Morphology 1.5

What is the meaning of the suffix -ly?

• before

• without

• present tense

• in a way

What is the meaning of the suffixes -able and -ible?

• not

• cause to

• can be done

• below

What is the meaning of the word breakable?

• cause to break

• can be broken

• not broken

• without breaking

Choose the BEST word to complete the sentence using a suffix: After a full day of school followed by a long football practice, James ______ crawled into bed and fell right asleep.

• tiredable

• tiredness

• tiredly

• tiredy

• tiredible

Choose the correct meaning of the word creatively.

• not creative

• someone who creates

• created in the past

• in a way that is creative

Using what you know about the suffix -ible, what does the word reversible mean?

• to reverse in the past

• cannot be reversed

• can be reversed

• to reverse before

What does the word laughable mean in the sentence below? After sleeping all night with his baseball cap on, Dan’s hair was laughable when he awoke.

• can be laughed at

• not laughing

• laughing again

Choose the BEST word to complete the sentence using a suffix: I could easily figure out what would happen next because the book was so__________.

• knowible

• predictable

• unpredictable

• guessing

• predicttible

REVIEW: Which suffix means “without”?

• -less

• -ful

• -ly

• -able

REVIEW: Which prefix means “before”?

• pre-

• post-

• mis-

• Un-