Suffixes –ee, -able/ible, -ness (Easy)

Vocabulary points to take away:

SuffixWordsExample Sentence
-ee
Creates a noun meaning
‘person who receives an
action’.
interviewee, trainee,
employee, refugee,
absentee
My company has six thousand
employees.
-able
Creates an adjective
meaning the subject can do
something OR that

something can be done to it.
excitable, employable,
pleasurable, enjoyable,
loveable, readable,
breakable, moveable
I didn’t like his last book – it
wasn’t very readable.
-ible
A different spelling of –
able.
responsible, visible,
horrible, terrible
Stars are only visible at night.
-ness
Creates a noun which
describes a quality or state.
happiness, nervousness,
politeness, sadness,
sickness, kindness,
meaninglessness
He missed two days of work
because of sickness.

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Hello and welcome to 6 Minute Vocabulary. Im Finn…

Alice

And Im Alice. Today were looking at a very part of word building  � suffixes.

Finn

Suffixes. Well look at what they are, what they mean and how use them.

Alice

Therell be a quiz…

Finn

And well leave you with a top tip for learning vocabulary.

So: to start off, were going to listen to Andrea and Steve who work in a bank. They have

interviewed two people who want to work there.

Finn

And heres a question to think about while you listen: did Andrea and Steve like best -*%-

the first person or the second person?

Alice

Who did they like ? Lets find out.

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Andrea

What do you think then Steve?

Steve

Well, the first one was very excitable: kept laughing and speaking fast.

Andrea

Perhaps it was just nervousness, but theres no room for that in this .

Steve

No. Now I thought the second interviewee seemed a bit more responsible.

Andrea

Yes, she did  � very when dealing with money. And she was polite.

Steve

Politeness is essential in this job.

Andrea

Absolutely. Well, I we both know which one is more employable.

STING

Finn

So, thats Steve and Andrea. And we asked you: did they like best?

Alice

And the answer is: they definitely liked the second person best. The second one polite

and responsible. The first one was a bit too excitable.

Finn

Thats right, and excitable is a key in the show today because it ends in a suffix.

Alice:

Now in the world of vocabulary, a suffix a group of letters that you can add to the end of

a word to change its form, or , or both.

Finn

For example, the word excitable has the suffix --able, spelt a-b-l-e---. --able makes verbs into

adjectives, we use –able words to say that a subject can do something  � is able to do

something - they behave in a particular way.

Alice

So if we take the verb excite, add the suffix --able, we say that the first interviewee was

excitable, meaning: he can get very excited.

Finn

And the second one was , thats responsible with –ible��, spelt ‘---’i-b-l-e��---’. She can be

trusted to do the right thing. And thats why she more employable, now that's --able with

an a again. Now for another suffix. Andrea and Steve talked about two . The

suffix –ee��, spelt e-e-, makes a noun which means ‘the person who receives an action’.

Alice

For example, you add –ee to interview, you get the person who receives an interview, an

interviewee.

IDENT

Youre listening to Learning English dot com.

Finn

And were talking about suffixes. Our final suffix for today is –ness��, spelt n-e-s-s---. –*%��

ness to an adjective makes a noun.

Alice

Thats right, and interviewee number one suffered from nervousness  � noun form of

nervous.

Finn

But number two understood the importance of politeness  � the noun form of polite.

politeness important to you Alice?

Alice

Oh yes Finn, politeness is very important to me.

Finn

I think youre polite. Now lets listen to todays suffixes and words again.

Alice

The first one was: --able with an a. ---.

Finn

excitable, employable

Alice

--ible with an i. i-b-l-e---.

Finn

responsible

Alice

--ee: e-e-

Finn

interviewee

Alice

--ness: n-e-s-s---

nervousness, politeness

Alice

And its time for a quiz. Choose the correct suffix to complete the final words in 2

sentences. Ready? Number 1. The most important thing to me is my familys’… a) happy-ee-

b) happy-able-, c) .

Finn

This one is the noun form of happy, so its c) happiness.

Alice

Number 2. Im learning how do this job. Im a a) trainee b) trainable, c) train-ness-.

Finn

You are receiving training, so youre a .

Alice

Well done if you got those right.

Finn

And that brings us almost to the end of todays .

Alice

But before we go, heres todays top tip for learning vocabulary: if you use an online

dictionary, type hyphen or a dash into the search box, and then type in any of todays’

suffixes. The dictionary will you a list of words that end with your suffix.

Finn

You know, thats a really good tip: I I might try that. Theres more about this at BBC

learning English dot com. Join us again for more Minute Vocabulary.

Both

Good bye!

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