2.  She sang softly hoping that the baby would
fall asleep.
 He was known throughout the community for
his kindness and generosity.
 We have so much to be thankful for.
 He got an A in Biology class.

3.  What do you think are the meaning of the
underlined words?
◦ softly
◦ hoping
◦ kindness
◦ generosity
◦ thankful
◦ Biology
 What do you think are the root words of the
following words?

4.  A suffix is a letter or a group of letters
attached to the end of a word to form a new
word or to alter the grammatical function of
the original word.
 For example, the verb read can be made into
the noun reader by adding the suffix -
er; read can be made into the
adjective readable by adding the suffix -able.

5. Suffix Meaning Root Word Example
-al act or process of refuse + al = Refusal
-er, -or one who Train + er = trainer,
Protect + or= protector
-ism the belief of Community communism
-ist one who Chem chemist
-ity, -ty quality of Vera veracity
-ness state of being Heavy heaviness
-ship position held Fellow fellowship
-sion, -tion state of being Concess concession,
transit transition

6. SUFFIX MEANING EXAMPLE
-ate become eradicate
-en become enlighten
-ify, -fy make or become terrify
-ize, -ise become civilize

7. SUFFIX MEANING EXAMPLE
-able, -ible can be done edible,
presentable
-al pertaining to regional
-ful full of fanciful
-ic, -ical pertaining to musical, mythic
-ious, -ous characterized by nutritious,
portentous
-ive having the nature creative
of
-less without endless
-ly kind of brotherly,
motherly