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Suffixes Grammar Guides

The document discusses English suffixes and their meanings. It provides examples of suffixes like -able, -ible, -ful, -ness, -less, and -ous and what they mean when added to words, such as capable, cheerful, goodness, cloudless, and humorous. The document also contains exercises for learners to practice applying these suffixes in fill-in-the-blank questions and matching activities.
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Suffixes Grammar Guides

The document discusses English suffixes and their meanings. It provides examples of suffixes like -able, -ible, -ful, -ness, -less, and -ous and what they mean when added to words, such as capable, cheerful, goodness, cloudless, and humorous. The document also contains exercises for learners to practice applying these suffixes in fill-in-the-blank questions and matching activities.
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-able/-ible: means capable of doing something > capable: able to be

carried
-ful: means filled with > cheerful: filled with cheer
-ness: the state of being something > goodness: the state of being good.
-less: means without > cloudless: without cloud
-ous: means full of > humorous: full of humor
-er/-or: means the person who > teacher: the person who teaches

A) Fill in the chart with the correct suffixes. C) Fill in the blanks with the correct suffixes
1) Beauty 17) Direct 1) This dress is so ----------. Look at these colors. (
2) Religion 18) Success color )
3) Harm 2) Sam is a ---------- driver. He always has
19) Freeze
accidents. ( care )
4) Nutrition 20) Sleep
3) Wow! This ring is so ---------. ( value )
5) Hope 21) Use 4) I don’t understand --------- topics. ( religion )
6) Forgive 22) Danger 5) My uncle is a ----------. ( command )
7) Engine 23) Employ 6) She’ll be appreciated because of her ----------. (
8) Pain 24) Aim kind )
9) Sad 25) Purchase 7) I want to quit. I don’t want to work in this
10) Admire 26) Taste --------- office. ( stress )
11) Respect 27) Ambition 8) We won’t be able to reach there. This way must be
12) Envy ----------. ( end )
28) Laugh
9) My mother is a well-known ---------. ( write )
13) Kind 29) Wonder
10) Don’t afraid of it. It is ---------. ( harm )
14) Break 30) Consume 11) His behaviors aren’t ---------. ( tolerate )
15) Happy 31) Hazard 12) Hmm. This cake looks so ---------. ( delicacy )
16) Fame 32) Quiet 13) Martin is a --------- boy. He can lift everything
he wants. ( power )
14) The --------- will paint the fences. ( paint )
B) Match
15) My grandmother is an --------- woman.
1) This snake could be ------. painful
( ambition )
So we must be careful. horrible
16) Sarah is the most --------- person I have ever
2) Arthur suffers from ------. achievable
known. ( rely )
He is a lonely man. riskless
17) Is Harry a --------- man? ( response )
3) As a ------, I want to buy harmless good
18) I can’t see anything in the ---------. ( dark )
products. curious
19) What a --------- situation! ( shame )
4) Karla stayed ------ fashionable
20) What’s the reason of her ---------? What’s wrong
underwater for an hour. customer
with her? ( sad )
5) This operation could be -----. poisonous
21) Sue is so ---------. She is crying. ( hope )
But the pains will be ------. wonderful
22) Be careful! It is --------- to go there. ( danger )
6) Mesut is a ------ boy. He breathless
23) He is always telling --------- stories. ( unbelief )
doesn’t afraid of even the most bearable
24) She has difficulty in recovering from this -------
------ stories. agreeable
( ill ).
7) Don’t be afraid of that cat. loneliness
It is ------. fearless
8) My teacher is ------. engineer
9) Sam’s father is an ------.
10) You have to work on something ------. You have
your head in the clouds.
11) You project is fine. It is ------.
12) Mrs. Honey is very ------. She wants to learn
everything about her neighbors.
13) You can buy all of them. It is ------.
14) In this party I have to wear something ------.
-able/-ible: means capable of doing something > capable: able to be
carried
-ful: means filled with > cheerful: filled with cheer
-ness: the state of being something > goodness: the state of being good.
-less: means without > cloudless: without cloud
-ous: means full of > humorous: full of humor
-er/-or: means the person who > teacher: the person who teaches

A) Fill in the chart with the correct suffixes. C) Fill in the blanks with the correct suffixes
1) Beauty 17) Direct 1) This dress is so ----------. Look at these colors. (
2) Religion 18) Success color )
3) Harm 2) Sam is a ---------- driver. He always has
19) Freeze
accidents. ( care )
4) Nutrition 20) Sleep
3) Wow! This ring is so ---------. ( value )
5) Hope 21) Use 4) I don’t understand --------- topics. ( religion )
6) Forgive 22) Danger 5) My uncle is a ----------. ( command )
7) Engine 23) Employ 6) She’ll be appreciated because of her ----------. (
8) Pain 24) Aim kind )
9) Sad 25) Purchase 7) I want to quit. I don’t want to work in this
10) Admire 26) Taste --------- office. ( stress )
11) Respect 27) Ambition 8) We won’t be able to reach there. This way must be
12) Envy ----------. ( end )
28) Laugh
9) My mother is a well-known ---------. ( write )
13) Kind 29) Wonder
10) Don’t afraid of it. It is ---------. ( harm )
14) Break 30) Consume 11) His behaviors aren’t ---------. ( tolerate )
15) Happy 31) Hazard 12) Hmm. This cake looks so ---------. ( delicacy )
16) Fame 32) Quiet 13) Martin is a --------- boy. He can lift everything
he wants. ( power )
14) The --------- will paint the fences. ( paint )
B) Match
15) My grandmother is an --------- woman.
1) This snake could be ------. painful
( ambition )
So we must be careful. horrible
16) Sarah is the most --------- person I have ever
2) Arthur suffers from ------. achievable
known. ( rely )
He is a lonely man. riskless
17) Is Harry a --------- man? ( response )
3) As a ------, I want to buy harmless good
18) I can’t see anything in the ---------. ( dark )
products. curious
19) What a --------- situation! ( shame )
4) Karla stayed ------ fashionable
20) What’s the reason of her ---------? What’s wrong
underwater for an hour. customer
with her? ( sad )
5) This operation could be -----. poisonous
21) Sue is so ---------. She is crying. ( hope )
But the pains will be ------. wonderful
22) Be careful! It is --------- to go there. ( danger )
6) Mesut is a ------ boy. He breathless
23) He is always telling --------- stories. ( unbelief )
doesn’t afraid of even the most bearable
24) She has difficulty in recovering from this -------
------ stories. agreeable
( ill ).
7) Don’t be afraid of that cat. loneliness
It is ------. fearless
8) My teacher is ------. engineer
9) Sam’s father is an ------.
10) You have to work on something ------. You have
your head in the clouds.
11) You project is fine. It is ------.
12) Mrs. Honey is very ------. She wants to learn
everything about her neighbors.
13) You can buy all of them. It is ------.
14) In this party I have to wear something ------.
A) Fill in the chart
1) beautiful
2) religious
3) harmful / harmless C) Match B) Fill in the blanks
4) nutritious 1) colorful
1) I
5) hopeful / hopeless 2) careless
6) forgivable 2) N
3) valuable
7) engineer 3) H 4) religious
8) painful / painless 4) K 5) commander
9) sadness 5) A-L 6) kindness
10) admirable 6) O-B 7) stressful
11) respectful 8) endless
7) E
12) envious 9) writer
8) J
13) kindness 10) harmless
14) breakable 9) P
11) tolerable
15) happiness 10) C 12) delicious
16) famous 11) M 13) powerful
17) director 12) F 14) painter
18) successful 13) D 15) ambitious
19) freezable 16) reliable
14) G
20) sleepless 17) responsible
21) useful / useless 18) darkness
22) dangerous 19) shameful
23) employer 20) sadness
24) aimless
25) purchaser
26) tasteful
27) ambitious
28) laughable
29) wonderful
30) consumer
31) hazardous
32) quietness

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