Question

Which suffix is used with the word “strength”?
A. tion
B. en
C. ful
D. ical

Answer 1

Hint: A suffix is used after the word or suffixes are a letter or a group of letters added to the ending of words to change their meaning or function. For example: commit – commitment (ment is the suffix used after the word commit).

Complete answer:
Option A) tion – is the incorrect answer because tion cannot be used after strength because stengthtion is not a word. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.
Option B) en – is the correct answer because suffix en when used with strength makes a meaning of the word strengthen. The meaning of strengthen is to make or become stronger. Thus, this is the correct answer.
Option C) ful – is an incorrect option because strengthful spelling is incorrect. However, suffix ful does not exist in the thesaurus. Thus, we will consider this as the correct answer.
Option D) ical - is the incorrect answer because tion cannot be used after strength because stengthtical is not a word. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Strength – en (option A) Strengthen is correct.

Note:
A suffix is a letter or a group of letters attached to the end of a word to form a new word or to change the grammatical function (or part of speech) of the word. For example, the verb read is made into the noun reader by adding the suffix -er. And the most common suffixes are: -tion, -ity, -er, -ness, -ism, -ment, -ant, -ship, -age, -ery.