The Action Endings
Change the action word act into a noun by adding an ending. What is the new word?
action
A person who plays the piano is called a _______.
Pianist
Add a suffix to the word sad to turn it into a noun.
A bicycle has two wheels. How many wheels does a tricycle have?
3
Break the word unhappy into its prefix and its base word.
Prefix: un-, Base word: happy
I mean "the act of celebrating." I end in -tion. What word am I?
Celebration
If someone creates art, they are an artist. What do you call someone who visits a place?
Visitor
This word means "an agreement or system of fixing something." It ends in -ment
Arrangement
This mythical creature looks like a horse but has exactly one horn.
Unicorn
What does the suffix -able mean in the word readable?
Able to be (Able to be read)
Spell the word that means a photo or a painting of a scene, ending in -ture.
picture
If a child acts like a baby, we might say they are being _______.
Babyish
If the weather is full of wind, we say it is _______.
Windy
If a meeting happens twice a year, or a book comes out every two months, we say it happens _______-monthly or _______-annually. What is the prefix?
Bi-
If you take the word comfort and add both a prefix meaning "not" and the suffix meaning "able to be," what word do you make?
Uncomfortable
If a volcano explodes, it creates an _______. Fill in the blank with a -tion word.
eruption
What is the suffix in the word selfish, and what does it mean?
The suffix is -ish; it means "like" or "having the quality of."
What is the base word inside the word kindness?
Kind
A shape with three sides is a triangle. What do you call a stand with three legs used to hold a camera?
tripod
True or False: In the word rewrite, "write" is the suffix.
False ("write" is the base word; "re-" is the prefix)
The words television, explosion, and mansion all share this 4-letter ending.
Name the suffix used for a person who does a job in both actor and sculptor.
-or
If you receive a gift, you might feel joyful. What is the noun that means "the state of being joyful"?
Joyfulness (or Joy)
What does the prefix uni- mean?
one or single
Spell the word that means "not able to be used" using a prefix, base word, and suffix.
Unusable