ClassX Video Lessons Youtube Channel TutoringHour Suffix for Kids | What Are Suffixes? | Suffixes -s, -es, -er, -est, -ed, -ing, -ful, -less, -hood
Hey there! Have you ever wondered how words can change and become more interesting? Well, today we’re going to learn about something magical called suffixes. Suffixes are like little word helpers that you add to the end of a word to change its meaning or how it works in a sentence. Let’s dive in and explore the world of suffixes together!
Suffixes are letters or groups of letters that you stick onto the end of a word. They can change the word’s meaning or how it fits into a sentence. There are two main types of suffixes: inflectional and derivational. Let’s find out what each type does!
Inflectional suffixes help change the form of a word without changing its core meaning. For example, when you add “s” or “es” to a word, it makes it plural. So, “cat” becomes “cats,” “tree” becomes “trees,” and “church” becomes “churches.” Easy, right?
Another cool inflectional suffix is “er” or “est.” These suffixes help us compare things. For example, “tall” becomes “taller” or “tallest,” and “short” becomes “shorter” or “shortest.” We also use “ed” to show something happened in the past, like “jump” becomes “jumped,” and “ing” to show something is happening now, like “jumping.”
Derivational suffixes are a bit different. They change the word into a new word with a new meaning. For example, the suffix “er” can turn a verb into a noun, like “teach” becomes “teacher” and “read” becomes “reader.”
Another fun suffix is “ful,” which means “full of.” So, “wonder” becomes “wonderful,” and “beauty” becomes “beautiful.” On the other hand, “less” means “without,” so “color” becomes “colorless,” and “help” becomes “helpless.”
There’s also the suffix “hood,” which means a state of being. For example, “child” becomes “childhood,” and “neighbor” becomes “neighborhood.”
Lastly, we have the suffix “ish,” which means “fairly” or “having the nature of.” So, “child” becomes “childish,” and “red” becomes “reddish.”
Now that you know all about suffixes, why not try using them in your own writing? You can make your sentences more exciting and colorful by adding suffixes to words. Have fun experimenting with them!
That’s all for now! Keep exploring and learning new things. Thanks for reading, and have a great day!
Suffix Scavenger Hunt: Go on a word hunt around your home or classroom. Look for objects or items that have names with suffixes. For example, find a “teacher” in a book or a “painter” in a picture. Write down the words you find and circle the suffixes. Share your list with a friend and see who found the most suffixes!
Create Your Own Suffix Story: Write a short story using at least five words with suffixes. You can use words like “happiest,” “running,” or “friendship.” Illustrate your story with drawings to show what happens. Share your story with the class and see how many suffixes your classmates can spot!
Suffix Sorting Game: Make a set of index cards with different root words on them, like “play,” “color,” and “child.” On separate cards, write suffixes like “ful,” “less,” “er,” and “ing.” Mix them up and try to match the root words with the correct suffixes to create new words. How many new words can you make?
Here’s a sanitized version of the provided YouTube transcript:
—
No, I don’t fix broken bones or leaky pipes; I’m a wordsmith. I was not always good with words until one day I found my secret tool. Yes, you heard that right! Any guesses on what that tool is? Let me give you a hint: it is a letter or a string of letters added to the end of a word to alter its meaning or grammatical function. It is the suffix.
There are two types of suffixes: inflectional and derivational. Inflectional suffixes change the grammatical function while the original meaning of the word doesn’t change. For example, the suffix “s” or “es” changes a singular noun to a plural noun, as in “cat” to “cats,” “tree” to “trees,” “car” to “cars,” and “church” to “churches.”
The suffix “er” or “est” is added to the base form of an adjective to change it into a comparative or superlative degree. For instance, “tall” becomes “taller” or “tallest,” and “short” becomes “shorter” or “shortest.” We use the inflectional suffix “ed” for the past tense and “ing” for the progressive tense, as in “jump,” “jumped,” “jumping,” “walk,” “walked,” “walking.”
Now, let’s move on to the next type: derivational suffixes. A derivational suffix is when the new word has a new meaning derived from the original word, and the new word functions as a different part of speech. For example, the suffix “er” means someone who performs an action. It can convert almost any verb into a noun. For instance, “teach” becomes “teacher,” “lead” becomes “leader,” “speak” becomes “speaker,” “read” becomes “reader,” and “help” becomes “helper.”
Our next suffix is “ful,” which means full of. For example, “wonder” becomes “wonderful,” “hope” becomes “hopeful,” “beauty” becomes “beautiful,” and “care” becomes “careful.”
Next is the suffix “less,” which means without. For example, “color” becomes “colorless,” “use” becomes “useless,” “help” becomes “helpless,” “fear” becomes “fearless,” and “spot” becomes “spotless.”
The next suffix is “hood,” which means a state of being. For example, “child” becomes “childhood,” “neighbor” becomes “neighborhood,” “mother” becomes “motherhood,” “knight” becomes “knighthood,” and “brother” becomes “brotherhood.”
Let’s see what’s next: the suffix “ish.” “Ish” means fairly or having the nature or quality of. For example, “child” becomes “childish,” “red” becomes “reddish,” “stylish” remains “stylish,” “food” becomes “foolish,” and “boy” becomes “boyish.”
That’s all for now! If you’d like to put your newfound knowledge to the test, visit www.tutoringhour.com. Don’t forget to like and subscribe to stay tuned. Thanks for watching! Goodbye!
—
This version removes any extraneous elements and maintains clarity while preserving the original content’s meaning.
