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Adjective Suffixes
Greg Heon
Arielle Amzallag
Michael Hwang
Brian Delsack
Definition
 Some adjectives have special endings
 These endings are called adjective suffixes
 Some of these adjective suffixes are -able, ful, -ish, -less, -y, and -ous.
RULES
 One method for creating adjectives is to add
a suffix to either a noun or verb.
 If suffix that you are adding to the word
begins with a vowel and the word that you
are changing ends in silent “e,” you would
generally remove this e.
 Sometimes a verb can be the same word as
a noun. Ex. running boy
The Main Suffixes
 The main six adjective suffixes are:
– able
– ful
– ous
– ish
–y
– less
EXAMPLE 1 -able
 Here are some examples of root words and
suffixes:
– Believe  believable (shows dropping of “e”)
– Renew  renewable
– Reason  reasonable
 The suffix adjective “-able” appears to be used
primarily with verbs.
EXAMPLE 2 -ful
 Here are examples of words with the -ful
adjective suffix:
– Help  helpful
– Dread  dreadful
– Delight  delightful
– Grace  graceful
– Success  successful
 The suffix adjective “-ful” seems to be used
with nouns.
EXAMPLE 3 -y
 Here are some examples of words with the
suffix adjective “-y”:
– Mess messy
– Luck lucky
– snow snowy
– rock  rocky
 The “-y” suffix adjectives appears to be used
for nouns
Advantages
 Suffix adjectives allow you to change the
sentence structure easily
 Suffix adjectives can also the writer to
rephrase a sentence
 Suffix adjectives can also add variety to your
writing