Suffix Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 15: Suffixes: ful, less, ness, er, ly · Set 634 · 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 “full of”? (a) -ful (b) -less (c) -ly (d) -er
2. 2.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -less (b) -ness (c) -ly (d) -er
3. 3.Add the suffix: slow + ly = ? (a) slowely (b) slowley (c) sloly (d) slowly
4. 4.Which word means “full of power”? (a) powerless (b) powerful (c) powerfully (d) powered
5. 5.Which word means “full of peace”? (a) peacefully (b) peaceful (c) peaces (d) peacemaker
6. 6.Which word means “one who writes”? (a) wrote (b) writing (c) written (d) writer
7. 7.Add the suffix: beauty + ful = ? (a) beautiful (b) beautful (c) beautyful (d) beautifull
8. 8.Add the suffix: happy + ly = ? (a) happyly (b) happly (c) happiely (d) happily
9. 9.Add the suffix: bake + er = ? (a) bakar (b) bakeer (c) bakor (d) baker
10. 10.Which word means “without a name”? (a) nameless (b) named (c) namely (d) names
11. 11.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -er (b) -ful (c) -ness (d) -less
12. 12.Add the suffix: dark + ness = ? (a) darknes (b) darkeness (c) darckness (d) darkness
13. 13.Which word means “the state of being sick”? (a) sicken (b) sickness (c) sickly (d) sicker
14. 14.Which word means “without help”? (a) helpful (b) helping (c) helpless (d) helper
15. 15.Which word means “in a sad way”? (a) sadden (b) sadder (c) sadness (d) sadly
16. 16.Add the suffix: tidy + ness = ? (a) tidyness (b) tidines (c) tidness (d) tidiness
17. 17.Add the suffix: angry + ly = ? (a) angrly (b) angrilly (c) angrily (d) angryly
18. 18.Add the suffix: easy + ly = ? (a) easly (b) easyly (c) easely (d) easily
19. 19.Add the suffix: swim + er = ? (a) swimmer (b) swimmar (c) swimer (d) swimmor
20. 20.Add the suffix: pity + ful = ? (a) pitiful (b) pitifull (c) pittiful (d) pityful
21. 21.Which word means “without pain”? (a) painted (b) painful (c) painter (d) painless
22. 22.Add the suffix: help + ful = ? (a) helpfel (b) helpfol (c) helpful (d) helpfull
23. 23.Add the suffix: shop + er = ? (a) shoper (b) shopper (c) shopor (d) shoppar
24. 24.Which word means “the state of being kind”? (a) kindest (b) kindness (c) kindly (d) kinder
25. 25.Which word means “the state of being weak”? (a) weaken (b) weakly (c) weakness (d) weaker
26. 26.Add the suffix: play + ful = ? (a) playfull (b) playfel (c) playful (d) plaiful
27. 27.Which word means “in a brave way”? (a) braver (b) bravely (c) bravery (d) bravest
28. 28.Which word means “one who farms”? (a) farmed (b) farming (c) farmland (d) farmer
29. 29.Which word means “one who helps”? (a) helpfully (b) helpless (c) helpful (d) helper
30. 30.Which word means “in a kind way”? (a) kindness (b) kinder (c) kindest (d) kindly
31. 31.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -ful (b) -less (c) -ly (d) -er
32. 32.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ly (b) -er (c) -ful (d) -ness
33. 33.Which word means “without fear”? (a) fearful (b) fearfully (c) fearless (d) feared
34. 34.Which word means “without care”? (a) carer (b) carefully (c) careless (d) careful
35. 35.Which word means “without end”? (a) ending (b) endless (c) ended (d) endings
36. 36.Add the suffix: hope + ful = ? (a) hopeful (b) hopful (c) hoapful (d) hopefull
37. 37.Add the suffix: sad + ness = ? (a) sadnes (b) sadeness (c) sadness (d) saddness
38. 38.Which word means “in a slow way”? (a) slowest (b) slower (c) slowly (d) slowness
39. 39.Add the suffix: joy + ful = ? (a) joyfel (b) joiful (c) joyfull (d) joyful
40. 40.Which word means “one who paints”? (a) painting (b) painted (c) painter (d) paints

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