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WorksheetsCommon Suffixes and Roots
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
scrib/script
to write
to read
to speak
to listen
-full
full of/tending to/ resembling
lacking in/absent of
partially filled/halfway
completely empty/vacant
tangible
capable of being touched
able to be seen
related to abstract concepts
difficult to understand
artist
someone that creates art
a person who critiques art
a collector of art pieces
a historian of art movements
tractor
a machine that drags things
a type of vehicle used for racing
a tool for planting seeds
a device for measuring distance
-ible
capable of
incapable of
unwilling to
likely to
fastest
superlative form of fast
comparative form of fast
adverb form of fast
noun form of fast
teacher
one who teaches
one who learns
one who evaluates
one who manages
grateful
to be full of gratitude/thanks
to feel angry or upset
to be indifferent or apathetic
to express joy or happiness
video
still images displayed in sequence
moving pictures seen on a screen
audio recordings of sounds
text displayed on a page
-ist
someone who performs an action/believer
a type of plant
a musical instrument
a geographical feature
vid/vis
to hear
to see
to touch
to smell
tract
to pull or drag
to push or shove
to lift or carry
to throw or toss
actor
someone who performs in plays or movies
a person who directs films
a person who writes scripts
a person who produces shows
useless
not having a use
having some value
able to be used effectively
serving a purpose
-or
someone that does something; condition or activity
a type of animal
a mathematical operator
a musical note
-less
with
full of
without or lacking
in abundance
-er
to do something/also comparative form
a suffix used for forming nouns
a term for a person who performs an action
a prefix indicating negation
-est
least/also superlative form
most/also superlative form
more/also comparative form
less/also comparative form
prescribe
to write beforehand
to recommend a course of action
to prohibit an action
to summarize information
