Suffixes

 Suffixes are the endings on words. 

For example, the underlined parts of the following words are suffixes.

Tasteless 

difference

categorize 

sadly

The suffix controls the part of speech.

For example, the following words all come from the root word create

• Notice the part of speech of each word.

Create Verb

Creative Adjective

Creation Noun

Creatively Adverb

• Like the example creative, most words ending in -ive are adjectives. 
• Like the example creation, most words ending in -tion are nouns.
• Like the example creatively, most words ending in -ly are adverbs.