Suffix Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 15: Suffixes: ful, less, ness, er, ly · Set 39 · 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 suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ness (b) -er (c) -ly (d) -ful
2. 2.Which word means “without power”? (a) powerless (b) powered (c) powerful (d) powering
3. 3.Add the suffix: joy + ful = ? (a) joiful (b) joyfull (c) joyfel (d) joyful
4. 4.Which word means “without sleep”? (a) sleeper (b) sleepy (c) sleepless (d) sleeping
5. 5.Which word means “in a soft way”? (a) soften (b) softer (c) softness (d) softly
6. 6.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -ly (b) -er (c) -less (d) -ness
7. 7.Which word means “full of help”? (a) helpfully (b) helpful (c) helper (d) helpless
8. 8.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -less (b) -er (c) -ness (d) -ful
9. 9.Which word means “one who farms”? (a) farming (b) farmed (c) farmer (d) farmland
10. 10.Add the suffix: help + ful = ? (a) helpfol (b) helpfel (c) helpfull (d) helpful
11. 11.Which word means “the state of being weak”? (a) weaken (b) weakness (c) weaker (d) weakly
12. 12.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -ly (b) -ful (c) -er (d) -less
13. 13.Add the suffix: home + less = ? (a) homeles (b) homeless (c) homelees (d) homless
14. 14.Which word means “without end”? (a) ended (b) ending (c) endings (d) endless
15. 15.Which word means “full of peace”? (a) peaces (b) peaceful (c) peacemaker (d) peacefully
16. 16.Add the suffix: kind + ness = ? (a) kindnes (b) kindniss (c) kindeness (d) kindness
17. 17.Which word means “one who writes”? (a) wrote (b) writer (c) writing (d) written
18. 18.Which word means “one who sings”? (a) singer (b) sang (c) songs (d) singing
19. 19.Which word means “full of power”? (a) powerful (b) powered (c) powerfully (d) powerless
20. 20.Which word means “without fear”? (a) fearful (b) feared (c) fearless (d) fearfully
21. 21.Add the suffix: hope + ful = ? (a) hoapful (b) hopful (c) hopeful (d) hopefull
22. 22.Add the suffix: happy + ness = ? (a) happyness (b) happines (c) happieness (d) happiness
23. 23.Which word means “the state of being happy”? (a) unhappy (b) happier (c) happily (d) happiness
24. 24.Which word means “without care”? (a) carer (b) carefully (c) careful (d) careless
25. 25.Add the suffix: angry + ly = ? (a) angryly (b) angrilly (c) angrly (d) angrily
26. 26.Add the suffix: slow + ly = ? (a) slowley (b) sloly (c) slowely (d) slowly
27. 27.Which word means “one who dances”? (a) dancing (b) dances (c) danced (d) dancer
28. 28.Add the suffix: shop + er = ? (a) shoppar (b) shoper (c) shopper (d) shopor
29. 29.Which word means “one who helps”? (a) helpful (b) helpfully (c) helper (d) helpless
30. 30.Which word means “one who teaches”? (a) taught (b) teacher (c) teachable (d) teaching
31. 31.Add the suffix: care + ful = ? (a) caerful (b) carefull (c) careful (d) carful
32. 32.Add the suffix: easy + ly = ? (a) easely (b) easly (c) easyly (d) easily
33. 33.Which word means “the state of being kind”? (a) kindest (b) kindly (c) kindness (d) kinder
34. 34.Which word means “in a sad way”? (a) sadder (b) sadden (c) sadness (d) sadly
35. 35.Which word means “the state of being dark”? (a) darkness (b) darken (c) darkly (d) darker
36. 36.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -ful (b) -less (c) -ly (d) -er
37. 37.Which word means “without a home”? (a) homeless (b) homeward (c) homework (d) homely
38. 38.Which word means “the state of being lazy”? (a) laziest (b) lazier (c) lazily (d) laziness
39. 39.Which word means “one who plays”? (a) player (b) playing (c) playful (d) played
40. 40.Which word means “in a loud way”? (a) louder (b) loudness (c) loudly (d) loudest

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