WorksheetsUnderstanding Word Formation Suffixes
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 23mins
Abigail noticed that the word "cloudy" ends with -y. What does the suffix -y mean in this word?
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Grace is learning about word endings in her English class. Her teacher asks, "What does the ending -ly usually mean in a word?"
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Maya wrote the word "jumped" in her notebook. What does the ending -ed mean?
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-est
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Abigail is learning about word endings in her English class. Her teacher asks her what the suffix -en means in words like "golden" or "widen". What does -en mean?
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Luna is learning about word endings in her English class. Her teacher asks, "What does the suffix -er mean in words like 'teacher' or 'runner'?"
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James is running. What does the -ing ending in "running" show?
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-es
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Harper is learning about prefixes in her English class. She comes across the prefix un-. What does un- mean?
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Charlotte received a message with the prefix mis- in a word. What does this prefix mean?
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The endings er, ment, and ation can be added to many verbs to form _______.
adverbs
verbs
nouns
opposites
A word part added to the end of a word to change the meaning is a
Prefix
Root
Verb
Suffix
A morpheme, or root, is ____________.
a meaningful part of a word
an affix that is attached to a word
a word ending
a part of speech
run + er
runer
runeer
runner
What is a word or word part that can form the basis of new words through the addition of prefixes and suffixes?
Tree words
Branch words
Root words
Flower words
A suffix is ____________.
a word on its own
attached to the beginning of a word
attached to the end of a word
a part of speech
Where does a prefix go in the word?
At the beginning of the word
In the middle of the word
At the end of the word
A ________________ is a group of letters added to the beginning of a word.
prefix
suffix
base word
-happy
1. What is added to the beginning of a word to make a new word?
Prefix
Suffix
Root word
Choose the word that fits the sentence.
The wind was so strong it pulled the tree out of the ground.
unable
unlucky
unrest
unearthed
What is morphology?
the study of word parts
the study of word meanings
the study of the structure of words and form
the study of the spelling of words
multi- + ply becomes what word?
multiply
multyply
multipy
multply
auto- + graph + -ed becomes what word?
autographed
autograph
autograped
autoographed
to go after and bring back somebody or something
run
fetch
crawl
skip
making a low, humming sound
rhino
sing
buzzing
screaming
