Suffix Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 15: Suffixes: ful, less, ness, er, ly · Set 617 · 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) peacefully (b) peaces (c) peaceful (d) peacemaker
2. 2.Which word means “one who plays”? (a) played (b) playful (c) playing (d) player
3. 3.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -less (b) -ful (c) -ness (d) -er
4. 4.Which word means “in a kind way”? (a) kinder (b) kindest (c) kindly (d) kindness
5. 5.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ness (b) -er (c) -ly (d) -ful
6. 6.Which word means “without a friend”? (a) friendly (b) friendless (c) friends (d) friendship
7. 7.Add the suffix: silly + ness = ? (a) silliness (b) sillyness (c) sillines (d) silines
8. 8.Add the suffix: easy + ly = ? (a) easyly (b) easely (c) easily (d) easly
9. 9.Add the suffix: dark + ness = ? (a) darknes (b) darckness (c) darkeness (d) darkness
10. 10.Which word means “one who paints”? (a) painting (b) painted (c) paints (d) painter
11. 11.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -less (b) -ful (c) -er (d) -ly
12. 12.Add the suffix: happy + ness = ? (a) happieness (b) happyness (c) happiness (d) happines
13. 13.Add the suffix: dig + er = ? (a) diggor (b) digger (c) diger (d) diggar
14. 14.Which word means “without sleep”? (a) sleeping (b) sleepless (c) sleepy (d) sleeper
15. 15.Which word means “without end”? (a) endless (b) ended (c) endings (d) ending
16. 16.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -less (b) -ly (c) -er (d) -ful
17. 17.Which word means “one who drives”? (a) driving (b) driver (c) drives (d) drove
18. 18.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -ly (b) -less (c) -er (d) -ness
19. 19.Add the suffix: bake + er = ? (a) bakar (b) baker (c) bakor (d) bakeer
20. 20.Which word means “one who farms”? (a) farmland (b) farmed (c) farmer (d) farming
21. 21.Which word means “without help”? (a) helper (b) helpful (c) helpless (d) helping
22. 22.Which word means “the state of being sick”? (a) sickly (b) sicker (c) sicken (d) sickness
23. 23.Add the suffix: beauty + ful = ? (a) beautiful (b) beautifull (c) beautyful (d) beautful
24. 24.Which word means “full of help”? (a) helpfully (b) helpless (c) helper (d) helpful
25. 25.Add the suffix: heavy + ly = ? (a) heavilly (b) heavily (c) heavyly (d) heavly
26. 26.Which word means “without fear”? (a) fearfully (b) fearless (c) fearful (d) feared
27. 27.Add the suffix: hope + ful = ? (a) hopeful (b) hopful (c) hoapful (d) hopefull
28. 28.Add the suffix: lucky + ly = ? (a) luckyly (b) lukily (c) luckilly (d) luckily
29. 29.Which word means “one who dances”? (a) danced (b) dancing (c) dancer (d) dances
30. 30.Which word means “full of thanks”? (a) thankless (b) thanking (c) thankfully (d) thankful
31. 31.Which word means “in a quick way”? (a) quicker (b) quickly (c) quicken (d) quickness
32. 32.Which word means “the state of being weak”? (a) weaker (b) weakness (c) weaken (d) weakly
33. 33.Which word means “the state of being good”? (a) goodness (b) better (c) goods (d) goodly
34. 34.Which word means “without pain”? (a) painter (b) painful (c) painted (d) painless
35. 35.Add the suffix: care + ful = ? (a) carefull (b) caerful (c) careful (d) carful
36. 36.Which word means “in a sad way”? (a) sadly (b) sadness (c) sadder (d) sadden
37. 37.Which word means “without care”? (a) carer (b) careless (c) carefully (d) careful
38. 38.Which word means “one who sings”? (a) singer (b) songs (c) singing (d) sang
39. 39.Add the suffix: kind + ness = ? (a) kindnes (b) kindniss (c) kindness (d) kindeness
40. 40.Which word means “the state of being dark”? (a) darkly (b) darker (c) darken (d) darkness

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