2) Spelling: Spell Words with Suffixes

Match the words with their suffixes.

• frightful

• -ness

• cloudy

• -y

• illness

• -ful

Answer explanation

Suffixes -ful, -y, -ness are added to base words to create new words. Sometimes you need to change the spelling of the base word when a suffix is added. To change the word happy to happiness, change the y to i and add -ness.

To change the word chat to chatty, double the final consonant before adding -y.

Match the word to the suffixes.

• graceful

• -y

• stormy

• -ness

• eagerness

• -ful

Answer explanation

Suffixes -ful, -y, -ness are added to base words to create new words. Sometimes you need to change the spelling of the base word when a suffix is added. To change the word happy to happiness, change the y to i and add -ness.

To change the word chat to chatty, double the final consonant before adding -y.

Match the following words according to their suffixes

• peaceful

• -y

• freshness

• -ful

• sunny

• -ness

Answer explanation

Suffixes -ful, -y, -ness are added to base words to create new words. Sometimes you need to change the spelling of the base word when a suffix is added. To change the word happy to happiness, change the y to i and add -ness.

To change the word chat to chatty, double the final consonant before adding -y.

Choose the correct spelling for full of mercy.

• merciful

• mercyfull

• merseeful

• full of mercy

Answer explanation

A suffix is a letter or group of letters that is added to a word to change the meaning or make a word into another type of word, such as changing a noun into an adjective.

The suffix -ful, when added to a word means "full of".

When adding the suffix -ful to a word ending in -y, you need to change the -y to an -i then add -full.

Choose the correct spelling that changes fancy to full of fancy.

• fansee

• fanciful

• fancyfull

• full of fancy

Answer explanation

A suffix is a letter or group of letters that is added to a word to change the meaning or make a word into another type of word, such as changing a noun into an adjective.

The suffix -ful, when added to a word means "full of".

When adding the suffix -ful to a word ending in -y, you need to change the -y to an -i then add -full.

Choose the word that is spelled correctly, go from pity to full of pity.

• full of pity

• pityful

• pityful

• pitiful

Answer explanation

Suffixes -ful, -y, -ness are added to base words to create new words. Sometimes you need to change the spelling of the base word when a suffix is added. To change the word happy to happiness, change the y to i and add -ness.

To change the word chat to chatty, double the final consonant before adding -y.

Change duty to duty + ful (full of duty).

Remember the rules for changing words that end in -y.

Answer explanation

A suffix is a letter or group of letters that is added to a word to change the meaning or make a word into another type of word, such as changing a noun into an adjective.

The suffix -ful, when added to a word means "full of".

When adding the suffix -ful to a word ending in -y, you need to change the -y to an -i then add -full.

Change beauty to full of beauty by adding the suffix -full.

Answer explanation

A suffix is a letter or group of letters that is added to a word to change the meaning or make a word into another type of word, such as changing a noun into an adjective.

The suffix -ful, when added to a word means "full of".

When adding the suffix -ful to a word ending in -y, you need to change the -y to an -i then add -full.

Use the suffix -full with the word fancy

Answer explanation

Suffixes -ful, -y, -ness are added to base words to create new words. Sometimes you need to change the spelling of the base word when a suffix is added. To change the word happy to happiness, change the y to i and add -ness.

To change the word chat to chatty, double the final consonant before adding -y.

To change a word ending in -y, change the -y to i then add -ful.

Change the word ART to a word meaning FULL OF ART

Answer explanation

The suffix -ful at the end of a word usually means full of. Remember, when adding -ful to a word ending in -y, you will change the -y to an -i then add -ful.

When adding -ful to a word that ends in a consonant, just add -ful.