Suffix Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 15: Suffixes: ful, less, ness, er, ly · Set 359 · 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 peace”? (a) peaces (b) peaceful (c) peacemaker (d) peacefully
2. 2.Add the suffix: lazy + ness = ? (a) lazness (b) lazyness (c) lazines (d) laziness
3. 3.Add the suffix: kind + ness = ? (a) kindness (b) kindeness (c) kindniss (d) kindnes
4. 4.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -less (b) -er (c) -ful (d) -ness
5. 5.Which word means “the state of being sick”? (a) sicken (b) sickness (c) sickly (d) sicker
6. 6.Add the suffix: dark + ness = ? (a) darkness (b) darckness (c) darknes (d) darkeness
7. 7.Add the suffix: bake + er = ? (a) baker (b) bakar (c) bakor (d) bakeer
8. 8.Add the suffix: silly + ness = ? (a) silines (b) silliness (c) sillyness (d) sillines
9. 9.Which word means “without end”? (a) endings (b) ending (c) ended (d) endless
10. 10.Add the suffix: dig + er = ? (a) digger (b) diggar (c) diggor (d) diger
11. 11.Which word means “in a soft way”? (a) soften (b) softer (c) softness (d) softly
12. 12.Which word means “full of joy”? (a) joyful (b) joyless (c) enjoy (d) joyfully
13. 13.Add the suffix: tidy + ness = ? (a) tidines (b) tidiness (c) tidyness (d) tidness
14. 14.Which word means “full of power”? (a) powerful (b) powerless (c) powered (d) powerfully
15. 15.Add the suffix: heavy + ly = ? (a) heavyly (b) heavily (c) heavilly (d) heavly
16. 16.Which word means “one who sings”? (a) singer (b) songs (c) sang (d) singing
17. 17.Which word means “full of pain”? (a) painless (b) painful (c) painfully (d) painter
18. 18.Add the suffix: pity + ful = ? (a) pitiful (b) pitifull (c) pittiful (d) pityful
19. 19.Add the suffix: play + ful = ? (a) playfull (b) playfel (c) plaiful (d) playful
20. 20.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -er (b) -less (c) -ly (d) -ful
21. 21.Add the suffix: run + er = ? (a) runer (b) runner (c) runnor (d) runnar
22. 22.Which word means “full of help”? (a) helpful (b) helpless (c) helper (d) helpfully
23. 23.Which word means “one who paints”? (a) painter (b) paints (c) painted (d) painting
24. 24.Add the suffix: hope + ful = ? (a) hoapful (b) hopeful (c) hopefull (d) hopful
25. 25.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -less (b) -er (c) -ly (d) -ness
26. 26.Add the suffix: slow + ly = ? (a) slowely (b) slowley (c) sloly (d) slowly
27. 27.Which word means “without care”? (a) careful (b) carefully (c) careless (d) carer
28. 28.Which word means “in a loud way”? (a) loudest (b) loudness (c) loudly (d) louder
29. 29.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -er (b) -ly (c) -ful (d) -less
30. 30.Which word means “in a quick way”? (a) quicker (b) quicken (c) quickness (d) quickly
31. 31.Which word means “in a brave way”? (a) bravery (b) bravely (c) braver (d) bravest
32. 32.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ness (b) -er (c) -ly (d) -ful
33. 33.Which word means “without a home”? (a) homework (b) homeward (c) homeless (d) homely
34. 34.Add the suffix: lucky + ly = ? (a) luckyly (b) luckilly (c) luckily (d) lukily
35. 35.Which word means “the state of being good”? (a) better (b) goodly (c) goodness (d) goods
36. 36.Which word means “without sleep”? (a) sleeper (b) sleeping (c) sleepy (d) sleepless
37. 37.Add the suffix: easy + ly = ? (a) easely (b) easly (c) easyly (d) easily
38. 38.Add the suffix: joy + ful = ? (a) joiful (b) joyful (c) joyfull (d) joyfel
39. 39.Which word means “one who writes”? (a) written (b) wrote (c) writing (d) writer
40. 40.Which word means “the state of being weak”? (a) weakly (b) weakness (c) weaker (d) weaken

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