Suffixes Worksheets by Deb Hanson 2015 www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/deb-hanson
Similar Suffixes! Directions: Read each pair of words. Determine a suffixed word that uses one of the suffixes listed above and means the same. Write it on the line. Then, write a sentence using that word in the space below. 1. characterized by anger 2. characterized by the face 3. characterized by autumn 4. characterized by slime 5. characterized by fiction 6. characterized by fun
Similar Suffixes -er -or -ist Directions: Read each pair of words. Determine a suffixed word that uses one of the suffixes listed above and means the same. Write it on the line. Then, write a sentence using that word in the space below. 1. a person who studies biology 2. a person who acts 3. a person who serves 4. a person who draws cartoons 5. a person who speaks 6. a person who invents
Similar Suffixes! -ess Directions: Read each pair of words. Determine a suffixed word that uses one of the suffixes listed above and means the same. Write it on the line. Then, write a sentence using that word in the space below. 1. female lion 2. the state of being messy 3. without shame 4. the state of being unhappy 5. without a home 6. female waiter
Similar Suffixes -able -ible Directions: Read each pair of words. Determine a suffixed word that uses one of the suffixes listed above and means the same. Write it on the line. Then, write a sentence using that word in the space below. 1. able to be heard (remember to use the root form!) 2. able to be seen (remember to use the root form!) 3. able to be measured 4. able to adapt 5. able to collapse 6. able to justify
Suffixes! Directions: Read each pair of words. Determine a suffixed word that uses one of the suffixes listed above and means the same. Write it on the line. Then, write a sentence using that word in the space below. angry 1. characterized by anger facial 2. characterized by the face autumnal 3. characterized by autumn slimy 4. characterized by slime fictional 5. characterized by fiction funny 6. characterized by fun
Similar Suffixes -er -or -ist Directions: Read each pair of words. Determine a suffixed word that uses one of the suffixes listed above and means the same. Write it on the line. Then, write a sentence using that word in the space below. biologist 1. a person who studies biology actor 2. a person who acts server 3. a person who serves cartoonist 4. a person who draws cartoons speaker 5. a person who speaks inventor 6. a person who invents
Similar Suffixes! -ess Directions: Read each pair of words. Determine a suffixed word that uses one of the suffixes listed above and means the same. Write it on the line. Then, write a sentence using that word in the space below. lioness 1. female lion messiness 2. the state of being messy shameless 3. without shame unhappiness 4. the state of being unhappy homeless 5. without a home waitress 6. female waiter
Similar Suffixes -able -ible Directions: Read each pair of words. Determine a suffixed word that uses one of the suffixes listed above and means the same. Write it on the line. Then, write a sentence using that word in the space below. 1. able to be heard audible (remember to use the root form!) 2. able to be seen visible (remember to use the root form!) measurable 3. able to be measured adaptable 4. able to adapt collapsible 5. able to collapse justifiable 6. able to justify
Suffix Squares Name -er means -or means swimmer editor a person who plays basketball a person who illustrates books -ist means -y means hypnotist cloudy a person who plays the guitar characterized by fruit -ess means -en means huntress freshen female host to become red
Suffix Squares Name -ness means -tion means boldness collection the state of feeling homesick the act of adding two or more numbers -al means -ly means natural luckily characterized by the front of something in a way that is final -able means -ible means describable constructible able to be repeated able to be suggested
Suffix Squares Name -er means a person who -or means a person who swimmer a person who swims editor a person who edits basketball player a person who plays basketball illustrator a person who illustrates books -ist means a person who -y means characterized by hypnotist a person who hypnotizes people cloudy characterized by clouds guitarist a person who plays the guitar fruity characterized by fruit -ess means female -en means to become huntress a female hunter freshen to become fresh hostess female host redden to become red
Suffix Squares Name the state of -ness means (the quality of) -tion means the act of (the process of) boldness homesickness the quality of being bold the state of feeling homesick collection addition the process of collecting the act of adding two or more numbers -al means characterized by -ly means in a way that is natural characterized by nature luckily In a way that is lucky frontal characterized by the front of something finally in a way that is final -able means able to be -ible means able to be describable able to be described constructible able to be constructed repeatable able to be repeated suggestible able to be suggested
Do you know your Suffixes? Directions: Read each word in Column A. Underline the suffix. Then determine the meaning of the suffix from Column B. Write the corresponding letter on the line in Column A. Column A Column B 1. soloist 2. lucky 3. greatness 4. excusable 5. heiress 6. sadden 7. frequently 8. completion 9. territorial 10. banker A. characterized by B. the process of (the act of) C. able to be D. a person who E. female F. to become G. the state of (the quality of) H. in a way that is 11. convertible 12. personal 13. author
Do you know your Suffixes? Directions: Read each word in Column A. Underline the suffix. Then determine the meaning of the suffix from Column B. Write the corresponding letter on the line in Column A. Column A Column B D 1. soloist A 2. lucky G 3. greatness C 4. excusable E 5. heiress F 6. sadden H 7. frequently B 8. completion A 9. territorial D 10. banker A. characterized by B. the process of (the act of) C. able to be D. a person who E. female F. to become G. the state of (the quality of) H. in a way that is C 11. convertible A 12. personal D 13. author
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