Say each word in the box. Look closely at the
spelling. How does each word end?
usually unusually truly finally nearly easily especially
possibly happily friendly certainly terribly really
quietly differently leisurely visibly barely
Use your dictionary. Write a definition
for these suffixes:
-ly______________________ -y______________________
Here are the base words that were used to form the
list words. Match a word from the box to each base
word. Write the word from the box.
usual
______________ visible
______________
easy
______________ true
______________
leisure
______________ real
______________
bare
______________ different ______________
friend
______________ unusual
______________
happy
______________ quiet
______________
possible ______________ certain
______________
terrible ______________ near
______________
final
______________
Here are the base words that were used to form the
list words. Match a word from the box to each base
word. Write the word from the box.
usually
visibly
easily
truly
leisurely
really
barely
differently
friendly
unusually
happily
quietly
possiblly
certainly
terribly
nearly
finally
usually unusually truly finally nearly easily especially
possibly happily friendly certainly terribly really
quietly differently leisurely visibly barely
Add –y or –ly to the following words.
Does the spelling change? Write the words.
true + ly =
___________ happy + ly = ___________
visible + y =
___________ terrible + y = ___________
possible + y = ___________ easy + ly =
___________
Write an antonym for each word. The antonym
should end in –ly or –y.
usually
_______________ friendly
_______________
quietly
_______________ happily
_______________
possibly _______________ unusually _______________
Add –y or –ly to the following words.
Does the spelling change? Write the words.
truly
happily
visibly
terribly
possibly
easily
Write an antonym for each word. The antonym
should end in –ly, or –y.
usually
unusually
friendly
unfriendly
quietly
loudly
happily
unhappily
possibly impossibly
unusually usually
usually unusually truly finally nearly easily especially
possibly happily friendly certainly terribly really
quietly differently leisurely visibly barely
Add –ly or –y to the words below. Use your
dictionary to check the spelling.
comfortable ___________
horrible
___________
brief
___________
beautiful ___________
eager
___________
secret
___________
improper
___________
uneasy
___________
inconvenient ___________
fortunate
___________
pleasant ___________
tearful
___________
Add –ly or –y to the words below. Use your
dictionary to check the spelling.
comfortable comfortably
horrible
brief
briefly
beautiful beautifully
eager
eagerly
secret
secretly
improper
improperly
uneasy
uneasily
horribly
inconvenient inconveniently pleasant pleasantly
fortunate
fortunately
tearful
tearfully