L.5.4a - Greek and Latin Suffixes

A firefighter, a warrior, and a tiger are things that we believe to be:

• thoughtless
• harmful
• fearless
• fearful

The over-excited students were quite _______________ about getting an unexpected day off of school.

• boisterous
• jealous
• famous
• flawless

Someone who helps another person is a:

• useless
• joyous
• helper
• helpless

Janet always adds flour to the gravy to ____________ it.

• awaken
• acceptable
• concoction
• thicken

The action of paying for something is when there is a:

• achievement
• payment
• chatty
• payable

The comparative -er is used to compare two things such as:

• soft-softer
• soft-hard
• low-high
• soft-softest

The opposite of useless is:

• cozy
• acceptable
• useful
• tidy

The suffix for a person or thing that does something is:

• -ous
• -er
• -ment
• -ful

Someone who is characterized by being very talkative is:

• tidy
• lazy
• chatty
• excited

A well-known movie star is:

• careless
• doubtful
• affection
• famous