Word Endings that Indicate Parts of Speech

Word Endings that Indicate Parts of Speech

Below is a list of common suffixes (word endings) that help indicate what part of

speech a word is. Sometimes a word can be identified as a noun, adjective,

adverb, or verb by its suffix.

NOUNS

Suffix

ion, sion, tion

acy

age

ance, ence

hood

ar, or

ism

ist

ment

ness

y

ity

ADJECTIVES

Example

population

accuracy

image

permanence

childhood

scholar, doctor

socialism

artist

government

happiness

beauty

reality, capacity

Suffix

al

ful

ly

ic

ish

like

ous

y

ate

able, ible

VERBS

Suffix

ify

ate

ize

en

Example

beautify

populate

realize

widen, lengthen

Example

natural

beautiful

friendly

chronic

childish

childlike

populous, numerous

happy

accurate

capable, terrible

ADVERBS

Suffix

ly

Example

happily, readily, beautifully

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