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Suffix Drill Practice

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

-able, -ible

Adjective

Example: Collectable, Gullible

a)

Is; can be

b)

Having characteristics of

c)

Adjective form of noun

d)

State of being; act of

2.

-age

Noun

Example: Manage, acreage

a)

Act; condition of

b)

Act; process

c)

To make, have, become

d)

Result of an action; collection

3.

-al, -Ial

Adjective

Example: Circumstantial, seasonal

a)

The most

b)

Like; similar

c)

Having characteristics of

d)

The person who is_____

4.

-an

Noun

Example: American, electrician

a)

More than one

b)

One having a certain skill; relating/belonging to

c)

State of

d)

Characterized by

5.

-ate

Verb

Example: Differentiate, Duplicate

a)

Verb forms; present participles

b)

To make, have, become

c)

Act; process

d)

Science of; study of

6.

-ed

Verb/Adjective

Example: Accomplished, Accepted

a)

Past these verbs; adjectives

b)

Is; can be

c)

Having characteristics of

d)

Made of

7.

-en

Noun/Adjective

Example: Hydrogen, Mistake

a)

Plural, more than one

b)

Having qualities of

c)

How something is

d)

Made of

8.

-ence, -ance

Noun

Example: Excellence, importance

a)

Adjective form of noun

b)

Act; condition of

c)

The person who is _____

d)

The state of being something

9.

-ent, -ant

Noun

Example: Student, Contestant

a)

Act; process

b)

Without

c)

State of

d)

An action; condition; causing a specific action

10.

-er, -or

Noun

Example: Teacher, Boxer

a)

The most

b)

State of; condition of

c)

One who; action or process; more

d)

Like; similar

11.

-est

Adjective

Example: Coldest, Largest

a)

The most

b)

Act; process

c)

State of

d)

More than one

12.

-ful

Adjective

Example: Beautiful, Hateful

a)

Made of

b)

State of

c)

Full of

d)

Science; study of

13.

-ic

Adjective

Example: Historic, Asymmetric

a)

More than one

b)

Like; similar

c)

Having characteristics of

d)

Adjective form of noun

14.

-ies

Noun

Example: Parties, Babies

a)

Plural, more than one

b)

To make; to cause to become

c)

Act; process

d)

Science of; study of

15.

-ify

Verb

Example: Amplify, Justify

a)

Having qualities of

b)

To make, have, become

c)

State of being; act of

d)

More than one

16.

-ing

Verb

Example: Helping, Running

a)

Characterized by

b)

Without

c)

State of

d)

Verb forms; present participles

17.

-ion, -Tion, -ation,

Noun

Example: Confusion, Inspection

a)

Act; process

b)

Science of; study of

c)

The most

d)

Made of

18.

Ish-

Adjective

Example: Childish, Bookish

a)

Having qualities of

b)

Act; process

c)

Like; similar

d)

To make; to cause to become

19.

-ist

Noun

Example: Loyalist, Nutritionist

a)

Without

b)

The person who is _____

c)

State of

d)

More than one

20.

-ity, -ty

Noun

Example: Responsibility. Specialty

a)

Adjective form of noun

b)

Science of; study of

c)

State of

d)

How something is

21.

-ive, -ative, -itive

Adjective

Example: Active, Comparative

a)

Adjective form of noun

b)

Without

c)

Having characteristics of

d)

Having qualities of

22.

-ize

Verb

Example: criticize, apologize

a)

Adjective form of noun

b)

To make; to cause to become

c)

How something is

d)

More than one

23.

-Less

Adjective

Example: helpless, effortless

a)

Without

b)

More than one

c)

Characterized by

d)

The state of being something

24.

-logy,-ology

Noun

Example:biology,archeology

a)

The state of being something

b)

State of being;act

c)

Science of; study of

d)

Full of

25.

-ly

Adverb

Example;fluently, briefly

a)

Having qualities

b)

State of being; act of

c)

Like;similar

d)

How something is

26.

-ment

Noun

Example:payment,employment

a)

State of being; act of

b)

State of; condition

c)

Having qualities of

d)

Made of

27.

-ness

Noun

Example:sickness,wilderness

a)

Without

b)

More than one

c)

State of; condition of

d)

Characterized by

28.

-out, -eous, -ious

Adjective

Example:courageous, gracious

a)

More than one

b)

Characterized by

c)

The state of being something

d)

Having qualities of

29.

-s,-es

Noun

Example: books, boxes

a)

More than one

b)

State of

c)

Without

d)

How so

30.

-Ship

Noun

Example:

a)

Without

b)

The state of being something

c)

Characterized

d)

To make,have,become

31.

-y

Adjective

Example:cloudy,thirsty

a)

Characterized

b)

The person who is

c)

State of

d)

Made of