Suffixes -ive, -ist, and -ness

Suffixes -ive, -ist, and -ness

Multiple Choice

Which suffix makes a word a person?

• -ive

• -ness

• -ist

The suffix -ist makes a word mean a "person who." Example is a scientist being a person who is in science.

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A person who travels the wold is a?

• travel

• tourer

• tourist

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A person who studies animals is a?

• animalist

• zoologist

• botanist

The suffix -ive means the quality of.

An example is defective which means the quality is not good because it has a defect.

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Intense + ive =

• intenseive

• intensive

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defense + ive =

• defensive

• defenseive

The suffix -ness means likely to. AN example of this would be friendly + ness = friendliness. Friendliness means likely to be friendly.

Multiple Choice

Likely to forgive is?

• forgiveness

• forgivness

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The coolness of the air forced me to put on a jacket. Coolness means?

• a person who is cool

• likely to be cool

• quality of cool