Suffixes -ate and -ation

A word part that goes at the end of a word and changes the word's meaning.

• prefix
• suffix

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The brown bear _ for about five months during winter.

• hibernates

• hyphenate

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Suffix -ate means

• To believe

• To act on in a certain way

• To belong

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The workers had to _ the building after the fire alarm went off.

• participate

• evacuate

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

What does "procrastinate" mean?

• to act in a way that puts things off until later

• the state of procrastinating

• the quality of procrastinating

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

The (hyphenation/temptation) to eat all the chocolate was too great, so I had to leave the kitchen.

• hyphenation

• temptation

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

The ___ in the children’s book were exquisite.

• illustrations

• qualifications

• civilization

• decorations

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

A science museum is designed for the ______ of scientific discovery and innovative technology.

• exploretion

• expolretion

• expleration

• exploration

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

The captain has great ______ for all of the members of his crew.

• abmiration

• admiration

• admeration

• admiretion

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

What is the base word or root word in the word admiration?

• ad
• admire
• rat
• tion

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A