Suffixes: -ous, -ful, -less, -ness, -able, -ly, -age, -ence

Suffixes: -ment, -ous, -ness,
-able, -age, -ence, -ion

-ment

• This ending is found in some nouns.

• It means action, process, or its result.

Here you have an example

Some of these nouns come from verbs, such as:

move (v) + ment = movement (n)

Fill in the Blank

Write the noun that comes from "assign"

• -ous means having something

  Example: Having fame= famous

  glorious, curious, glamorous, serious, dangerous

-ous

Multiple Choice

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

• poison

• poisonous

Multiple Choice

What a _____ girl she is!

• corageous

• courageous

• cuorageous

• courigeous

Multiple Choice

The terrain was ________.

• mountanous

• mauntanious

• muontainous

• mountainous

-able

• able to (v.) / can (v.)

• It is "-ible" sometimes.

• Can be loved = loveable.

• Can be eaten = edible.

Multiple Choice

If you added the suffix ~able to the word renew, what would the correct spelling be?

• reneable

• renewable

Multiple Choice

If you added the suffix ~able to the word size, what would the correct spelling be?

• sizable

• sizeable

Multiple Choice

The ability to dispose is called being....

• disposable

• releasable

• knowledgeable

• believable

Multiple Choice

The ability to have knowledge is....

• workable

• knowledgeable

• washable

• comfortable

Multiple Choice

Able to be laundered or washed

• washable

• detachable

• renewable

• refundable

Multiple Choice

Able to be received or accepted the way it is; worthy; satisfactory

• acceptable

• repairable

• detachable

• refundable

-ness

• It turns an adjective into a noun.

• For example: happiness = the state of being happy

• Happiness is a noun (an idea).

• Happy is an adjective (how something is).

Multiple Select

CAN MONEY BUY _____?

• HAPPINESS

• WEAKNESS

Multiple Choice

Which word makes the most sense?

The elderly lady felt ______ as she couldn't open the door to the store on her own.

• helpful

• helpless

Multiple Choice

Which word makes the most sense?

The girl was _______ as she ran around the room with the fragile, antique vase.

• careful

• careless

Multiple Select

YOU SHOULD NEVER LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN. IT CAN CAUSE _____.

• ILLNESS

• BLINDNESS

Multiple Choice

Select the correct spelling of the word that means "the act of forgiving someone or something".

• forgiveness

• forgivness

• forgively

• forgivily

Multiple Choice

Select the correct spelling of the word that means "knowledge of your own personality or character".

• awarely

• awarily

• awarness

• awareness

-ly

• It turns an adjective into an adverb.

• For example: happily = in a way that is happy

• Happily is an adverb; it is used to talk about how an action (verb) is.

• Happy is an adjective (how something is).

Multiple Choice

Fill in the missing word.

We ________________ ran to our seats before the movie started.

• totally

• simply

• quickly

Multiple Choice

Fill in the missing word.

The fire fighter ________________ ran into the burning building to save the people.

• lovely

• bravely

Multiple Choice

What part of speech is a word when -ly is added?

• noun

• adverb

• adjective

Multiple Choice

What's the correct spelling?

• simplely

• simply

• simpley

​-ion

This suffix is often added to verbs to turn them into nouns. It means "the act of" or "the process of." For example:

• create becomes creation

  Ex.: The creation of a beautiful painting.

• invent becomes invention

  Ex.: The invention of the light bulb changed the world.

• operate becomes operation

• Ex.: The operation was a success.

• celebrate becomes celebration

• Ex.: We had a big celebration for her birthday.

Differences in spelling:

For example:

• expand becomes expansion

  Ex.: The expansion of the city continued.

• conclude becomes conclusion

  Ex.: The conclusion of the story was unexpected.

-ence/-ance

• absent, confident, evident, present, excellent, intelligent

• absence, confidence, evidence, presence, excellence, intelligence

There are many other words like different that also end in -ent and change to -ence

There are also words that have the same sound as the ent/ence words, and behave the same way, but these words end in -ant and change to -ance

• important, brilliant, distant, assistant, ignorant, elegant

• importance, brilliance, distance, assistance, ignorance, elegance

Multiple Choice

Where does suffix go on a word?

• beginning

• middle

• end