Dr. Judith M. Newman

Spelling Patterns in English

 

  Sound Patterns Structural Patterns  Meaning Patterns  
 
 
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DERIVATIONAL SUFFIXES
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WORD LISTS

  -ment -tion -ion -sion -ory  
  comment
argument
statement
development
movement
achievement
accompaniment
experiment
involvement
measurement
environment
treatment
mention
station
relation
action
attention
emotion
position
collection
imitation
limitation
imitation
invention
imagination
determination
indication
illustration
situation
connection
pollution
competition
restriction
operation
combination
description
election
direction
evolution
duration
investigation
possiession
explanation
absorption
companion
onion
million
vision
decision
apprehension
conclusion
extension
expansion
collision
memory
factory
directory
inventory
conservatory
 
  -ence -ness -ing -ity  
  difference
sequence
experience
dependence
obedience
kindness
liveliness
bitterness
tenderness
sweetness
weakness
decision
apprehension
conclusion
extension
expansion
collision
memory
factory
directory
inventory
conservator
 
  -ance -ture -cy -y  
  difference
sequence
experience
dependence
obedience
temperature
picture
mixture
future
capture
lecture
structure
creature
literature
departure
vacancy
occupancy
tendancy
memory
factory
directory
inventory
conservatory
 
-ist
dentist
novelist
dramatist