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Saturday, June 16, 2012

Word Endings

It is very important that you need to recognize some word endings in English for this will often tells you how a word is used grammatically in English.

Even if you do not understand what the word means, you can tell how the word is used grammatically if you recognize the word ending of a word that you do not know.

Some common word endings in English:

                               Word Endings in English

Noun (person)     Noun (thing)     Verb     Adjective     Adverb
-er                       -ty                      -fy        -al              -ly
-or                       -ion                    -ize      -nt
-ist                       -ism                   -ate      -ful
-ian                      -nce                               -ble
                            -ness                             -ous
                            -logy

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