Adjective Suffixes (-ful, -ous, -ible, -able, -some)

If you don't keep your hands, feet, and objects to yourself it can be _______.

• hazardous

• hazardus

• hazarddous

Is twenty-two _______ by eleven?

• diviseable

• divisable

• divisible

The teacher was ______ when she dropped her coffee mug and it broke.

• furyous

• furious

It is always a _______ feeling when every student is listening.

• wonderful

• wonderfull

Amanda had a _______ feeling once the bell rang at the end of the day.

• joyous

• joyyous

Your realistic fiction story has to be _________ and not a fantasy.

• believeable

• believable

What does the suffix -some mean?

• able to be

• full of

• causing

What words have the suffix -able in them?

• terrible

• capable

• incredible

• debatable

Answer explanation

CAPABLE: cap means to take or to take something and do it, so capable means able to do something

DEBATABLE: debate means to discuss something, so debatable means able to discuss something

What other suffix means the same as -able?

• -ible

• -ous

• -ful

• -some

What other suffix means the same as -ful? (full of)

• -ible

• -ous

• -able

• -some

Answer explanation

The suffix -ous also means full of. The word courageous means full of courage.