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Vocabulary building: Suffixes Study suffixes to build vocabulary

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suffixes

Suffixes, along with prefixes and word roots, are a useful way to build vocabulary. This quiz focuses on suffixes of words from the Academic Word List (AWL).


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Learning Outcomes

By completing this quiz, you will:

  • build vocabulary by studying suffixes of words from the Academic Word List (AWL).




Sheldon Smith

Author: Sheldon Smith    ‖    Last modified: 07 October 2020.

Sheldon Smith is the founder and editor of EAPFoundation.com. He has been teaching English for Academic Purposes since 2004. Find out more about him in the about section and connect with him on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.



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