Unit 6: Suffixes

Unit 6: Suffixes

Today's Goal: To identify and define vowel suffixes and add them to base words.

What is a baseword?

What is a suffix?

A baseword is a word that can stand alone and has meaning

Example: risk

A suffix is a part of a word that is added to the end of a word and can change its meaning

Ex. -ing

-er Vowel Suffix

means "a person who does something"

• hunter: one who hunts (hunt is the baseword)

• planter: one who plants (plant is the baseword)

• singer: one who sings (sing is the baseword)

-er Suffix: also is used when comparing TWO things, people or actions.

• If we compare Maria to Jeff, who is taller?

• One is tall, the other is taller

• We have compared 2 people

• tall is the baseword

-est Vowel Suffix: is used when comparing THREE or more things, people or actions.

• If we compare Jason, Maria, and Jeff, who is the tallest?

• One is tall, the other is taller, and the third is the tallest.

• We have compared 3 people

WORDS WITH -er/-est SUFFIXES

Read these words out loud:

• quicker/quickest (quick is the baseword)

• kinder/kindest (kind is the baseword)

• wilder/wildest (kind is the baseword)

• stronger/strongest (strong is the baseword)

• softer/softest (soft is the baseword)

Multiple Choice

A word that can stand alone and has meaning is called?

• prefix

• suffix

• baseword

Multiple Choice

A part of word that is added to the END of a word and can change its meaning is called?

• prefix

• suffix

• baseword

Multiple Choice

What is the suffix in the word "banker"?

• -er

• bank

Multiple Choice

What is the baseword in the word "longest"?

• -est

• long

Multiple Choice

What type of suffixes are -er and -est?

• vowel

• consonant

• welded

Multiple Choice

The suffix -er can mean?

• a person who does something

• something more

Multiple Choice

An example of a person who does something is which word?

• driller

• taller

Multiple Choice

The suffix -er can also used to?

• compare 2 things, people, or actions

• compare 3 or more things, people, or actions

Multiple Choice

The vowel suffix -est is used to compare how many things, people, or actions?

• 1

• 2

• 3 or more

Multiple Choice

Look at the underlined part of the word. Is it a baseword or suffix?

publisher

• baseword

• suffix

Multiple Choice

Look at the underlined part of the word. Is it a baseword or suffix?

smallest

• baseword

• suffix