Word PartsOrigins

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Argus High School
English Lesson 11 Suffixes
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Word Analysis, Fluency, and Systematic Vocabulary
Development

• Suffixes

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WORD PARTS ORIGINS
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Suffixes

• A suffix is a word part that can be attached
• to the end of a base word or a root word to
• form a new word.

prefix base word suffix
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• There are two kinds of suffixes.
• One kind, inflectional suffixes, can be added
  to nouns to change the number and to verbs to
  change the tense or to adjectives to change the
  degree of comparison (see chart on next slide.)

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Inflectional Suffixes
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• Another kind, derivational suffixes, are
• added to a root or base word to change the
• words meaning or part of speech (see
• chart next slide.)

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Derivational Suffixes
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Derivational Suffixes
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Derivational Suffixes
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Derivational Suffixes
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• For example
• My daughter seems to be defiant when I
  specifically ask her to do something.

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• My daughter seems to be defiant when I
  specifically ask her to do something.
• The word defiant is made up of
• the suffix -ant, which means inclined to and
  the base word defy, which means
• resist. By combining the meaning of the
• two, the reader can determine that
• the meaning for defiant
• is one who is inclined to resist.

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• For example
• February 3rd was the coldest day of the year, so
  far.

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• February 3rd was the coldest day of the year,
  so far.
• The word coldest is made up of
• the base word cold and the suffix -est, which
  changes the degree to most. By combining the
  meaning of the
• two, the reader can determine that
• the meaning for coldest
• is the most cold.

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• Now it s your turn
• It was hard to find a hotel vacancy in the
  crowded city.
• (Practice independently
• and then discuss how
• you arrived at the
• meaning.)

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• It was hard to find a hotel vacancy in the
  crowded city.
• The word vacancy is made up of the base word
  vacant meaning not occupied, and the suffix
  -ancy, meaning state or quality of. By
  combining the meaning of the two, the reader can
  determine that the meaning for vacancy is the
  state of being unoccupied.

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