Grade 5 English Language Arts — Suffixes and word building
Build a new word by adding a suffix, and get the spelling right when the base word changes.
Name: ________________________
1.Add -ed to "stop". Which spelling is right?
- a) stopeed
- b) stoped
- c) stoppd
- d) stopped
2.Add the ending -ing to "run" and write the new word.
3.Add the ending -ness to "happy" and write the new word.
4.Which beginning turns "happy" into its opposite?
- a) re-
- b) pre-
- c) un-
- d) mis-
5.Match each base word to the word built from it.
- teach
- kind
- enjoy
- care
- use
- quick
- kindness
- enjoyment
- teacher
- quickly
- useless
- careful
6.Put these steps in order to add -ed to the word "carry".
- So change the y into i, which leaves "carri".
- Check the letter just before that y: it is r, a consonant.
- Look at the last letter of "carry": it is y.
- Now add -ed on the end to make "carried".
7.Sort each sum by what happens to the base word before the ending is added.
Groups: Add it straight on · Change the y to i first
- happy + ness
- beauty + ful
- care + less
- cry + ed
- play + ful
- help + ful
8.Add the ending -er to "write" and write the word for the person who does it.
Answer key — Grade 5 English Language Arts — Suffixes and word building
- 1. d) stopped
- 2. running
- 3. happiness
- 4. c) un-
- 5. teach → teacher; kind → kindness; enjoy → enjoyment; care → careful; use → useless; quick → quickly
- 6. 1. Look at the last letter of "carry": it is y. 2. Check the letter just before that y: it is r, a consonant. 3. So change the y into i, which leaves "carri". 4. Now add -ed on the end to make "carried".
- 7. happy + ness → Change the y to i first; play + ful → Add it straight on; beauty + ful → Change the y to i first; care + less → Add it straight on; cry + ed → Change the y to i first; help + ful → Add it straight on
- 8. writer