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• Let us look at the word “pay”:
        pay means something given in return for work
  The suffix “ing” is added to show that something is happening at present
        pay + ing = paying, which shows the action ‘pay’ is happening now
• Let us look at the word “bad”:
        bad means not good (word form: adjective)
  The suffix “ly” changes the form of the word to adjective or adverb
        bad + ly = badly, which means in a bad way. (word form: adverb)
• Let us look at the word “use”:
        use means to bring or put into service for a purpose (form: verb)
  The suffix “ful” means “having the qualities of”, the word changes to
        use + ful = useful, which means being of use (form: adjective)
• Let us look at the word “tall”:
        tall means having greater than ordinary height
  The suffix “er” is usually used when comparing two things
        tall + er = taller, used when comparing the heights of two things
• Let us look at the word “small”:
        small means little size or quantity or value
  The suffix “est” means most
        small + est = smallest, means minimum or negligible

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