3rd Grade Suffixes

The suffix -ies means:

• plural, more than one

• wrong

• characteristic of

• far; distant

The suffix -ied means:

• past tense

• action or process

• to do again

• more than one

The suffix -ed means:

• past tense

• characteristic of

• not

• before

The suffix -ing means:

• past tense

• before

• action or process

• to see

The suffix -ly means:

• life

• before

• not

• characteristic of

The suffix -y means:

• past tense

• characterized by/like

• plural

• not

The root word "bio" means:

• to do again

• life

• write

• see

The root word "graph" means:

• life

• not

• sound

• write

The root word "phon" means:

• a device

• far or distant

• sound

• touch

The root word "scope" means:

• hear

• touch

• see

• feel