 🙂
ology – the study of- mammalogy – study of mammals
ment – the act of doing something or the result of a action – abridgment
port – carry – transport
ation – result of an action or process – hibernation
graph – to write – paragraph
Great work Jeanne 🙂 you were very quick with your answer!
Ology : relating to animals andplants
(e.g biology, technology, ecology)
Graph: product of drawing or writing
( e.g hemophotograph, photograph,monograph)
Port: To carry
(e.g transport , teleport, import)
Ation: action/process
(e.g collaboration, communication, inspiration)
Ment: act of
(e.g assignment, encouragement, management
Photo-graph
Air-port
crea-tion
Auto-graph
Air-port
Inform-ation
Ology- the study of something-pharmacology,technology and planetology.
Graph- written-paragraph,photograph and micrograph
Port- to carry-transport,passport and teleport.
Ation-the result of an action-creation,animation and conversation.
Ment-the denote of a resulting state-abandonment,accomplishment and abolishment.
auto- biology
auto- graph
sign-ature
Microbiology, phonograph, import, vibration, amusement
ology graph port ation ment
-ology: the teaching of, e.g. microbiology, anthropology
-graph: to write, e.g. phonograph, photograph
-port: to carry, e.g. export, import
-ation: an action or process, e.g. hibernation, conversation
-ment: the result of a certain process, e.g. abridgement, fragment
Ology means- the study (often of mammals).
E.g. Biology
Graph means- something written or drawn in a specified way.
E.g. Photograph
Port means- to carry
E.g. Transport
Ation means- action
E.g. Mention
Ment means- doing something (act)
E.g. Statement
Ology – a subject of study.
(E.g technology, biology, ecology)
Graph – to write.
(E.g paragraph, autograph, photograph)
Port – to carry.
(E.g transport, import, teleport)
Ation – the result of a process
(E.g teleportation, creation, animation)
Ment – the act of doing something
(E.g assignment, accomplishment, encouragement)
Thank you Alfie!
Ation- the result of a process (long or short)
Ment- acting out a will
Graph- to write
Ology- a subject of study
Port- to carry
Well done all of you-I am impressed!
I think it is really interesting to discover that each suffix has a different meaning-it makes words make more sense!
Para-graph
loc-ation
Docu-ment
• Ology
A subject of study (e.g) pharmacology – the subject of medicine
• Graph
To write (e.g) cartograph – to make maps and charts
• Port
To carry (e.g) rapport –when two people a good understanding and can communicate well with each other.
• Ation
The act of doing something (e.g ) aspiration – a personal goal that you want to achieve
• Ment
The result of an action (e.g) embankment – recall the past
ology-branch of knowledge, science (e.g biology, physiology and astronology)
graph-instrument for recording; that which writes, marks, or describes (e.g autograph, paragraph and photograph)
port-to carry (e.g airport, transport and teleport)
ation-ending of some nouns of action (e.g equation, pulverisation and aspiration)
ment-it forms nouns (e.g instrument, document and comment)