Suffix Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 15: Suffixes: ful, less, ness, er, ly · Set 764 · 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.Add the suffix: wonder + ful = ? (a) wonderful (b) wonderfel (c) wonderfull (d) wondreful
2. 2.Add the suffix: joy + ful = ? (a) joyful (b) joiful (c) joyfull (d) joyfel
3. 3.Which word means “in a sad way”? (a) sadly (b) sadness (c) sadder (d) sadden
4. 4.Add the suffix: pity + ful = ? (a) pittiful (b) pitifull (c) pityful (d) pitiful
5. 5.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -ness (b) -less (c) -ly (d) -er
6. 6.Which word means “in a brave way”? (a) bravery (b) braver (c) bravely (d) bravest
7. 7.Which word means “without fear”? (a) fearful (b) fearfully (c) fearless (d) feared
8. 8.Which word means “the state of being good”? (a) goods (b) goodness (c) goodly (d) better
9. 9.Add the suffix: bake + er = ? (a) bakeer (b) bakar (c) baker (d) bakor
10. 10.Which word means “one who dances”? (a) danced (b) dancing (c) dancer (d) dances
11. 11.Which word means “in a slow way”? (a) slowness (b) slowest (c) slower (d) slowly
12. 12.Which word means “full of hope”? (a) hopeless (b) hopefully (c) hopeful (d) hoping
13. 13.Which word means “the state of being kind”? (a) kinder (b) kindness (c) kindest (d) kindly
14. 14.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -ful (b) -ly (c) -less (d) -er
15. 15.Add the suffix: shop + er = ? (a) shopor (b) shoper (c) shoppar (d) shopper
16. 16.Add the suffix: kind + ness = ? (a) kindniss (b) kindness (c) kindnes (d) kindeness
17. 17.Add the suffix: slow + ly = ? (a) slowely (b) sloly (c) slowly (d) slowley
18. 18.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ful (b) -ly (c) -ness (d) -er
19. 19.Add the suffix: happy + ness = ? (a) happiness (b) happyness (c) happines (d) happieness
20. 20.Add the suffix: sad + ly = ? (a) sadly (b) saddly (c) sadely (d) sadley
21. 21.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -less (b) -ly (c) -er (d) -ful
22. 22.Add the suffix: care + ful = ? (a) carefull (b) careful (c) carful (d) caerful
23. 23.Add the suffix: easy + ly = ? (a) easely (b) easily (c) easly (d) easyly
24. 24.Add the suffix: tidy + ness = ? (a) tidness (b) tidyness (c) tidines (d) tidiness
25. 25.Which word means “without help”? (a) helpful (b) helper (c) helping (d) helpless
26. 26.Which word means “without a name”? (a) names (b) nameless (c) namely (d) named
27. 27.Add the suffix: angry + ly = ? (a) angrily (b) angrilly (c) angrly (d) angryly
28. 28.Which word means “one who farms”? (a) farmed (b) farming (c) farmland (d) farmer
29. 29.Add the suffix: sad + ness = ? (a) saddness (b) sadeness (c) sadnes (d) sadness
30. 30.Add the suffix: use + less = ? (a) useles (b) usless (c) uselesss (d) useless
31. 31.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -ness (b) -er (c) -ful (d) -less
32. 32.Add the suffix: dark + ness = ? (a) darknes (b) darckness (c) darkness (d) darkeness
33. 33.Which word means “one who paints”? (a) paints (b) painting (c) painter (d) painted
34. 34.Which word means “without a friend”? (a) friendless (b) friends (c) friendly (d) friendship
35. 35.Which word means “one who helps”? (a) helpless (b) helper (c) helpfully (d) helpful
36. 36.Which word means “without hope”? (a) hopeless (b) hoping (c) hopeful (d) hoped
37. 37.Add the suffix: hope + ful = ? (a) hopefull (b) hopful (c) hopeful (d) hoapful
38. 38.Add the suffix: quick + ly = ? (a) quickley (b) quikly (c) quickely (d) quickly
39. 39.Add the suffix: help + ful = ? (a) helpfel (b) helpful (c) helpfol (d) helpfull
40. 40.Add the suffix: swim + er = ? (a) swimmer (b) swimmar (c) swimmor (d) swimer

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