Suffix Skills Quiz

Which suffix would you add to "slow" to describe a way of doing something?

• -ly

• -y

• -ness

• -ship

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

What does the suffix -ist in the word "biologist" imply?

• A place for something

• A belief in something

• A person who studies or practices something

• The process of something

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which word means "the state of being happy"?

• Happily

• Happiness

• Happyer

• Happyous

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

If you add the suffix -ous to the word "danger," what new word do you form?

• Dangerly

• Dangerer

• Dangerous

• Dangerness

What does the suffix -tion in the word "creation" denote?

• The act or process of doing something

• A person who does something

• A characteristic of being something

• A place for something

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which suffix would you add to "accident" to describe a characteristic related to it?

• -ly

• -y

• -al

• -ous

What is the meaning of the suffix -ship in the word "friendship"?

• The act of

• The quality or state of

• A person who is skilled in

• A place for

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which of the following words means "full of joy"?

• Joyly

• Joyer

• Joyous

• Joyance

What does the suffix -ence in the word "independence" imply?

• The act of being

• A person who does something

• The quality or state of being

• A place for something

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which suffix would you add to "magic" to describe something related to magic?

• -ly

• -y

• -al

• -ness