Suffixes
What is the meaning of the suffix -tion/-sion?
What is act or process
That car is old, and it doesn't run well.
The airplane soared through the clouds.
Jason painted a beautiful picture.
Identify the conjunction in the sentence:
I want to go to the park and get ice-cream.
What is and
Based on what you know about affixes, which word has a suffix that means one who?
a. teaching
b. teacher
c. reteach
What is teacher
Her favorite food is pizza.
The eagle built a nest in the top branches of the tree.
Mr. Henderson's oldest son goes to college.
Identify the comparative adjective of the following word:
bad
worse
Based on what you know about affixes, which word means to make loose?
a. loosen
b. loosing
c. lost
What is loosen
Joey told me a funny story.
Owen and I dipped our pretzels in cheese.
We sat beneath a shady umbrella.
Identify the adverb in the sentence.
The cheetah hides sneakily to catch its prey.
sneakily
Which of these suffixes could I add to make a noun an adjective?
a. -tion
b. -ity
c. -al
What is -al
Identify the pronoun in the sentence:
When did she start working here?
What is she
Identify the verb in the sentence:
The hungry baby cried so loudly.
cried
Sally picked up sixteen rocks when she walked by the creek.
Identify the comparative AND the superlative adjective of the following word:
good
better, best
Which word has a suffix that means can be?
a. community
b. artist
c. walkable
What is walkable
Jenna will come to the movie with us.
The eagle is a majestic bird.
Polly fixed the broken car.
Which conjunction would best complete the sentence?
The lady left work early _____ she was sick.
A. but
B. so
C. because
D. and
What is because