Suffix -ous

• The suffix -ous means full of or having.

• Words that have the suffix -ous are usually ADJECTIVES

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​Suffix -OUS

Multiple Choice

When I looked out the window of the airplane, I could see we were crossing over very ____________ terrain.

• mountain

• mountainous

Multiple Choice

What does the word dangerous mean?

• more danger

• the most danger

• full of danger

• without danger

Multiple Choice

What does the word famous mean?

• without fame

• the most famous

• more than one famous person

• full of fame

Multiple Choice

What is joyous?

• without joy

• joy again

• full of joy

• before joy

Multiple Choice

I get ______________________ in front of a crowd.

• curious

• nervous

• glorious

• fabulous

Multiple Choice

The fireman was so ______________________ running back into the burning building.

• enormous

• jealous

• courageous

• tremendous

Multiple Choice

What is poisonous?

• without poison

• poison again

• poison before

• full of poison

Multiple Select

What does the suffix -ous mean? Pick the TWO right answers.

• not

• full of

• without

• having

Multiple Choice

What does the word humerous mean?

• without humor

• full of humor

• not humor

Multiple Choice

He was ____________ for making hit movies based on real events.

• fame

• famous

Multiple Choice

Nate found the ____________ in a bad situation when he discovered his dog had somehow locked him out of the house.

• humor

• humorous

Multiple Choice

I was ____________ that I accidentally knocked over my grandmother’s green vase and broke it.

• fury

• furious

Multiple Choice

It remains a ____________ as to who left the flowers on our door step.

• mystery

• mysterious

Multiple Choice

Not all snakes have ____________ venom; some don’t have any venom at all.

• poison

• poisonous

Multiple Choice

Some people think it is ____________ to jump off rocks into a lake if you don’t know how deep the water is.

• danger

• dangerous

Multiple Choice

She shouted with____________ when she found out she had passed the bar exam to become a lawyer.

• joy

• joyous