Suffix Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 15: Suffixes: ful, less, ness, er, ly · Set 853 · 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 “without sleep”? (a) sleepy (b) sleepless (c) sleeper (d) sleeping
2. 2.Add the suffix: use + less = ? (a) useles (b) useless (c) uselesss (d) usless
3. 3.Which word means “in a soft way”? (a) softer (b) softness (c) softly (d) soften
4. 4.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -er (b) -ful (c) -ly (d) -ness
5. 5.Add the suffix: silly + ness = ? (a) sillyness (b) sillines (c) silliness (d) silines
6. 6.Add the suffix: dig + er = ? (a) diger (b) diggor (c) digger (d) diggar
7. 7.Which word means “full of beauty”? (a) beautiful (b) beautifully (c) beauty (d) beautify
8. 8.Add the suffix: angry + ly = ? (a) angryly (b) angrilly (c) angrily (d) angrly
9. 9.Add the suffix: easy + ly = ? (a) easily (b) easely (c) easyly (d) easly
10. 10.Which word means “full of help”? (a) helpfully (b) helpless (c) helper (d) helpful
11. 11.Which word means “in a brave way”? (a) braver (b) bravery (c) bravest (d) bravely
12. 12.Which word means “full of pain”? (a) painful (b) painter (c) painfully (d) painless
13. 13.Which word means “full of joy”? (a) enjoy (b) joyfully (c) joyful (d) joyless
14. 14.Add the suffix: home + less = ? (a) homeless (b) homeles (c) homelees (d) homless
15. 15.Add the suffix: beauty + ful = ? (a) beautiful (b) beautyful (c) beautful (d) beautifull
16. 16.Which suffix means “in a … way”? (a) -ly (b) -er (c) -ful (d) -less
17. 17.Which suffix means “without”? (a) -ness (b) -ful (c) -er (d) -less
18. 18.Which word means “without a home”? (a) homeless (b) homeward (c) homely (d) homework
19. 19.Which word means “the state of being weak”? (a) weakly (b) weaker (c) weaken (d) weakness
20. 20.Which word means “one who plays”? (a) playing (b) playful (c) played (d) player
21. 21.Which word means “without a name”? (a) named (b) names (c) namely (d) nameless
22. 22.Which word means “full of hope”? (a) hopefully (b) hopeless (c) hoping (d) hopeful
23. 23.Which word means “full of thanks”? (a) thankfully (b) thanking (c) thankless (d) thankful
24. 24.Which word means “one who dances”? (a) dancing (b) dances (c) danced (d) dancer
25. 25.Which suffix means “one who does something”? (a) -less (b) -ly (c) -er (d) -ness
26. 26.Add the suffix: quick + ly = ? (a) quickely (b) quickly (c) quikly (d) quickley
27. 27.Add the suffix: hope + ful = ? (a) hopful (b) hopefull (c) hopeful (d) hoapful
28. 28.Which word means “in a careful way”? (a) carefully (b) careful (c) careless (d) carer
29. 29.Which word means “in a sad way”? (a) sadly (b) sadder (c) sadness (d) sadden
30. 30.Which word means “one who paints”? (a) painter (b) painted (c) paints (d) painting
31. 31.Which word means “without hope”? (a) hopeful (b) hoped (c) hoping (d) hopeless
32. 32.Add the suffix: joy + ful = ? (a) joyfull (b) joyfel (c) joiful (d) joyful
33. 33.Which word means “without power”? (a) powering (b) powerless (c) powerful (d) powered
34. 34.Which word means “one who writes”? (a) wrote (b) writer (c) writing (d) written
35. 35.Which word means “full of power”? (a) powerfully (b) powerful (c) powerless (d) powered
36. 36.Add the suffix: heavy + ly = ? (a) heavyly (b) heavilly (c) heavily (d) heavly
37. 37.Which word means “full of peace”? (a) peaces (b) peacemaker (c) peacefully (d) peaceful
38. 38.Which word means “without pain”? (a) painted (b) painter (c) painful (d) painless
39. 39.Which word means “the state of being lazy”? (a) lazier (b) lazily (c) laziness (d) laziest
40. 40.Which word means “in a kind way”? (a) kindness (b) kindest (c) kinder (d) kindly

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