Unit 3: Lesson 14 Suffixes (-able, -ible)

Unit 3: Lesson 14Suffixes

(-able, -ible)

Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

Part 1: Introduce Strategy


A suffix is a word part (affix) that is added to the end of a root word.


Today we are going to look at the suffixes:

-able -ibleCopyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

Let’s look at the suffix:

-ableCopyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

The suffix -able means “able to be” or “inclined to be.”


EXAMPLE WORDS


transportable? - able to be transported


chewable? - able to be chewed


washable? - able to be washed


The suffix -ible also means “able to be” or “inclined to be.”


EXAMPLE WORDS


connectible? - able to be connected


flexible? - able to be flexed


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