WORDS WITH THE SUFFIX

A suffix is a letter or group of letters added at the end of a word which makes a new word.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Suffixes (-ise/ize, -ate, -fy, -ten) that are used to form verbs with the meaning "cause to be".

• characterise

• liquidate

• justify

• shorten

Suffixes [-er (person), -ism (doctrine), -ship (state of being), -age (collection) ] are used to form noun.

• geographer

• Marxism

• citizenship

• baggage

Suffixes -able, -less, -ous, -al, -ive are added to verbs or nouns to form adjectives.

• avoidable

• endless

• continuous

• optional

• repetitive

Suffixes -ment, -ation, -sion are added to verbs to form nouns.

• treatment

• hesitation

• persuasion

• arrival

Which suffix has been added correctly to the word comfort?

• comfortible

• comfortly

• comfortable

• comfortal

Which suffix must be added to the words prevent, predict, adapt to form adjectives?

• -ible

• -able

• -ion

Which suffix must be added to the words refuse, deny, dismiss, propose to form nouns?

• -ion

• -al

• -ence

Suffixes -ly, -ward(s), -ways, -wise are added to form adverbs.

• quickly

• downwards

• clockwise

• sideways

Suffixes -y, -esque, -ish, -ive are added to form adjectives.

Which suffix means reminiscent of?

• snobbish

• creative

• picturesque

• smelly