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English
Verb, adjective and noun suffixes
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Give to class
What word class is the word in bold in this sentence? The sensible pupil packed his books into his bag carefully.
verb
noun
adjective ✓
adverb
What word class is the word in bold in this sentence? He packed his things away sensibly.
verb
noun
adjective
adverb ✓
Match the words ending in -able to the root word.
sustainable
⇔
sustain ✓
admirable
⇔
admire ✓
reasonable
⇔
reason ✓
What happens when the suffix -able is added to 'admire'?
Just add the suffix.
Remove the ‘e’, then add the suffix. ✓
Keep the ‘e’ and just add the suffix.
What happens when the suffix -able is added to 'reason'?
Just add the suffix. ✓
Remove the ‘e’, then add the suffix.
Keep the ‘e’ and just add the suffix.
Match the word to the word class.
consideration
⇔
noun ✓
tolerable
⇔
adjective ✓
adorably
⇔
adverb ✓
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