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WorksheetsDETERMINING MEANING 1: SUFFIXES (-ance and -ous)
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 4mins
What does the suffix -ous mean?
characterized by
a person who
in the direction of
study of
What does the suffix -ance mean?
condition of or process of doing something
a person who
in the direction of
study of
Eat a ________ breakfast daily.
(characterized by nutrition)
nutritious
continuous
mountainous
annoyance
When you can't figure out the answer to the math problem but you keep on trying, what are you showing?
(process of persevering)
perseverance
patience
tolerance
annoyance
The terrain was ________.
(characterized by mountains)
continuous
annoyance
courageous
mountainous
Which word describes what someone shows when he or she waits a long time for a turn without ever complaining?
(condition of being patient)
annoyance
patience
radiance
perseverance
A _____ rain caused floods.
(characterized by continuing)
hazardous
mountainous
continuous
nutritious
Every time Jackson holds his baby sister, Esther, she pulls his hair. Jackson thinks this is a bit of a _____.
(condition of being annoying)
annoyance
elegance
tolerance
defiance
What a _____ girl she is!
(process of showing courage)
nutritious
courageous
perseverance
tolerance
Which word described what you might show when you have to sit next to someone you really don't like, but you are kind to them anyway?
(the condition of being tolerant)
elegance
dominance
perseverance
tolerance
The view from here is _____.
(condition of being elegant and beyond beautiful)
(Originated from a French word "gorgias" referring to a "gorget" a ruffle for the neck.)
annoyance
continuous
gorgeous
mountainous
