Suffix Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 15: Suffixes: ful, less, ness, er, ly · Set 182 · 40 questions

Word tip (Look at the ending): -ful = full of (hopeful), -less = without (hopeless), -ness = the state of being (kindness), -er = one who does (teacher), -ly = in a … way (slowly). A consonant + y changes y to i: happy + ness = happiness, easy + ly = easily. A short word ending in one vowel + one consonant doubles the last letter before -er: run → runner. -ful has only one l.

1. 1.Which word means “one who sings”? (a) sang (b) singer (c) singing (d) songs
2. 2.Add the suffix: bake + er = ? (a) bakor (b) bakeer (c) bakar (d) baker
3. 3.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -er (b) -less (c) -ly (d) -ful
4. 4.Add the suffix: play + ful = ? (a) playful (b) playfel (c) playfull (d) plaiful
5. 5.Which word means “in a brave way”? (a) bravely (b) bravest (c) braver (d) bravery
6. 6.Which word means “one who helps”? (a) helpfully (b) helpless (c) helpful (d) helper
7. 7.Which word means “in a careful way”? (a) careful (b) carer (c) careless (d) carefully
8. 8.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -ly (b) -ness (c) -less (d) -er
9. 9.Which word means “the state of being dark”? (a) darken (b) darkness (c) darkly (d) darker
10. 10.Which word means “full of power”? (a) powerful (b) powered (c) powerfully (d) powerless
11. 11.Add the suffix: joy + ful = ? (a) joyfel (b) joyful (c) joiful (d) joyfull
12. 12.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -less (b) -er (c) -ness (d) -ful
13. 13.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ness (b) -er (c) -ful (d) -ly
14. 14.Which word means “full of pain”? (a) painless (b) painfully (c) painful (d) painter
15. 15.Which word means “the state of being good”? (a) goodly (b) better (c) goods (d) goodness
16. 16.Which word means “in a happy way”? (a) happily (b) happier (c) happiness (d) happiest
17. 17.Add the suffix: sad + ly = ? (a) sadely (b) sadly (c) saddly (d) sadley
18. 18.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -less (b) -er (c) -ful (d) -ly
19. 19.Which word means “without end”? (a) endings (b) ended (c) endless (d) ending
20. 20.Which word means “full of thanks”? (a) thanking (b) thankful (c) thankless (d) thankfully
21. 21.Which word means “one who writes”? (a) writing (b) wrote (c) writer (d) written
22. 22.Which word means “in a soft way”? (a) softly (b) softness (c) soften (d) softer
23. 23.Add the suffix: kind + ness = ? (a) kindnes (b) kindeness (c) kindniss (d) kindness
24. 24.Add the suffix: angry + ly = ? (a) angryly (b) angrilly (c) angrily (d) angrly
25. 25.Which word means “without care”? (a) careful (b) carer (c) carefully (d) careless
26. 26.Add the suffix: home + less = ? (a) homless (b) homeles (c) homeless (d) homelees
27. 27.Add the suffix: write + er = ? (a) writar (b) writeer (c) writer (d) writter
28. 28.Add the suffix: swim + er = ? (a) swimmar (b) swimmer (c) swimer (d) swimmor
29. 29.Which word means “full of help”? (a) helper (b) helpful (c) helpfully (d) helpless
30. 30.Which word means “the state of being lazy”? (a) lazily (b) laziest (c) laziness (d) lazier
31. 31.Add the suffix: beauty + ful = ? (a) beautyful (b) beautful (c) beautiful (d) beautifull
32. 32.Which word means “one who paints”? (a) paints (b) painted (c) painting (d) painter
33. 33.Which word means “full of hope”? (a) hopeful (b) hopeless (c) hopefully (d) hoping
34. 34.Which word means “full of joy”? (a) joyfully (b) joyful (c) enjoy (d) joyless
35. 35.Add the suffix: shop + er = ? (a) shopor (b) shoper (c) shopper (d) shoppar
36. 36.Add the suffix: sad + ness = ? (a) sadnes (b) sadness (c) sadeness (d) saddness
37. 37.Add the suffix: silly + ness = ? (a) silines (b) sillines (c) silliness (d) sillyness
38. 38.Which word means “the state of being kind”? (a) kindest (b) kindness (c) kindly (d) kinder
39. 39.Which word means “the state of being weak”? (a) weaken (b) weaker (c) weakness (d) weakly
40. 40.Which word means “full of beauty”? (a) beauty (b) beautify (c) beautiful (d) beautifully

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