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Let's solve this "Suffix Party" worksheet step by step.

We are given a word bank with these suffixes:

> ship, ness, al, ment, ful, dom

Our task is to choose the correct suffix from the word bank and add it to each root word to form a new, meaningful word.

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1. enjoy + ______ = ______

- Try adding suffixes:
- *enjoy + ship* → enjoyship? (Not a real word)
- *enjoy + ness* → enjoyness? (Uncommon, not standard)
- *enjoy + al* → enjoyal? (No)
- *enjoy + ment* → enjoyment ✔ Yes! This is a valid word.
- *enjoy + ful* → enjoyful? (Not common; "joyful" is better, but "enjoyful" is rare)
- *enjoy + dom* → enjoydom? (No)

✔ Best choice: enjoy + ment = enjoyment

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2. hope + ______ = ______

- Try:
- *hope + ship* → hopeship? No
- *hope + ness* → hopeness? Not a word
- *hope + al* → hopeal? No
- *hope + ment* → hopement? No
- *hope + ful* → hopeful ✔ Yes! A common word.
- *hope + dom* → hopedom? No

✔ hope + ful = hopeful

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3. kind + ______ = ______

- Try:
- *kind + ship* → kindship ✔ Yes! (As in "kinship")
- *kind + ness* → kindness ✔ Also valid!
- *kind + al* → kindal? No
- *kind + ment* → kindment? No
- *kind + ful* → kindful? No
- *kind + dom* → kinddom? No

Now we have two possible answers: kindship and kindness

But let’s check which one fits best:

- Kindness is more commonly used than kindship, though both are correct.
- However, kindship means "a relationship of kin or family", while kindness means "the quality of being kind".

Given that the root is "kind", and the suffixes are general, kindness is likely the expected answer here because it's more straightforward.

✔ kind + ness = kindness

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4. free + ______ = ______

- Try:
- *free + ship* → freeship? No
- *free + ness* → freeness? Rare, not standard
- *free + al* → freeal? No
- *free + ment* → freement? No
- *free + ful* → freeful? No
- *free + dom* → freedom ✔ Yes!

✔ free + dom = freedom

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5. friend + ______ = ______

- Try:
- *friend + ship* → friendship ✔ Yes! Common word.
- *friend + ness* → friendness? Not a word
- *friend + al* → friendal? No
- *friend + ment* → friendment? No
- *friend + ful* → friendful? No
- *friend + dom* → frienddom? No

✔ friend + ship = friendship

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6. music + ______ = ______

- Try:
- *music + ship* → musicship? No
- *music + ness* → musickness? No
- *music + al* → musical ✔ Yes! A common word.
- *music + ment* → musicment? No
- *music + ful* → musicful? No
- *music + dom* → musicdom? No

✔ music + al = musical

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✔ Final Answers:

1. enjoy + ment = enjoyment
2. hope + ful = hopeful
3. kind + ness = kindness
4. free + dom = freedom
5. friend + ship = friendship
6. music + al = musical

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🎉 Summary Table:

| # | Root | Suffix | New Word |
|---|----------|--------|----------------|
| 1 | enjoy | ment | enjoyment |
| 2 | hope | ful | hopeful |
| 3 | kind | ness | kindness |
| 4 | free | dom | freedom |
| 5 | friend | ship | friendship |
| 6 | music | al | musical |

All words are real and commonly used. Great job on the suffix party! 🎈🎉