What is a suffix?
A suffix is a letter or group of letters that goes on the end of a word and changes the word's meaning.
Sometimes they also change the original word's spelling.
When adding a suffix you might have to double the last letter.
For example when adding -ed to 'drop', you need to double the 'p'.
drop → dropped
Some suffixes have specific uses.
Adding -ing can change a noun into a verb.
garden → gardening
While -ed can put a verb in the past tense.
jump → jumped
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