Suffix Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 15: Suffixes: ful, less, ness, er, ly · Set 646 · 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 “the state of being happy”? (a) happiness (b) happily (c) unhappy (d) happier
2. 2.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -ness (b) -less (c) -er (d) -ly
3. 3.Add the suffix: happy + ness = ? (a) happines (b) happyness (c) happieness (d) happiness
4. 4.Add the suffix: help + ful = ? (a) helpfull (b) helpful (c) helpfol (d) helpfel
5. 5.Add the suffix: use + less = ? (a) useles (b) uselesss (c) useless (d) usless
6. 6.Which word means “full of help”? (a) helper (b) helpful (c) helpless (d) helpfully
7. 7.Add the suffix: home + less = ? (a) homeles (b) homeless (c) homless (d) homelees
8. 8.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -less (b) -ness (c) -er (d) -ful
9. 9.Add the suffix: bake + er = ? (a) bakar (b) bakor (c) baker (d) bakeer
10. 10.Which word means “without a name”? (a) names (b) nameless (c) namely (d) named
11. 11.Which word means “in a sad way”? (a) sadden (b) sadness (c) sadder (d) sadly
12. 12.Add the suffix: slow + ly = ? (a) slowly (b) slowely (c) sloly (d) slowley
13. 13.Which word means “in a careful way”? (a) carer (b) careful (c) careless (d) carefully
14. 14.Which word means “without power”? (a) powered (b) powerless (c) powering (d) powerful
15. 15.Which word means “full of pain”? (a) painless (b) painful (c) painter (d) painfully
16. 16.Add the suffix: play + ful = ? (a) playfull (b) playfel (c) playful (d) plaiful
17. 17.Add the suffix: dig + er = ? (a) diggar (b) diggor (c) diger (d) digger
18. 18.Add the suffix: easy + ly = ? (a) easly (b) easyly (c) easily (d) easely
19. 19.Which word means “the state of being sick”? (a) sicker (b) sickness (c) sicken (d) sickly
20. 20.Add the suffix: hope + ful = ? (a) hopefull (b) hoapful (c) hopful (d) hopeful
21. 21.Add the suffix: tidy + ness = ? (a) tidiness (b) tidines (c) tidness (d) tidyness
22. 22.Which word means “full of thanks”? (a) thankless (b) thankfully (c) thankful (d) thanking
23. 23.Which word means “full of hope”? (a) hopeless (b) hopeful (c) hoping (d) hopefully
24. 24.Which word means “without sleep”? (a) sleeper (b) sleeping (c) sleepless (d) sleepy
25. 25.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -er (b) -ful (c) -ly (d) -less
26. 26.Which word means “full of peace”? (a) peaceful (b) peaces (c) peacemaker (d) peacefully
27. 27.Which word means “without a home”? (a) homely (b) homeward (c) homework (d) homeless
28. 28.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ful (b) -ly (c) -ness (d) -er
29. 29.Which word means “full of beauty”? (a) beautify (b) beauty (c) beautiful (d) beautifully
30. 30.Add the suffix: kind + ness = ? (a) kindeness (b) kindness (c) kindniss (d) kindnes
31. 31.Which word means “in a happy way”? (a) happily (b) happiness (c) happiest (d) happier
32. 32.Which word means “one who drives”? (a) drives (b) driving (c) driver (d) drove
33. 33.Add the suffix: heavy + ly = ? (a) heavilly (b) heavily (c) heavly (d) heavyly
34. 34.Which word means “without hope”? (a) hoping (b) hoped (c) hopeless (d) hopeful
35. 35.Add the suffix: dark + ness = ? (a) darkeness (b) darkness (c) darknes (d) darckness
36. 36.Which word means “one who writes”? (a) writing (b) written (c) wrote (d) writer
37. 37.Add the suffix: beauty + ful = ? (a) beautful (b) beautyful (c) beautifull (d) beautiful
38. 38.Which word means “the state of being good”? (a) goodly (b) better (c) goodness (d) goods
39. 39.Which word means “without pain”? (a) painless (b) painter (c) painted (d) painful
40. 40.Add the suffix: wonder + ful = ? (a) wondreful (b) wonderful (c) wonderfel (d) wonderfull

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