Suffix Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 15: Suffixes: ful, less, ness, er, ly · Set 25 · 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 “full of pain”? (a) painfully (b) painful (c) painless (d) painter
2. 2.Add the suffix: teach + er = ? (a) teachor (b) teachar (c) teacher (d) teachere
3. 3.Which word means “in a slow way”? (a) slowest (b) slowness (c) slower (d) slowly
4. 4.Add the suffix: hope + ful = ? (a) hopeful (b) hoapful (c) hopefull (d) hopful
5. 5.Add the suffix: lucky + ly = ? (a) lukily (b) luckyly (c) luckilly (d) luckily
6. 6.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -less (b) -ly (c) -er (d) -ful
7. 7.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -less (b) -ful (c) -er (d) -ness
8. 8.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -er (b) -ness (c) -less (d) -ly
9. 9.Which word means “without a name”? (a) nameless (b) namely (c) names (d) named
10. 10.Which word means “the state of being kind”? (a) kindest (b) kindly (c) kinder (d) kindness
11. 11.Add the suffix: angry + ly = ? (a) angrly (b) angrily (c) angrilly (d) angryly
12. 12.Add the suffix: home + less = ? (a) homless (b) homeles (c) homelees (d) homeless
13. 13.Add the suffix: quick + ly = ? (a) quickley (b) quickely (c) quikly (d) quickly
14. 14.Which word means “the state of being weak”? (a) weaken (b) weakly (c) weakness (d) weaker
15. 15.Add the suffix: heavy + ly = ? (a) heavly (b) heavilly (c) heavily (d) heavyly
16. 16.Add the suffix: swim + er = ? (a) swimmar (b) swimer (c) swimmer (d) swimmor
17. 17.Which word means “one who plays”? (a) playing (b) played (c) playful (d) player
18. 18.Which word means “one who teaches”? (a) taught (b) teacher (c) teachable (d) teaching
19. 19.Which word means “in a sad way”? (a) sadder (b) sadly (c) sadden (d) sadness
20. 20.Which word means “in a happy way”? (a) happiest (b) happier (c) happiness (d) happily
21. 21.Which word means “in a loud way”? (a) loudest (b) loudness (c) loudly (d) louder
22. 22.Which word means “full of thanks”? (a) thankless (b) thankfully (c) thanking (d) thankful
23. 23.Which word means “one who paints”? (a) painting (b) painter (c) painted (d) paints
24. 24.Which word means “without hope”? (a) hoped (b) hopeless (c) hoping (d) hopeful
25. 25.Which word means “full of help”? (a) helper (b) helpful (c) helpless (d) helpfully
26. 26.Which word means “without sleep”? (a) sleepless (b) sleepy (c) sleeping (d) sleeper
27. 27.Add the suffix: wonder + ful = ? (a) wonderful (b) wondreful (c) wonderfull (d) wonderfel
28. 28.Which word means “the state of being dark”? (a) darken (b) darker (c) darkness (d) darkly
29. 29.Which word means “without power”? (a) powering (b) powerful (c) powerless (d) powered
30. 30.Add the suffix: care + ful = ? (a) careful (b) carful (c) caerful (d) carefull
31. 31.Add the suffix: shop + er = ? (a) shoper (b) shoppar (c) shopor (d) shopper
32. 32.Add the suffix: pity + ful = ? (a) pittiful (b) pityful (c) pitifull (d) pitiful
33. 33.Which word means “without care”? (a) carefully (b) carer (c) careful (d) careless
34. 34.Add the suffix: sad + ness = ? (a) sadnes (b) sadeness (c) saddness (d) sadness
35. 35.Add the suffix: bake + er = ? (a) bakar (b) bakeer (c) bakor (d) baker
36. 36.Which word means “in a careful way”? (a) carefully (b) carer (c) careful (d) careless
37. 37.Which word means “full of power”? (a) powered (b) powerful (c) powerfully (d) powerless
38. 38.Add the suffix: help + ful = ? (a) helpfull (b) helpfol (c) helpfel (d) helpful
39. 39.Which word means “one who dances”? (a) dances (b) dancer (c) danced (d) dancing
40. 40.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -er (b) -ly (c) -ness (d) -ful

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