Common Suffixes

Some Common Suffixes:

SUFFIX	MEANING	EXAMPLES
-able	able to, having the quality of	capable, comfortable, flammable, payable, portable, presentable, taxable
-acy	state or quality	lunacy, privacy
-age	action or process, rank, fee, place	drainage, orphanage, leverage, marriage, mileage, peerage, postage, spillage, suffrage, village, voyage, wreckage
-al	relating to	annual, arrival, comical, disposal, educational, historical, refusal , regional, rehearsal, reversal, social, tidal
-an	related to	Lutheran, Ohioan
-ance	state or quality of, denoting an action	allegiance, appearance, perseverance, maintenance, utterance
-ant	being	arrogant, deodorant, expectant, important, miscreant, propellant
-ary	like, connected with	adversary, budgetary, dictionary, dignitary, honorary, library, primary
-ate	denoting a group or status, or forming an adjective	electorate, duplicate, mandate, separate
-ation	denoting an action or an instance of	exploration, hesitation, plantation
-cide	to kill	homocide, insecticide
-ence	state or quality of, denoting an action	impertinence, reference, reminiscence
-ent	being or state, occurance of an action	coefficient, convenient, dissident, student
-er	comparative, a person performing an action	bigger, foreigner, philosopher, smaller, stronger, voter
-esque	reminiscent of	arabesque, grotesque, picturesque, statuesque
-est	superlative	strongest, tiniest, widest
-ful	full of	beautiful, grateful, hopeful, peaceful, sorrowful, watchful, wishful
-fy	producing, transforming or causing	deify, horrify, speechify
-graph	written	autograph, paragraph, photograph, seismograph
-ian	forming an adjective	antediluvian, Christian, guardian, historian, Russian
-ible	capable of being	audible, edible, potable, reversible, terrible
-ic	relating to	aquatic, chronic, fantastic, Islamic, lyric, mechanic, scenic, tactic
-ier	denoting an occupation or interest	cashier, glazier
-ile	tending to	fragile, futile, juvenile, percentile, senile
-ily	forming an adverb	angrily, eerily, happily, lazily
-ing	denoting an action, a material, or a gerund	acting, eating, padding, showing
-ish	having the characteristics of, somewhat	boyish, peckish, selfish, Spanish
-ism	a belief or practice	activism, baptism, hypnotism, racism
-ist	one that does	Buddhist, cellist, dentist, feminist, florist, scientist
-itis	an inflammatory disease	arthritis, laryngitis, tonsillitis
-ive	tending to, having the nature of	active, cooperative, corrosive, sensitive, supportive
-ize	to make or become, to treat in a manner	demonize, fossilize, pasteurize, carbonize
-less	without, not affected by	clueless, endless, fearless, flavorless, friendless, sleepless, tireless
-ly	forming an adjective	clearly, closely, hourly
-ment	the results of an action	amusement, entertainment, excitement, treatment
-ness	denoting a state or condition	kindness, sadness, wilderness
-oid	resembling	android, ovoid
-ology	the study of	biology, geology, theology
-or	condition, state, a person doing an action	candor, elevator, governor, major, minor, sensor, terror, valor
-ose	having the quality of	comatose, verbose
-ous	characterized by	adventurous, aqueous, curious, dangerous, generous, mountainous
-ship	denoting a condition, quality, skill or group	companionship, citizenship, fellowship, workmanship, membership
-tude	in the state of	fortitude, multitude, solitude
-ure	an action or process, a collective	exposure, legislature, procedure, scripture
-y	full of, denoting a condition, or a diminutive	glory, hungry, messy, jealousy, sleepy, victory

Prefix and Suffix Activities and Worksheets

Match Prefixes to Root Words #1 Match each prefix to a root word to make a common word. Then circle the prefixes and define them. Or go to the answers.

Match Prefixes to Root Words #2 Match each prefix to a root word to make a common word. Then circle the prefixes and define them. Or go to the answers.

Match Prefixes to Root Words #3 Match each prefix to a root word to make a common word. Then circle the prefixes and define them. Or go to the answers.

Fill in the Prefixes #1 Use the bank of prefixes to complete each word. There may be more than one answer for some words. The prefixes are: de-, dis-, ex-, il-, im-, in-, mis-, non-, pre-, re-, un-, and with-. Or go to the answers.

Fill in the Prefixes #2 Use the bank of prefixes to complete each word. There may be more than one answer for some words. The prefixes are: de-, dis-, ex-, im-, in-, mis-, non-, pre-, pro-, re-, un-, and uni-. Or go to the answers.

Fill in the Prefixes and Suffixes #1 Use the bank of prefixes and suffixes to complete each word. There may be more than one answer for some words. Or go to the answers.

Fill in the Prefixes and Suffixes #2 Use the bank of prefixes and suffixes to complete each word. There may be more than one answer for some words. Or go to the answers.

Write Words Given Prefixes #1 For each prefix, write a word or words that begins with that prefix. Write as many as you can! The prefixes are: anti-, de-, dis-, ex-, il-, im-, in-, non-, over-, pre-, re-, sub-, tri-, un-, with-. Or go to sample answers.

Write Words Given Prefixes #2 For each prefix, write a word or words that begins with that prefix. Write as many as you can! The prefixes are: con-, com-, geo-, inter-, mal-, mega-, micro-, mis-, para-, poly-, over-, post-, tele-, therm-, trans-. Or go to sample answers.

Write Words Given Prefixes #3 For each prefix, write a word or words that begins with that prefix. Write as many as you can! The prefixes are: auto-, bi-, bio-, centi-, counter-, fore-, inter-, mid-, milli-, out-, para-, photo-, semi-, under-, uni-. Or go to sample answers.

Write Words Given Prefixes For each prefix, write its definition, and find as many words as you can that begin with that prefix. The prefixes are: anti-, auto-, counter-, de-, dis-, ex-, il-, in-, mis-, non-, over-, pre-, pro-, re-, un-. Or go to sample answers.

Write Words Given Number Prefixes For each number prefix, write its definition, and find as many words as you can that begin with that prefix. The prefixes are: bi-, centi-, dec-, deci-, hexa-, milli-, mono-, multi-, nona-, penta-, poly-, quadra-, quint-, tri-, uni-. Or go to sample answers.

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