-ee example: trainee
-our / -iour / -ure example: pleasure
-hood example: childhood
-ment example: movement
-ist example: communist
-er / -ian / -or example: musician
-ity / -iety / -y example: anxiety
-ship example: friendship
-ance / -ence example: tolerance
-ness example: happiness
-ism example: neoliberalism
-tion / -sion / -ion / -ation example: imagination
used to describe a person on whom an action is performed
often used to form nouns from verbs (such as imagine)
used to describe peoples beliefs and sometimes their occupation
used to form abstract nouns concerned with periods of life or relationships between people
used to form abstract nouns from adjectives ending in -ant or -ent
often used to form abstract nouns
often used to form abstract/concept nouns from adjectives (such as happy)
used to form abstract nouns, particularly about relationships
used for people or things that do a particular job
often used to form abstract/concept nouns from verbs (like move)
often used to form nouns from adjectives (such as anxious)
used to describe religions or ideologies and for some abstract nouns