Suffixes
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added to the end of a root/base word
by adding a suffix to the end of a word, it makes it a new form of that word
a suffix is written with a hyphen in front
for example: -able or -ology
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Multiple Select
What is a suffix added to?
root word
base word
syllable
vowels
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Multiple Choice
Choose the correct way to write a suffix.
able
able-
-able
ABLE
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common proper
friend Sally
toy Lego
teacher Mrs. Frump
common or proper?
examples:
desk
gravity
electricity
student
person, place, thing, or idea
114387
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Multiple Choice
Pick a noun from this sentence:
Students study hard to succeed on their tests.
Students
study
hard
succeed
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Drag and Drop
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manage
acreage
examples:
definition/meaning:
result of an action; collection
-age
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American
electrician
examples:
definition/meaning:
one having a certain skill; relating/belonging to
-an
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excellence
importance
examples:
definition/meaning:
act; condition of
-ence, -ance
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student
contestant
examples:
definition/meaning:
an action; condition; causing a specific action
-ent, -ant
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teacher
boxer
author
examples:
definition/meaning:
one who; action or process; more
-er, -or
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parties
babies
examples:
definition/meaning:
plural; more than one
-ies
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Match
Match the suffix with its definition
-an
-ence/-ance
-ent/-ant
-er/-or
one having a certain skill
act; condition of
an action/condition
one who; more
one having a certain skill
act; condition of
an action/condition
one who; more
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Multiple Select
Which word adds a suffix to change a verb into a noun?
actor
abductor
excellence
abbreviator
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confusion
inspection
insinuation
examples:
definition/meaning:
act; process
-ion, -tion, -ation
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loyalist
nutritionist
biologist
examples:
definition/meaning:
the person who is ______
-ist
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responsibility
specialty
examples:
definition/meaning:
state of
-ity, -ty
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biology
archaeology
examples:
definition/meaning:
science of; study of
-logy, -ology
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payment
employment
examples:
definition/meaning:
state of being; act of
-ment
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sickness
wilderness
examples:
definition/meaning:
state of; condition of
-ness
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friendship
leadership
examples:
definition/meaning:
the state of being something
-ship
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Match
Match the suffix with its meaning
-ness
-ity
-hood
the state of being something
state of being; act of
the quality or state of being
the condition or quality of being
the state or condition of being
the state of being something
state of being; act of
the quality or state of being
the condition or quality of being
the state or condition of being
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Multiple Choice
If bio- means life, what does biology mean?
study of life
study of the earth
life
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A word that describes a noun
A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea
Think of the noun friend? What words would describe your friend?
Nice, hilarious, personable, beautiful...
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Drag and Drop
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collectable
gullible
examples:
definition/meaning:
is; can be
-able, -ible
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circumstantial
seasonal
examples:
definition/meaning:
having characteristics of
-al, -ial
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beautiful
hateful
examples:
definition/meaning:
full of
-ful
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historic
assymetric
examples:
definition/meaning:
having characteristics of
-ic
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childish
bookish
examples:
definition/meaning:
like; similar
-ish
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active
narrative
comparative
examples:
definition/meaning:
adjective form of a noun
-ive, -ative, -itive
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helpless
effortless
examples:
definition/meaning:
without
-less
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courageous
gracious
ambitious
examples:
definition/meaning:
having qualities of
-ous, -eous, ious
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cloudy
thirsty
examples:
definition/meaning:
characterized by
-y
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Match
Match the following suffixes to their definitions
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Poll
What's new information to you today?
suffixes go at the end of root/base words
suffixes change the meaning of the words
suffixes can change the word's part of speech
nothing, I know everything, I am omnipotent
added to the end of a root/base word
by adding a suffix to the end of a word, it makes it a new form of that word
a suffix is written with a hyphen in front
for example: -able or -ology
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