Suffixes | ||
Students: Write your name at the top. Circle the words with the suffixes listed below. Write the words you find for each suffix in the space provided. | ||
| ACTIVATE | ADMINISTRATOR | ALWAYS | BEAUTIFY |
| CHILDLESS | CLOCKWISE | COMIC | CONSCIENCE |
| CONSERVATIVE | CURATOR | DIFFERENCE | DISPARAGE |
| DISTRIBUTION | DOCTOR | DURATION | EDUCATE |
| EMPLOYEE | ERRANT | EVALUATION | EVIDENCE |
| EXISTENCE | EXPECTANT | EXTINCTION | FACILITATOR |
| GIGANTIC | HAPPILY | HECTIC | HOPELESS |
| INDEPENDENCE | LENGTHWISE | LISTLESS | LUXURIANT |
| MANIC | MINDLESS | MORBIDLY | NEGATIVE |
| OCCUPANT | OTHERWISE | PAYEE | PENNILESS |
| PLEASANT | PREDICTION | PROFESSOR | PSYCHIC |
| REDUNDANT | REFEREE | RESTRICTIVE | RESPECTIVE |
| RETIREE | SALVAGE | SATISFY | SIDEWAYS |
| TIMIDLY | VIOLATE |
-tion (action or process) -ence (state or condition) 1. 4. 1. 4. 2. 5. 2. 5. 3. 3. -ee (object of an action) -or (one who performs a specified action) 1. 4. 1. 4. 2. 2. 5. 3. 3. -ive (inclined to) -ic (relating to or characterized by) 1. 4. 1. 4. 2. 2. 5. 3. 3. -less (without) -ant(in a particular state or condition) 1. 4. 1. 4. 2. 5. 2. 5. 3. 6. 3. 6. -age (to do) -ate (to make) 1. 1. 3. 2. 2. -ify (make) -ly (in what way) 1. 1. 3. 2. 2. -ways (in a given way) -wise (showing how) 1. 1. 3. 2. 2. |