Suffixes

• It is at the end of the word. If it is hard to remember prefix has pre which is before. Or Suffix starts with an S and comes after P in the alphabet.
  
• It modifies the meaning of the word. But it is NOT the meaning of the word. for example: jumping- jump is the word root, the suffix ing is the process of. Jumper: Jump remains the meaning but the suffixes changes to on who jumps. Lets see it as a medical term: appendicitis: Appendic/o is the word root meaning appendix. -itis is the suffix meaning inflammation of. What is inflammed? The appendix. Appendectomy: append/o appendix -ectomy is the suffix to remove the appendix. But what is inflammed? the appendix. What is being removed? the appendix. without the word root you do not know.
• It may are may not be present. Usually is present but is not needed for the word to stand alone.

the simplest suffix is the -s. When added to a word it makes it plural.

changing the suffix changes your actions.

sometimes suffixes can also have a word root form: ex: path/o=disease -pathy=disease