Part of speech: Suffixes

There are many endings of words (known as “suffixes”) which are associated with different parts of speech. Here are some examples:

Part of Speech	Suffixes	Examples
Nouns	-ance	appearance, performance, significance
	-ence	dependence, existence, reference
	-tion	definition, distribution, organisation
	-sion	conclusion, dimension, tension
	-ment	assessment, employment, environment
	-ure	literature, procedure, structure
	-ity	clarity, identity, majority
	-age	advantage, package, percentage
Adjectives	-ant	important, relevant, significant
	-ent	consistent, dependent, evident
	-ive	effective, informative, productive
	-cial	beneficial, commercial, financial
	-tial	essential, influential, residential
	-ous	ambiguous, obvious, serious
	-ic	dramatic, economic, specific
Verbs	-en	strengthen, tighten, widen
	-olve	involve, revolve, solve
	-ide	coincide, decide, divide
	-ise	generalise, organise, revise

It’s important to note that these are general patterns and there are many words which do not follow them. For example:

initiative (noun), mention (verb), sudden (adjective), statistic (noun), ensure (verb), wooden (adjective).