1.3.7
Rules for Suffixes: '-ation'
Suffixes - 'ation'
Suffixes - 'ation'
When you want to add the suffix 'ation' to verbs ending in 're', you need to drop the 'e' before adding the 'ation'. Let's walk through some examples...
1) Pick a verb ending in 're'
1) Pick a verb ending in 're'
- Prepare.
2) Drop the 'e'
2) Drop the 'e'
- Prepar.
Add '-ation'
Add '-ation'
- Prepare becomes preparation.
Other examples
Other examples
- Admire → admir → admiration.
- Declare → declar → declaration.
- Explore → explor → exploration.
Suffixes - 'ation'
Suffixes - 'ation'
When you want to add the suffix 'ation' to verbs ending in 've', you need to drop the 'e' before adding the 'ation'. Let's walk through an example...
1) Pick a verb ending in 've'
1) Pick a verb ending in 've'
- Starve.
2) Drop the 'e'
2) Drop the 'e'
- Starv.
Add '-ation'
Add '-ation'
- Starve becomes starvation.
Other examples
Other examples
- To deprive (which means to prevent someone from having something) → depriv → deprivation.
- To observe (which means to watch) → observ → observation.
Suffixes - 'ation'
Suffixes - 'ation'
When you want to add the suffix 'ation' to verbs ending in 'ne', you need to drop the 'e' before adding the 'ation'. Let's walk through an example...
1) Pick a verb ending in 'ne'
1) Pick a verb ending in 'ne'
- Determine.
2) Drop the 'e'
2) Drop the 'e'
- Determin.
Add '-ation'
Add '-ation'
- Determine becomes determination.
Other examples
Other examples
- Combine (which means to join together) → combin → combination.
- Examine (which means to look at closely) → examin → examination.
- Incline (which means to make someone want to do something) → inclin → inclination.
1Reading
1.1Root Words
1.2Prefixes
1.3Suffixes
1.3.1Vowel Suffixes
1.3.2Suffixes: '-ous'
1.3.3Rules for Suffixes: '-ous'
1.3.4Testing - Rules for Suffixes
1.3.5Suffixes: '-ly'
1.3.6Suffixes: '-ation'
1.3.7Rules for Suffixes: '-ation'
1.3.8Spelling: '-tion' Endings
1.3.9Spelling: '-sion' Endings
1.3.10Spelling: '-ssion' Endings
1.3.11Spelling: '-cian' Endings
1.3.12End of Topic Test - Suffixes
2Writing
2.1Composition
2.2Conjunctions
2.3Present Perfect Tense
2.5Fronted Adverbials
2.7Homophones
2.7.1Accept & Except
2.7.2Affect & Effect
2.7.3Ball & Bawl
2.7.4Berry & Bury
2.7.5Brake & Break
2.7.6Fair & Fare
2.7.7Grate & Great
2.7.8Groan & Grown
2.7.9Hear & Here
2.7.10Heal, Heel & He'll
2.7.11Knot & Not
2.7.12Mail & Male
2.7.13Main & Mane
2.7.14Meat & Meet
2.7.15Medal & Meddle
2.7.16Missed & Mist
2.7.17Peace & Piece
2.7.18Plain & Plane
2.7.19Rain & Reign & Rein
2.7.20Scene & Seen
2.7.21Weather & Whether
2.7.22Whose & Who's
2.7.23End of Topic Test - Homophones
2.8Spelling Rules
2.9Using Apostrophes
2.10Using a Dictionary
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1Reading
1.1Root Words
1.2Prefixes
1.3Suffixes
1.3.1Vowel Suffixes
1.3.2Suffixes: '-ous'
1.3.3Rules for Suffixes: '-ous'
1.3.4Testing - Rules for Suffixes
1.3.5Suffixes: '-ly'
1.3.6Suffixes: '-ation'
1.3.7Rules for Suffixes: '-ation'
1.3.8Spelling: '-tion' Endings
1.3.9Spelling: '-sion' Endings
1.3.10Spelling: '-ssion' Endings
1.3.11Spelling: '-cian' Endings
1.3.12End of Topic Test - Suffixes
2Writing
2.1Composition
2.2Conjunctions
2.3Present Perfect Tense
2.5Fronted Adverbials
2.7Homophones
2.7.1Accept & Except
2.7.2Affect & Effect
2.7.3Ball & Bawl
2.7.4Berry & Bury
2.7.5Brake & Break
2.7.6Fair & Fare
2.7.7Grate & Great
2.7.8Groan & Grown
2.7.9Hear & Here
2.7.10Heal, Heel & He'll
2.7.11Knot & Not
2.7.12Mail & Male
2.7.13Main & Mane
2.7.14Meat & Meet
2.7.15Medal & Meddle
2.7.16Missed & Mist
2.7.17Peace & Piece
2.7.18Plain & Plane
2.7.19Rain & Reign & Rein
2.7.20Scene & Seen
2.7.21Weather & Whether
2.7.22Whose & Who's
2.7.23End of Topic Test - Homophones
2.8Spelling Rules
2.9Using Apostrophes
2.10Using a Dictionary
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