Grammar Final

The words in Column A have which endings in common?

• -ing

• -ed

• -ly

• -er

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

The words in Column C have which common ending?

• -ing

• -ed

• -ly

• -tion

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

CCSS.L.2.1E

Based on the words and the sentence examples, what can you infer about the part of speech of the words in each column?

• The words in each column belong to different parts of speech.

• All the words are verbs in each column.

• Each column contains only adjectives.

• The words in each column are all nouns.

Word endings can be helpful for us as readers and writers because they:

• help us understand the meaning and tense of words.

• make words longer for no reason.

• confuse readers by changing word meanings randomly.

• are only important in spoken language.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1D

What is a suffix?

• A word part added to the beginning of a base word

• A word part added to the end of a base word

• A word that stands alone

• A type of sentence

Fill in the blank: The base word in the sentence 'My father and brother often argue about politics.' is _____

• argue

• argued

• arguing

• argument

Fill in the blank: The word 'argument' is formed by adding the suffix _____ to the base word 'argue'.

• -ment

• -ing

• -ed

• -ly

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Which suffix indicates that the word is a noun?

• -ence

• -ate

• -ent

• -ist

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2D

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.1.1B

In the sentence 'I could not differentiate between the two colors.', what does the suffix '-ate' indicate?

• The word is a noun

• The word is a verb

• The word is an adjective

• The word is an adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.2.2C

Which of the following is an adjective suffix?

• -ment

• -ist

• -able

• -tion

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A