Suffix Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 15: Suffixes: ful, less, ness, er, ly · Set 524 · 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.Add the suffix: happy + ly = ? (a) happyly (b) happiely (c) happily (d) happly
3. 3.Add the suffix: dark + ness = ? (a) darknes (b) darkeness (c) darkness (d) darckness
4. 4.Which word means “one who plays”? (a) played (b) playing (c) playful (d) player
5. 5.Which word means “the state of being sick”? (a) sickly (b) sicken (c) sicker (d) sickness
6. 6.Add the suffix: hope + ful = ? (a) hopefull (b) hopeful (c) hopful (d) hoapful
7. 7.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -ly (b) -less (c) -er (d) -ful
8. 8.Which word means “without help”? (a) helping (b) helpless (c) helper (d) helpful
9. 9.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -ful (b) -er (c) -less (d) -ness
10. 10.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -er (b) -less (c) -ly (d) -ness
11. 11.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -er (b) -ly (c) -ness (d) -ful
12. 12.Which word means “without sleep”? (a) sleeping (b) sleepy (c) sleepless (d) sleeper
13. 13.Which word means “without power”? (a) powerless (b) powered (c) powering (d) powerful
14. 14.Which word means “the state of being lazy”? (a) lazily (b) lazier (c) laziness (d) laziest
15. 15.Which word means “without end”? (a) ending (b) endless (c) endings (d) ended
16. 16.Add the suffix: kind + ness = ? (a) kindnes (b) kindeness (c) kindniss (d) kindness
17. 17.Add the suffix: bake + er = ? (a) bakeer (b) bakor (c) bakar (d) baker
18. 18.Which word means “one who writes”? (a) writer (b) written (c) wrote (d) writing
19. 19.Which word means “one who teaches”? (a) teacher (b) teachable (c) teaching (d) taught
20. 20.Which word means “without a name”? (a) named (b) nameless (c) names (d) namely
21. 21.Which word means “full of peace”? (a) peaceful (b) peaces (c) peacefully (d) peacemaker
22. 22.Add the suffix: happy + ness = ? (a) happieness (b) happiness (c) happyness (d) happines
23. 23.Add the suffix: beauty + ful = ? (a) beautifull (b) beautyful (c) beautful (d) beautiful
24. 24.Which word means “without hope”? (a) hopeless (b) hopeful (c) hoped (d) hoping
25. 25.Add the suffix: heavy + ly = ? (a) heavly (b) heavily (c) heavyly (d) heavilly
26. 26.Add the suffix: tidy + ness = ? (a) tidyness (b) tidness (c) tidiness (d) tidines
27. 27.Add the suffix: easy + ly = ? (a) easly (b) easely (c) easily (d) easyly
28. 28.Add the suffix: dig + er = ? (a) diger (b) diggar (c) diggor (d) digger
29. 29.Which word means “the state of being weak”? (a) weaken (b) weakness (c) weakly (d) weaker
30. 30.Which word means “in a loud way”? (a) louder (b) loudest (c) loudly (d) loudness
31. 31.Which word means “without a home”? (a) homely (b) homeless (c) homeward (d) homework
32. 32.Which word means “full of joy”? (a) joyless (b) joyfully (c) joyful (d) enjoy
33. 33.Add the suffix: angry + ly = ? (a) angrilly (b) angryly (c) angrily (d) angrly
34. 34.Add the suffix: care + ful = ? (a) carful (b) caerful (c) carefull (d) careful
35. 35.Add the suffix: help + ful = ? (a) helpful (b) helpfol (c) helpfel (d) helpfull
36. 36.Add the suffix: joy + ful = ? (a) joyful (b) joyfull (c) joyfel (d) joiful
37. 37.Add the suffix: run + er = ? (a) runer (b) runnor (c) runnar (d) runner
38. 38.Add the suffix: write + er = ? (a) writeer (b) writter (c) writar (d) writer
39. 39.Which word means “in a soft way”? (a) softly (b) soften (c) softer (d) softness
40. 40.Add the suffix: lucky + ly = ? (a) luckilly (b) luckily (c) luckyly (d) lukily

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