Suffixes : ion, sion and tion
A lot of us spend our time on social media sites like Facebook and Instagram
Accepting friend requests and follow requests from people that we know is always fun
But we can also avoid people that we don’t like or are not compatible with
A ‘root word’ is like our social media account, it can accept multiple friend requests from different suffixes
Here is an example of a root word ‘nation’ having multiple suffixes
A suffix is a type of affix that is attached at the end of the word
The 'ion' suffix takes 3 forms -
The most important use of the ‘ion’ suffix is to convert verbs into nouns
Let us look at the word ‘rebellion’
The verb ‘rebel’ is combined with the suffix ‘ion’ to form a noun
The suffix ‘ion’ is also combined with the verb ‘opine’ to form the noun 'opinion'
‘Explosion’ is example of a verb being combined with the ‘sion’ suffix
Here, ‘explode’ is the independent root word being combined with ‘sion’
‘Allusion’ is another example of a verb that takes the ‘sion’ suffix to become a noun
An example of the use of the ‘tion’ suffix is in the word ‘opposition’
The independent root word ‘oppose’ which is a verb takes the ‘tion’ suffix and becomes a noun
Another example of the ‘tion’ suffix which creates a past participle is ‘ideation’
English has borrowed many words from Latin
A few of these words that English has borrowed are root words that function as adjectives in Latin
These words are always used with the suffix ‘ion’ attached as they are of Latin origin and do not have English root words
In these examples, ‘ion’ is a suffix, however there is no independent root word
Let us quickly revise what we have learnt
Suffixes are affixes that are attached at the end of a root word
Suffixes can change a word from a verb to a noun
The suffixes ‘ion’, ‘sion’ and ‘tion’ are examples of suffixes that convert verbs into nouns
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