Suffix Ious Ous

A suffix goes _______of a base word.

• at the beginning

• in the middle

• at the end

Prefixes and suffixes are added to base words to change their meaning

• True

• False

Which word uses the suffix "able" which means "can be done."

• Table

• Affordable

• Adorable

• Fable

Choose the word that contains a suffix.

• untidy

• mysterious

• teach

• chair

-er and -or

• person or thing performing an action

• comparative

• not/non

• having qualities of

-ous, -ious

• full of or having the qualities of

• more than one

• characterized by

• state of; condition of

Which suffix is added to protect to mean "likely to protect"?

• -ion

• -ive

• -ious

• -ous

Which word correctly completes this sentence?

Cheers and applause greeted the ___ baseball team.

• victorative

• victorive

• victorous

• victorious

What part of the word adventurous is its suffix?

• ad

• advent

• ur

• ous

Which word correctly completes this sentence?

Let's join the _____.

• celebrate

• celebratiation

• celebration

• celebratous