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Suffixes & Parts of Speech

اللواحق وأقسام الكلام

Use suffixes to identify likely grammatical function.

Teaching points

  • • Nouns: -tion, -ment, -ity, -ness
  • • Adjectives: -ive, -al, -ous, -able/-ible
  • • Adverbs: -ly
  • • Verbs: -ize/-ise, -ify

Practice

Answer the 3 questions, then check — أجب عن الأسئلة الثلاثة ثم تحقق

  1. 1. The new procedure improved the _____ of the service. A. efficient B. efficiently C. efficiency D. efficientize
  2. 2. The results were highly _____ across all three groups. A. consistency B. consistent C. consistently D. consist
  3. 3. The company responded _____ to the sudden increase in demand. A. effective B. effect C. effectively D. effectiveness