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5 Suffixes

Sometimes, we add a letter or a set of letters at the end of a word to change its meaning.

Such letters are called suffixes. Common suffixes are ful, able, less, ous, dom and hood.
• thankful • useful • golden

• comfortable • action • usable
• badly • fatherhood • useless

• quickly • joyous • brighter

• hopeful • freedom • kindness
• bravely • endless • shorten

• motherhood • foolish • direction
• teacher • softness • harmful

• firstly • entertainment • measurement
• childhood • creation • kingdom

• happiness • friendship • gladly

• soften • calmly • washable
• speaker • peaceful • harmless

• sadness • celebration • performance

Circle the suffixes that will go with the highlighted word on the left.

1. child -hood -est -ish

2. harm -less -ance -ful

3. calm -tion -ly -ness

4. friend -ly -ful -ship

5. young -er -ly -est

6. bad -hood -ness -ly

7. clever -ness -ly -ation

8. fear -ful -less -hood

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