Side 1
5
Suffix Scramble
What to Do
What You Need
• Unscramble the syllables below to make words that end in
suffixes. Write each word on the line provided.
• Check each word in a dictionary. If it’s correct, circle the number
of points beside the word.
• dry‐erase marker
• pencil and paper
• dictionary
• Total your points (a perfect score is 36). The first one is done
for you.
toon ist car
cartoonist
3
ment ap point dis
4
al sion pro fes
4
al mar gin
3
ful light de
3
tion pro duc
3
tion con sa ver
4
tion pli ap ca
4
al na tion in ter
5
ist an pi
3
Total:
Try It!
Choose five words that end in a suffix. Scramble the syllables in each word and
challenge a partner to unscramble the words.
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Side 2
5
Add-a-Suffix
What to Do
What You Need
• Read the base words in the first column of the chart. Then look
at the examples of suffixes. Which suffixes form new words when
combined with each base word?
• dry‐erase marker
• dictionary
• Complete the chart by writing the related words formed with
suffixes for each base word. Hint: More than one suffix may
be combined with the same base word to form a new word
(e.g., hopelessly).
• Put a star beside each new word that required a change in the spelling
of the base word when you added the suffix.
Suffixes
-al
-tion
-ed
-ist
-ly
-less -ful
-able -er
-ship
-ing
Base Word
Related Words with Suffix
form
formal formation* formed formless former forming formally
accept
predict
produce
narrate
inform
Try It!
Share your chart with a partner. Did you come up with the same words? Were any
of the words different? Check any words that you are not sure of in a dictionary.
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