Suffixes -ate and -ation

A word part that goes at the end of a word and changes the word's meaning.

• prefix
• suffix

The brown bear _ for about five months during winter.

• hibernates

• hyphenate

Suffix -ate means

• To believe

• To act on in a certain way

• To belong

The workers had to _ the building after the fire alarm went off.

• participate

• evacuate

What does "procrastinate" mean?

• to act in a way that puts things off until later

• the state of procrastinating

• the quality of procrastinating

The (hyphenation/temptation) to eat all the chocolate was too great, so I had to leave the kitchen.

• hyphenation

• temptation

The ___ in the children’s book were exquisite.

• illustrations

• qualifications

• civilization

• decorations

A science museum is designed for the ______ of scientific discovery and innovative technology.

• exploretion

• expolretion

• expleration

• exploration

The captain has great ______ for all of the members of his crew.

• abmiration

• admiration

• admeration

• admiretion

What is the base word or root word in the word admiration?

• ad
• admire
• rat
• tion