Latin Suffix -ive

Adding –ive to a word usually forms which part of speech?

• noun
• verb
• adjective
• adverb

Another word for "alternative" is...

• car battery

• requirement

• option

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

People may become defensive if they feel...

• threatened

• untrusted

• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

The suffix -ive means

• tending to or having 
• full of 
• in a certain way 
• more 

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3A

Which word contains a suffix that means "tending to"

• agreeable
• notorious
• competitive
• passion

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

What does the word “preventive” mean in the following sentence?
I went on a preventive visit to the dentist so that she could clean my teeth and stop me from getting any cavities.

• without preventing 
• someone who prevents
• able to be prevented
• tending to prevent

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

act

• -ive

• -ness

• -ist

Agress

• -ive

• -ist

• -ness

A detective...

• investigates crime

• uses a metal detector

• looks for gold

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Crafting the Turkish rug was very labor ____________.

• Intensive

• Combative

• Impressive

• Selfish