Grade Five Working With Words#9 Words with Suffix-dom,
hood, ment, and ship
The suffixes - dom, hood, ment, and ship are nouns that usually refer to an act or a
state of being.
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friendship (noun) = state of being a friend
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freedom (noun) = state of being free
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government (noun) = the act of governing
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childhood (noun) = the state of being a chid
Word List
boredom
freedom
kingdom
stardom
wisdom
adulthood
childhood
neighbourhood*
argument
amazement
appointment
enjoyment
government
statement
excitement
friendship
leadership
membership
ownership
Assignment:
1. Record words in alphabetical order in binder.
2. Sort words by their suffixes- dom, hood, ment,
and ship. Complete in WWW notebook.
dom
hood
boredom
childhood
ment
government
ship
friendship
3. Can you think of more words to add to this
week’s list. Write them in your chart. Try to find
at least two words for each column. (That’s 8
words)
4.Word Families: Write the list word that belongs
in the same family as each group of words.
Underline the base word for the family of words.
a) governorship, governor, governess
b) appointed, appointee, reappoint,
c) neighbours, neighbouring, neighbourly
d) childish, childlike, children
e) adult, adultlike, adultness
f) wise, wisecrack, unwise
g) freehand, freely, freeway
4. Word Endings: Suffixes
Can you solve the equations? Look at each
symbol. Each stands for a different suffix. Add
the suffix to the word meaning in the equation to
discover the new word. ♛ dom ❂ ment ⚑ship
a) stir up + ❂ _______________
b) someone who has something + ⚑ __________
c) say + ❂ _____________
d) disagree + ❂ ______________
e) dull person + ♛ ____________
f) surprise + ❂ ___________
g) someone who belongs + ⚑ _____________
h) have fun + ❂ _____________
i) someone in charge + ⚑_________________
6. Read Randy’s news article. He made four spelling errors, one grammar error, one
punctuation error, and one capitalization error. Correct them.
The Elmwood Middle School
supported Anns recent bid for the
leadershep of our student
Tip:
A subject must
agree with its
verb in number.
Write they are
and she is; not
she are and
they is.
governement. many people knew
Ann were destined for stardon. Her
decision not to hand out buttons
and flyers because of possible
littering is typical of how she thinks
ahead. Ann’s ocupation one day
might be in politics.
7. Write a News Article:
newspaper. Write a short
school event. Don’t forget
why. Try to use list words
Proofreading marks:
^ add a letter
,> add a comma
“>”< add quotation
marks
℗ add period
✕ take out
= capital letter
/
small letter
¶ indent
You are a reporter for your class
news article about an exciting
to include the reporter’s five W’s: who, what, where, when, and
in your news article. Complete in your WWW notebook.
WWW is due on, _____________________________________________at 9:10 am.
If you plan to be away, please hand in before you leave.