Vocabulary List 9- Suffix (part 2)

Analyze the word "strength" and identify the function of the suffix "-th".

• State or quality

• Without or lacking

• Action, process, or result

• In the manner of

Which of the following words uses the suffix "-ity" to indicate a quality or state of being?

• Happiness

• Activity

• Careless

• Quickly

What does the suffix "-ize" in the word "modernize" imply?

• To make or to become

• Without or lacking

• State, quality, or condition

• Action, process, or result

What is the purpose of the suffix "-tion" in the word "celebration"?

• State, quality, or condition

• Action, process, or result

• Full of or having qualities of

• To make or to become

What is the meaning of the suffix "-ist" in the word "artist"?

• State of being

• A person who practices or is concerned with something

• Action or process

• Without or lacking

What does the suffix "-ward" in the word "backward" indicate?

• State or condition of being

• Direction or manner

• Full of or having qualities of

• To make or to become

Understand the suffix "-ize" in the word "realize". What does it imply?

• To make or to become

• State or quality

• Full of or having qualities of

• Direction or manner

Evaluate the use of the suffix "-less" in the word "hopeless". What does it convey?

• Full of or having qualities of

• Without or lacking

• Action, process, or result

• State or quality

What does the suffix "-ous" in the word "dangerous" signify?

• Full of or having qualities of

• State or condition of being

• Action, process, or result

• To make or to become

Evaluate the use of the suffix "-wise" in the word "clockwise". What does it convey?

• In the manner of

• State, quality, or condition

• Action, process, or result

• Without or lacking