Word Forms

Word Forms

See also Suffixes.

Common Endings

Verbs		Adjectives
-ise	advertise	-ous	humorous
-ize	organize	-ious	hilarious
-ate	communicate	-al	emotional
		-ial	influential
		-ic	generic
		-ive	creative
		-y	thrifty
		-ing	interesting
		-ed	embarrassed

Nouns (Person)		Nouns (activity, field, characteristic)
-er	teacher	-tion	reaction
-or	actor	-ation	cooperation
-ess	actress	-ment	advertisement
-ist	artist	-ing	accounting
-ian	electrician	-ance	maintenance
-ant	accountant	-ence	difference
-ent	resident	-ness	happiness
-ee	employee	-ry	dentistry
-ic	mechanic	-ty	specialty
-man	fisherman	-y	assembly
-woman	policewoman	-ism	journalism
-person	salesperson	-ure	architecture
-eur	chauffeur

Examples of Usage

What do you do (for a living)? I'm a barber. What type of work do you do? (I'm in) accounting. What do you do every day? I fix cars. I drive a bus.

What is his/her occupation? He's an architect. What field is he/she in? She's in dentistry. What does he/she do at work? He types letters. She programs computers