RIC-20235 Primary Grammar and Word Study Year 3 – Understanding and choosing words
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Sticky suffixes<br />
A suffix is a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word<br />
to make a new word.<br />
1. Read the definitions of these four common suffixes.<br />
ness<br />
ment<br />
2. Match each base word to a suffix to form a new word.<br />
(a) age • • less<br />
(b) use • • less<br />
(c) care • • ment<br />
(d) mad • • ness<br />
(e) pay • • ful<br />
(f) hope • • ful<br />
(g) move • • ment<br />
3. List the new <strong>words</strong> you made, then write a definition for each. Use the suffix<br />
definitions in the boxes above to help.<br />
(a)<br />
(b)<br />
(c)<br />
(d)<br />
(e)<br />
(f)<br />
(g)<br />
‘The state of being something’;<br />
e.g. laziness is ‘the state of being lazy’,<br />
happiness is ‘the state of being happy’.<br />
ful<br />
‘Full of’ or ‘filled’;<br />
e.g. helpful means ‘full of help’,<br />
beautiful means ‘full of beauty’.<br />
Note: When full is a suffix, it has one l.<br />
‘Action’ or ‘process of’;<br />
e.g. enjoyment is ‘the act of enjoying’,<br />
amazement is ‘the act of being amazed’.<br />
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less<br />
‘Without’ or ‘can’t be done’;<br />
e.g. endless means ‘without end’,<br />
fearless means ‘without fear’.<br />
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