To find the suffix in each line, we need to look for a word that has extra letters added to the end of a base word. These endings change the meaning or type of the word (like turning a verb into a noun or an adjective).
Here is the step-by-step breakdown for each line:
1.
rubber, calm, cry, asking
* "Asking" comes from the base word "ask." The suffix
-ing is added to show the action is happening now.
* Answer:
asking
2.
ease, mitten, driver, dry
* "Driver" comes from the base word "drive." The suffix
-er is added to mean "a person who drives."
* Answer:
driver
3.
try, illness, paper, base
* "Illness" comes from the base word "ill." The suffix
-ness is added to turn the adjective into a noun.
* Answer:
illness
4.
alter, rude, happier, buy
* "Happier" comes from the base word "happy." The suffix
-er is added to compare two things.
* Answer:
happier
5.
make, hopeful, anger, guy
* "Hopeful" comes from the base word "hope." The suffix
-ful is added to mean "full of hope."
* Answer:
hopeful
6.
cloudy, fry, watch, amber
* "Cloudy" comes from the base word "cloud." The suffix
-y is added to describe something full of clouds.
* Answer:
cloudy
7.
her, sit, lifelike, my
* "Lifelike" comes from the base word "life." The suffix
-like is added to mean "resembling life."
* Answer:
lifelike
8.
selfish, cheer, joke, rye
* "Selfish" comes from the base word "self." The suffix
-ish is added to describe a trait.
* Answer:
selfish
9.
kneel, wry, active, steer
* "Active" comes from the base word "act." The suffix
-ive is added to describe someone who acts a lot.
* Answer:
active
10.
near, foot, lovely, silly
* This line has two words with suffixes! "Lovely" (base: love + suffix
-ly) and "silly" (base: sill/old root + suffix
-y). Usually, "lovely" is the clearer example for students learning suffixes like -ly. Let's look closer. "Silly" is often treated as a base word itself in lower grades, whereas "lovely" is clearly "love" + "ly". However, looking at the pattern of previous answers, let's re-evaluate.
* Wait, let's look at line 10 again. "Near", "foot" are base words. "Lovely" is love + ly. "Silly" is... well, it ends in y, but is "sil" a base word? Not really. So
lovely is the best answer here because "love" is a clear base word.
Let's double-check all answers:
1. asking (-ing)
2. driver (-er)
3. illness (-ness)
4. happier (-er)
5. hopeful (-ful)
6. cloudy (-y)
7. lifelike (-like)
8. selfish (-ish)
9. active (-ive)
10. lovely (-ly)
Final Answer:
1. asking
2. driver
3. illness
4. happier
5. hopeful
6. cloudy
7. lifelike
8. selfish
9. active
10. lovely
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of worksheet on suffix.
