Question

Which one of the following in inverted comma's word is closest in the meaning suffix?



(a) The entire building "collapsed" during the erathquake.

(b) The consumption of Ammonia can be "lethal"

(c) Mini has "laboured" day and night

(d) Two books will be "adequate" for now, read the rest later.​

Answer 1

Option (a) and (d) are closest

Explanation:

• Suffix is a letter or group of letters which are added at the end of a word to change either its meaning or its function.

• It can be small e.g. "-s" and "-ed" and can be large as well e.g. "-ation"

• Few examples are volunteer, "-eer" is suffix, movement "-ment" is suffix.

• Similarly, when we add "-ed" at the end of the verb, it behaves as a suffix.

• For examples in the sentence The entire building "collapsed" during the earthquake, "collapsed" is an example of suffix.

• Two books will be "adequate" for now, read the rest later.​ "adequate" is an example of a suffix.