What is a suffix?
A suffix is a letter or group of letters that goes on the end of a word and changes the word's meaning.
Sometimes they also change the original word's spelling.
When adding a suffix you might have to double the last letter.
For example when adding -ed to 'drop', you need to double the 'p'.
drop → dropped
Some suffixes have specific uses.
Adding -ing can change a noun into a verb.
garden → gardening
While -ed can put a verb in the past tense.
jump → jumped
Watch: Using suffixes
Fudge, Pudge and grudge learn about suffixes.
I've told you, fur doesn't tan even when you're in the garden.
A suffix is a letter, or group of letters, that go on the end of a word. They change a word's meaning.
'ing' can change a noun into a verb, like gardening.
Make yourself useful.
Huh. There you go.
Oh, why do you have to destroy everything?
The suffix 'ed' puts things in the past tense.
Oh, now you've destroyed them.
Ah! You know, suffixes sometimes change the original word's spelling, often doubling the last letter, like trapped. Ha! Gotcha!
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