I suffissi in inglese sono l’argomento che affronteremo oggi, dopo il post della scorsa settimana dedicato ai prefissi. I suffissi sono particelle che vengono aggiunte alla fine di una parola al fine di cambiarne il significato. Possono essere aggiunti a nomi, verbi, aggettivi e avverbi e sono molto utili per fare bella figura durante gli esami per ottenere le certificazioni più comuni. Oggi scopriremo quali sono i più utilizzati in inglese!

Come usare i suffissi in inglese

-er o -or (someone who does or is)

teach        teacher

write        writer

act            actor

E.g. When I was a child I wanted to be an actor but I became a teacher.

-ful (full of)

play          playful

wonder    wonderful

color        colorful

E.g. The painting was so wonderful and colorful.

-less (without)

child       childless

home      homeless

price       priceless

E.g. There are many beautiful pieces of priceless art in Italy.

-sion o -tion (used to form nouns from verbs; expresses an action)

suggest    suggestion

act           action

decide     decision

E.g. We need to make a decision. Does anyone have any suggestions?

-ment (action or process, or the result of)

improve   improvement

pay           payment

move        movement

E.g. I need to wait for the payments before we can make any more improvements to the building.

-able (to have the ability or capable of being)

do            doable

manage   manageable

comfort   comfortable

E.g. The new project is manageable and it is doable to finish it by the end of the week.

Quiz time

Scegli la parola corretta.

1. Look at the  ____________________ sky.

• colored
• colorable
• coloring
• colorful

2. The medicine was white and _________.

• odorless
• odorful
• disodor
• odorness

3. The policeman was courageous and _________.

• fearful
• fearless
• fearable
• fearor