Suffix Meanings Worksheet Download
This language arts worksheet practices what suffixes mean. Each word is a base word plus a suffix, and students choose its meaning from four choices built from the same base word, so the suffix decides the answer.
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Suffix Meanings
Students use the suffix to choose the meaning of each word, such as without care for careless or a person who teaches for teacher.
About this worksheet
Students use the suffix to choose the meaning of each word, such as without care for careless or a person who teaches for teacher.
Student objectives
- Know the meanings of common suffixes such as -less, -ful, -er and -ness
- Use a suffix to figure out the meaning of a word
- Tell apart words with the same base word and different suffixes
- Learn new words by breaking them into parts
Everyday practice
- Figuring out a new word like fearless in a story
- Knowing that a painter is a person who paints
- Reading a label that says washable
- Explaining the difference between careful and careless