Add appropriate suffixes to the words given in the brackets and then fill in the blanks.

1. Smoking is ……………………… to health. (harm)

2. God is ………………………. (mercy)

3. No cigarette is ………………………. (harm)

4. He was a …………………….. dictator. (mercy)

5.  ………………………. kitchenware should be handled properly. (break)

6. These two materials are ………………………… in quality. (compare)

7. Weather tends to be quite ……………………….. these days. (vary)

8. The sky was ……………………….. and rain looked imminent. (cloud)

9. …………………….. actions often have unexpected consequences. (haste)

10. It was a …………………….. morning. (sun)

11. Do you believe that ……………………….. sports should be banned? (adventure)

12. They have bought a ……………………… apartment in the city. (space)

Answers

1. harmful, 2. merciful, 3. harmless, 4. merciless, 5. breakable, 6. comparable, 7. variable, 8. cloudy, 9. hasty, 10. sunny, 11. adventurous, 12. spacious

Worksheet 2

Add appropriate suffixes.

1. She was a ……………………… woman. (cheer)

2. The rich landlord was not …………………... (mercy)

3. You needn’t have spent so much money on that ……………………… car. (worth)

4. The ………………………. man decided to fight against all odds. (courage)

5. I enjoy listening to …………………………. speeches. (motivate)

6. That contract put us in an ……………………. position. (advantage)

7. I am looking to buy an …………………… car. (afford)

8. The ……………………… woman lost all hope. (help)

9. The change in his appearance was …………………….. (notice)

10. It was an …………………….. evening. (enjoy)

11. There are many ……………………. herbs in my garden. (medicine)

12. ……………………… fruits are healthy and cheap. (season)

Answers

1. cheerful, 2. merciful, 3. worthless, 4. courageous, 5. motivational, 6. advantageous, 7. affordable, 8. helpless, 9. noticeable, 10. enjoyable, 11. medicinal, 12. Seasonal

Worksheet 3

Add appropriate suffixes.

Make nouns by adding suitable suffixes to the words given in the brackets and fill in the blanks.

1. Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent ……………………….. (perspire)

2. His ………………………. turned out to be false. (accuse)

3. …………………….. will be based on merit. (Select)

4. The result confirmed my ………………………… (predict)

5. Exploitation of children is a crime against ……………………… (human)

6. Can you say with …………………….. that there is life after death? (certain)

7. His ……………………… is congenital. (blind)

8. Have you explored that …………………………? (possible)

9. He accepted my invite without any ………………………. (hesitate)

10. He has taken ……………………….. for the failure of the project. (responsible)

11. They died of ……………………. (starve)

12. The ………………………. of the murderer is yet to be ascertained. (identify)

Answers

1. perspiration, 2. accusation, 3. selection, 4. prediction, 5. humanity, 6. certainty, 7. blindness, 8. possibility, 9. hesitation, 10. responsibility, 11. starvation, 12. identity

By adding suffixes nouns can be formed from verbs or adjectives.

A suffix is a morpheme like -ness, -hood, or -ation. When these morphemes are added to the end of a word, we get a derivative. For example, when ness is added to happy, we get happiness. Likewise, when -ful is added to beauty, we get beautiful.

Add appropriate suffixes to the following words and form adjectives.

Answers

nation – national;

avail – available;

fault – faulty, faultless;

manage- manageable;

misery – miserable;

worth – worthless;

advise – advisable;

admire – admirable;

fury – furious;

depend – dependable;

courage – courageous;

advantage – advantageous,

benefit – beneficial;

religion – religious;

devotion – devotional;

pain – painful;

luck – lucky;

noise – noisy;

comfort – comfortable;

enthusiasm – enthusiastic;

bliss – blissful;

leaf – leafy;

thought – thoughtful;

hunger – hungry;

create – creative;

possess – possessive;

resident – residential;

parent – parental;

monster – monstrous;

mystery – mysterious;

mischief – mischievous;

grass – grassy;

wealth – wealthy;

continue – continuous;

duty – dutiful;

fancy – fanciful;

season -seasonal;

destruction – destructive;

shade – shady;

medicine – medicinal;

dream – dreamy;

puff – puffy;

believe – believable;

thirst – thirsty;

enjoy – enjoyable;

rest – restless;

man – manly;

rain – rainy

By adding suffixes to a verb or adjective, we can form nouns.

Verb / Adjective	Noun
Perspire	Perspiration
Accuse	Accusation
Visit	Visit / visitation
Select	Selection
Predict	Prediction
Settle	Settlement
Human	Humanity
Certain	Certainty
Blind	Blindness
Possible	Possibility
Hesitate	Hesitation
Responsible	Responsibility
Invite	Invitation
Inaugurate	Inauguration
Identify	Identification
Expect	Expectation
Enjoy	Enjoyment
Prepare	Preparation
Friendly	Friendliness
Starve	Starvation
Relate	Relation
Forgive	Forgiveness
Astonish	Astonishment
Continue	Continuation
Compose	Composition
Translate	Translation
Converse	Conversation
Lively	Liveliness
Explore	Exploration
Repay	Repayment
Appreciate	Appreciation
Involve	Involvement
Announce	Announcement
Inspire	Inspiration
Improve	Improvement
Fierce	Fierceness
Anticipate	Anticipation
Execute	Execution
Represent	Representation
Modify	Modification
Narrate	Narration
Difficult	Difficulty
Wicked	Wickedness
Heavy	Heaviness
Try	Trial
Narrate	Narration
Conserve	Conservation
Accomplish	Accomplishment