Suffix Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 15: Suffixes: ful, less, ness, er, ly · Set 778 · 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: heavy + ly = ? (a) heavly (b) heavilly (c) heavily (d) heavyly
2. 2.Add the suffix: dance + er = ? (a) dansor (b) danceer (c) dancar (d) dancer
3. 3.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -ness (b) -er (c) -ly (d) -less
4. 4.Which suffix means “full of”? (a) -ly (b) -less (c) -ful (d) -er
5. 5.Which word means “in a careful way”? (a) careless (b) carefully (c) carer (d) careful
6. 6.Which word means “without end”? (a) endless (b) ended (c) endings (d) ending
7. 7.Which word means “full of joy”? (a) joyless (b) enjoy (c) joyful (d) joyfully
8. 8.Which word means “one who paints”? (a) painter (b) painting (c) paints (d) painted
9. 9.Which word means “full of peace”? (a) peaces (b) peacefully (c) peaceful (d) peacemaker
10. 10.Which word means “in a happy way”? (a) happiest (b) happily (c) happiness (d) happier
11. 11.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -ful (b) -er (c) -ness (d) -less
12. 12.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ness (b) -er (c) -ly (d) -ful
13. 13.Which word means “without help”? (a) helper (b) helping (c) helpful (d) helpless
14. 14.Which word means “without fear”? (a) fearful (b) fearfully (c) fearless (d) feared
15. 15.Add the suffix: wonder + ful = ? (a) wonderfel (b) wonderful (c) wonderfull (d) wondreful
16. 16.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -er (b) -ly (c) -less (d) -ful
17. 17.Add the suffix: happy + ness = ? (a) happiness (b) happyness (c) happines (d) happieness
18. 18.Add the suffix: sad + ness = ? (a) saddness (b) sadness (c) sadeness (d) sadnes
19. 19.Which word means “full of power”? (a) powerfully (b) powerless (c) powered (d) powerful
20. 20.Add the suffix: angry + ly = ? (a) angrly (b) angrily (c) angryly (d) angrilly
21. 21.Add the suffix: dark + ness = ? (a) darckness (b) darkness (c) darkeness (d) darknes
22. 22.Add the suffix: home + less = ? (a) homelees (b) homeles (c) homless (d) homeless
23. 23.Add the suffix: play + ful = ? (a) playfel (b) plaiful (c) playfull (d) playful
24. 24.Add the suffix: joy + ful = ? (a) joyfel (b) joiful (c) joyful (d) joyfull
25. 25.Add the suffix: slow + ly = ? (a) slowly (b) sloly (c) slowely (d) slowley
26. 26.Add the suffix: write + er = ? (a) writer (b) writter (c) writar (d) writeer
27. 27.Which word means “the state of being happy”? (a) happier (b) happiness (c) unhappy (d) happily
28. 28.Add the suffix: shop + er = ? (a) shopor (b) shoper (c) shopper (d) shoppar
29. 29.Which word means “one who drives”? (a) driver (b) driving (c) drove (d) drives
30. 30.Which word means “one who helps”? (a) helper (b) helpful (c) helpfully (d) helpless
31. 31.Add the suffix: swim + er = ? (a) swimmer (b) swimer (c) swimmar (d) swimmor
32. 32.Add the suffix: sad + ly = ? (a) saddly (b) sadly (c) sadely (d) sadley
33. 33.Add the suffix: lazy + ness = ? (a) lazines (b) lazyness (c) lazness (d) laziness
34. 34.Which word means “one who dances”? (a) dances (b) dancing (c) danced (d) dancer
35. 35.Add the suffix: happy + ly = ? (a) happiely (b) happly (c) happily (d) happyly
36. 36.Which word means “without power”? (a) powerless (b) powering (c) powerful (d) powered
37. 37.Which word means “in a slow way”? (a) slowness (b) slowest (c) slowly (d) slower
38. 38.Which word means “one who farms”? (a) farmed (b) farmland (c) farmer (d) farming
39. 39.Which word means “in a sad way”? (a) sadly (b) sadness (c) sadden (d) sadder
40. 40.Which word means “the state of being weak”? (a) weakly (b) weaker (c) weaken (d) weakness

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