Suffix Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 15: Suffixes: ful, less, ness, er, ly · Set 523 · 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) painless (c) painful (d) painter
2. 2.Which word means “in a quick way”? (a) quicken (b) quickness (c) quicker (d) quickly
3. 3.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -er (b) -ly (c) -ness (d) -ful
4. 4.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -er (b) -ly (c) -ness (d) -less
5. 5.Which word means “without fear”? (a) fearless (b) fearful (c) feared (d) fearfully
6. 6.Which word means “the state of being happy”? (a) happily (b) happiness (c) happier (d) unhappy
7. 7.Which word means “one who sings”? (a) songs (b) singer (c) sang (d) singing
8. 8.Add the suffix: angry + ly = ? (a) angrilly (b) angryly (c) angrly (d) angrily
9. 9.Which word means “the state of being lazy”? (a) lazier (b) laziest (c) laziness (d) lazily
10. 10.Add the suffix: easy + ly = ? (a) easely (b) easily (c) easyly (d) easly
11. 11.Which word means “without a home”? (a) homeless (b) homeward (c) homework (d) homely
12. 12.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -less (b) -ly (c) -er (d) -ful
13. 13.Which word means “one who dances”? (a) dancer (b) dancing (c) dances (d) danced
14. 14.Add the suffix: teach + er = ? (a) teachere (b) teachor (c) teacher (d) teachar
15. 15.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -ful (b) -less (c) -ly (d) -er
16. 16.Which word means “in a soft way”? (a) soften (b) softer (c) softness (d) softly
17. 17.Which word means “in a careful way”? (a) carefully (b) careful (c) careless (d) carer
18. 18.Add the suffix: swim + er = ? (a) swimer (b) swimmar (c) swimmor (d) swimmer
19. 19.Which word means “without hope”? (a) hoping (b) hopeful (c) hoped (d) hopeless
20. 20.Which word means “the state of being sick”? (a) sickly (b) sicker (c) sicken (d) sickness
21. 21.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -ful (b) -ness (c) -er (d) -less
22. 22.Which word means “full of power”? (a) powered (b) powerful (c) powerfully (d) powerless
23. 23.Which word means “without pain”? (a) painter (b) painless (c) painful (d) painted
24. 24.Add the suffix: care + ful = ? (a) caerful (b) carful (c) carefull (d) careful
25. 25.Add the suffix: bake + er = ? (a) bakar (b) bakor (c) baker (d) bakeer
26. 26.Add the suffix: kind + ness = ? (a) kindness (b) kindniss (c) kindeness (d) kindnes
27. 27.Add the suffix: use + less = ? (a) useles (b) useless (c) uselesss (d) usless
28. 28.Which word means “full of help”? (a) helpfully (b) helpful (c) helper (d) helpless
29. 29.Add the suffix: play + ful = ? (a) playful (b) playfel (c) plaiful (d) playfull
30. 30.Which word means “one who plays”? (a) playing (b) playful (c) played (d) player
31. 31.Which word means “full of beauty”? (a) beautiful (b) beautifully (c) beauty (d) beautify
32. 32.Which word means “full of joy”? (a) joyless (b) joyfully (c) joyful (d) enjoy
33. 33.Which word means “the state of being kind”? (a) kindness (b) kindly (c) kindest (d) kinder
34. 34.Which word means “without care”? (a) carer (b) careful (c) carefully (d) careless
35. 35.Add the suffix: slow + ly = ? (a) slowely (b) slowley (c) slowly (d) sloly
36. 36.Which word means “the state of being dark”? (a) darkness (b) darker (c) darkly (d) darken
37. 37.Which word means “in a brave way”? (a) bravely (b) bravest (c) braver (d) bravery
38. 38.Add the suffix: hope + ful = ? (a) hopeful (b) hopefull (c) hoapful (d) hopful
39. 39.Which word means “in a loud way”? (a) loudest (b) loudly (c) louder (d) loudness
40. 40.Add the suffix: run + er = ? (a) runner (b) runnar (c) runer (d) runnor

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