Suffixes worksheet for practicing word formation by adding suffixes to base words.

Let's solve this worksheet step by step. The task is to add suffixes to each base word to create a verb and a noun. You may need to change, drop, or add letters before adding the suffix.

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🔤 Understanding Suffixes:

- Verb suffixes: Common ones include *-ate*, *-ify*, *-en*, *-ize*, *-fy*.
- Noun suffixes: Common ones include *-tion*, *-sion*, *-er*, *-or*, *-ity*, *-ance*, *-ism*, *-ist*, *-ment*, *-ness*, *-hood*, *-ship*, *-age*, etc.

We’ll go through each base word and find appropriate verb and noun forms.

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✔ Solutions:

| Base Word | Verb | Noun |
|---------------|------------------|--------------------|
| 1. act | act (already a verb) → activate | action |
| 2. alphabet | alphabetize | alphabet (already a noun) → alphabetization |
| 3. civil | civilize | civilian, civility |
| 4. crystal | crystallize | crystal (already a noun) → crystallization |
| 5. demon | demonstrate | demonstration |
| 6. fertile | fertilize | fertility |
| 7. global | globalize | globalism, globality |
| 8. hospital | hospitalize | hospitalization, hospital (already a noun) |
| 9. internal | internalize | internality, internalization |
| 10. magnet | magnetize | magnetism, magnet (already a noun) |
| 11. notary | notarize | notarization, notary (already a noun) |

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📌 Explanation of Key Changes:

1. act
- Verb: "act" is already a verb.
- Noun: Add -ion → action

2. alphabet
- Verb: Add -ize → alphabetize (to put in alphabetical order)
- Noun: Already a noun; can use alphabetization (process)

3. civil
- Verb: Add -ize → civilize (to make civilized)
- Noun: civility (quality of being civil), or civilian (person not in military)

4. crystal
- Verb: Add -ize → crystallize (to form crystals)
- Noun: Already a noun; crystallization is the process

5. demon
- Verb: Often used as "demonstrate" (from Latin root "demonstrare")
- Noun: demonstration (showing something clearly)

6. fertile
- Verb: fertilize (to make fertile)
- Noun: fertility (state of being fertile)

7. global
- Verb: globalize (to make global)
- Noun: globalism (ideology of globalization)

8. hospital
- Verb: hospitalize (to admit to hospital)
- Noun: hospitalization (the act of being hospitalized)

9. internal
- Verb: internalize (to make internal, absorb mentally)
- Noun: internalization (process of internalizing)

10. magnet
- Verb: magnetize (to make magnetic)
- Noun: magnetism (property of attracting metal)

11. notary
- Verb: notarize (to officially certify a document)
- Noun: notarization (the act of notarizing)

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✔ Final Answer Table:

| Base Word | Verb | Noun |
|---------------|----------------|--------------------|
| 1. act | act / activate | action |
| 2. alphabet | alphabetize | alphabetization |
| 3. civil | civilize | civility / civilian |
| 4. crystal | crystallize | crystallization |
| 5. demon | demonstrate | demonstration |
| 6. fertile | fertilize | fertility |
| 7. global | globalize | globalism |
| 8. hospital | hospitalize | hospitalization |
| 9. internal | internalize | internalization |
| 10. magnet | magnetize | magnetism |
| 11. notary | notarize | notarization |

> Note: Some words have multiple valid answers. These are common and accepted forms.

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