Grade 6 English worksheet teaching suffixes "able" and "ness" with example words and blank lines for practice.

Let's solve the worksheet step by step.

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Part 1: Add the suffix "able" to make meaningful words

We are given a list of words and need to determine which ones can have the suffix "-able" added to form a meaningful word.

List of words:
- peace
- love
- punish
- suit
- piece
- notice
- joke
- bear
- debate
- laugh
- party
- bare
- pleasure
- cry
- size

Now, let’s check each one:

1. peace → peaceable ✔ (meaning: peaceful)
2. love → lovable ✔ (meaning: someone or something that is loved)
3. punish → punishable ✔ (meaning: capable of being punished)
4. suit → suitable ✔ (meaning: appropriate or fitting)
5. piece → pieceable ✘ (not a common word; not meaningful)
6. notice → noticeable ✔ (meaning: easily seen or noticed)
7. joke → jokable ✘ (rare or informal; not standard)
8. bear → bearable ✔ (meaning: able to be endured)
9. debate → debatable ✔ (meaning: open to discussion)
10. laugh → laughable ✔ (meaning: worthy of laughter)
11. party → partiable ✘ (not a word)
12. bare → bearable ✔ (same as above — already covered)
13. pleasure → pleasurable ✔ (meaning: giving pleasure)
14. cry → crying is a verb, but criable ✘ (not a valid word)
15. size → sizable ✔ (meaning: of considerable size)

✔ Valid words with -able:
- peace → peaceable
- love → lovable
- punish → punishable
- suit → suitable
- notice → noticeable
- bear → bearable
- debate → debatable
- laugh → laughable
- pleasure → pleasurable
- size → sizable

> Note: "bare" → bearable is acceptable, but it's the same as "bear". So we can consider "bear" as the root.
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> Also, "piece" → no common word, "joke" → "jokable" is not standard, so skip.

So, the correct words are:
- peace, love, punish, suit, notice, bear, debate, laugh, pleasure, size

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Part 2: Add the suffix "ness" to make meaningful words

Now, we add "-ness" to these words to form adjectives into nouns (usually meaning "the state of being...").

Words:
- shy
- dark
- sad
- weak
- light
- greedy
- wilder
- good
- clean
- wild
- bad
- clever

Check each:

1. shy → shyness ✔ (state of being shy)
2. dark → darkness ✔ (state of being dark)
3. sad → sadness ✔ (state of being sad)
4. weak → weakness ✔ (lack of strength)
5. light → lightness ✔ (quality of being light)
6. greedy → greediness ✔ (or greed, but greediness is acceptable)
7. wilder → wilder is comparative; adding -ness gives wilder-ness? ✘ (not a word; should be wildness from "wild")
8. good → goodness ✔ (moral excellence or kindness)
9. clean → cleanness ✔ (but more commonly cleanliness — though cleanness is valid)
10. wild → wildness ✔ (state of being wild)
11. bad → badness ✔ (state of being bad)
12. clever → cleverness ✔ (quality of being clever)

Note: "wilder" is a comparative form of "wild", so it doesn't take "-ness" directly. We use wild → wildness.

So, valid words:
- shy → shyness
- dark → darkness
- sad → sadness
- weak → weakness
- light → lightness
- greedy → greediness
- good → goodness
- clean → cleanness (or cleanliness, but cleanness is acceptable)
- wild → wildness
- bad → badness
- clever → cleverness

But note: wilder → not used directly. It's an adjective in comparative form. So we skip it.

✔ Final list for "-ness":
- shy, dark, sad, weak, light, greedy, good, clean, wild, bad, clever

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✔ Final Answers:

#### Words that can take "able":
- peaceable
- lovable
- punishable
- suitable
- noticeable
- bearable
- debatable
- laughable
- pleasurable
- sizable

> So write in the box:
> ```
> peaceable, lovable, punishable, suitable, noticeable, bearable, debatable, laughable, pleasurable, sizable
> ```

#### Words that can take "ness":
- shyness
- darkness
- sadness
- weakness
- lightness
- greediness
- goodness
- cleanness
- wildness
- badness
- cleverness

> So write in the box:
> ```
> shyness, darkness, sadness, weakness, lightness, greediness, goodness, cleanness, wildness, badness, cleverness
> ```

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✔ Summary:

| Suffix | Words that work |
|-------|------------------|
| -able | peace, love, punish, suit, notice, bear, debate, laugh, pleasure, size |
| -ness | shy, dark, sad, weak, light, greedy, good, clean, wild, bad, clever |

These are the correct answers based on standard English vocabulary.