by Ann Fausnight
Devoted to Vocabulary Development
Directions for the Suffix Scavenger Hunt
This scavenger hunt provides meanings for 20 different suffixes. The cards leads students to realize they
know other words using the suffixes. The suffixes used are: able, dom, arian, er, er, ess, est, full, en, ion, ish,
ist, less, ly, ment, ness, or, ward, y, and ous.
1. Print the Suffix Scavenger Hunt cards on card stock or brightly-colored paper and cut them apart along
the dotted lines.
2. Make copies of the Suffix Scavenger Hunt questions worksheet (2-sided). Each student needs a copy.
3. Place the Suffix Scavenger Hunt cards around your classroom where students will be able to find them.
You can put them on chairs, on the computer keyboard, on the back of your classroom door, on the sides of
student desks, on the chalkboard, or wherever you like.
4. Students have to search the room and find all of the sentence cards to answer the questions. You can
differentiate by having students work alone or with a classmate.
With the Scavenger Hunt game I have the students complete it as part of a rotation during reading groups. I
only have 4 or 5 students walking around with clipboards to locate the sentence cards and write their
answers. Students needing extra support can be paired with a partner for this activity. I have also done
similar activities with the whole class or as a filler for early finishers, especially if you made the cards a little
bit tricky to find. My students enjoy this activity.
Print this cover page to help organize your scavenger hunts.
The Suffix
Scavenger Hunt student pages
are stored
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The answer key is stored
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is a
word part
added to the
of a
word that
changes its
meaning.
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Suffix Scavenger Hunt
Write the word described on each card.
Name:
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Card 2
Card 1
The suffix –able
means “able to be”.
Something able to
be changed is
changeable.
What word means
able to be
prevented?
Card 3
The suffix –dom
means “state of”.
The state of being
free is freedom.
What word means
the state of being
a star?
Card 4
The suffix –arian
means “a person who”.
A person who eats
vegetables is a
vegetarian.
The suffix –er can
mean “more”.
Something that is more
sweet than something
else is sweeter.
What words means
a person who
works in the
library?
What is something
that is more hot?
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Card 5
The suffix -er can also
mean “a person who”.
A person who drives is
called a driver.
Card 6
The suffix –ess means
“female”. A female
actor is an actress.
What word means
a person who
teaches?
What word means a
female lion?
Card 7
Card 8
The suffix –est means
“most”. The person
who is most happy is
the happiest.
The suffix –ful means
“full of”. A person who
is full of hope is
hopeful.
What word means
most tall?
What word means
full of thanks?
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Card 10
Card 9
The suffix –en means
“become or like”.
The word rotten means
to become rotted.
What word means
to become soft?
The suffix –ion means
“action or process”. The
action of celebrating
is a celebration.
What word means
the action of or
process of
collecting?
Card 12
Card 11
The suffix –ish means
“having characteristics
of or like”. Someone
who is acting like a
baby is babyish.
The suffix –ist also
means “a person
who”. A person who
plays the piano is
a pianist.
What word means
like a fool?
What word means
a person who
creates art?
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Card 14
Card 13
The suffix –less means
“without”. A person
without a home is
homeless.
The suffix –ly means
“in what manner”.
Something done in
a careful manner was
done carefully.
What word means
done without care?
What word means
done in a quick
manner?
Card 15
Card 16
The suffix –ment
means “action or
result”. The action of
moving results in
movement.
What word means the
result of enjoying?
The suffix –ness
means “state of”. The
state of being happy
is happiness.
What word means
the state of being
sad?
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Card 17
The suffix –or also
means “a person
who”. A person who
translates from one
language to another is
a translator.
What word means
a person who
invents
something?
Card 18
The suffix –ward tells
direction. If I want to
go east I will go
eastward.
What word means
I am going in the
direction of home?
Card 19
Card 20
The suffix –y means
“made up of or
having”. The word
muddy means having
mud.
The suffix –ous also
means “having”. When
you are having
adventures, you
are adventurous.
What word means
having luck?
What word means
having courage?
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Suffix Scavenger Hunt Answer Key
Write the word described on each card.
Name:
1 preventable
2 stardom
3 librarian
4 hotter
5 teacher
6 lioness
7 tallest
8 thankful
9 soften
10 collection
11 foolish
12 artist
13 careless
14 quickly
15 enjoyment
16 sadness
17 inventor
18 homeward
19 lucky
20 courageous
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