Adding Suffixes

"Can be believed"

• believely
• believable
• believey
• believeful

"Full of help"

• helpable
• helply
• helpy
• helpful

That movie told a story that can be believed.

• believy
• believey
• believeful
• believable

Her directions of the cafeteria were full of help when I was lost.

• helpy
• helpful
• helply
• helpable

When building a house, a hammer is a tool that is full of use.

• useable
• usey
• usely
• useful

The suffix -er can mean two things.  For example, bigger and teacher both end with -er.  The two meanings for -er are:

• more/full of
• full of/without
• a person who/past tense
• more/a person who

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

A suffix is a:

• word part
• an ancient Egyptian monument
• a breed of dog

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

A suffix is added at the ____ of a base word.

• beginning
• ending

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

The suffix -ful means:

• without
• most
• full of
• the act of

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

When you want a word to be in the past tense, you add the suffix ____

• -ment
• -est
• -able
• -ed

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E