Suffixes: '-ation'
English Language: KS3, topic 1.3.7
Suffixes - 'ation'
Suffixes are letters or words placed at the end of words which change their meaning. When you add the suffix '-ation' to the end of a verb, the verb becomes a noun. Let's look at some examples of verbs ending in 'ation'...
To inform → information
To document → documentation
To admire → admiration
To sense → sensation
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'
- Prepare.
2) Drop the 'e'
- Prepar.
Add '-ation'
- Prepare becomes preparation.
Other examples
- Admire → admir → admiration.
- Declare → declar → declaration.
- Explore → explor → exploration.
Test yourself on Suffixes: '-ation'
Which of these are nouns?
What do we add to the end of verbs to make them nouns?
What is the noun form of the verb inform?
What is the noun form of 'to admire'?
What do we need to do before adding the suffix '-ation' to verbs ending in 're' (prepare, declare)?