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-able/-ible: means capable of doing something > capable: able to be

carried
-ful: means filled with > cheerful: filled with cheer
-ness: the state of being something > goodness: the state of being good.
-less: means without > cloudless: without cloud
-ous: means full of > humorous: full of humor
-er/-or: means the person who > teacher: the person who teaches

A) Fill in the chart with the correct suffixes. C) Fill in the blanks with the correct suffixes
1) Beauty 17) Direct 1) This dress is so ----------. Look at these colors.
2) Religion 18) Success ( color )
3) Harm 19) Freeze 2) Sam is a ---------- driver. He always has
accidents. ( care )
4) Nutrition 20) Sleep
3) Wow! This ring is so ---------. ( value )
5) Hope 21) Use
4) I don’t understand --------- topics. ( religion )
6) Forgive 22) Danger 5) My uncle is a ----------. ( command )
7) Engine 23) Employ 6) She’ll be appreciated because of her ----------.
8) Pain 24) Aim ( kind )
9) Sad 25) Purchase 7) I want to quit. I don’t want to work in this
10) Admire 26) Taste --------- office. ( stress )
11) Respect 27) Ambition 8) We won’t be able to reach there. This way must be -
12) Envy 28) Laugh ---------. ( end )
9) My mother is a well-known ---------. ( write )
13) Kind 29) Wonder
10) Don’t afraid of it. It is ---------. ( harm )
14) Break 30) Consume
11) His behaviors aren’t ---------. ( tolerate )
15) Happy 31) Hazard 12) Hmm. This cake looks so ---------. ( delicacy )
16) Fame 32) Quiet 13) Martin is a --------- boy. He can lift everything
he wants. ( power )
14) The --------- will paint the fences. ( paint )
B) Match
15) My grandmother is an --------- woman.
1) This snake could be ------. a) painful
( ambition )
So we must be careful. b) horrible
16) Sarah is the most --------- person I have ever
2) Arthur suffers from ------. c) achievable
known. ( rely )
He is a lonely man. d) riskless
17) Is Harry a --------- man? ( response )
3) As a ------, I want to buy e) harmless good
18) I can’t see anything in the ---------. ( dark )
products. f) curious
19) What a --------- situation! ( shame )
4) Karla stayed ------ g) fashionable
20) What’s the reason of her ---------? What’s
underwater for an hour. h) customer
wrong with her? ( sad )
5) This operation could be -----. i) poisonous
21) Sue is so ---------. She is crying. ( hope )
But the pains will be ------. j) wonderful
22) Be careful! It is --------- to go there. ( danger )
6) Mesut is a ------ boy. He k) breathless
23) He is always telling --------- stories. ( unbelief )
doesn’t afraid of even the most l) bearable
24) She has difficulty in recovering from this -------
------ stories. m) agreeable
( ill ).
7) Don’t be afraid of that cat. n) loneliness
It is ------. o) fearless
8) My teacher is ------. p) engineer
9) Sam’s father is an ------.
10) You have to work on something ------. You have
your head in the clouds.
11) You project is fine. It is ------.
12) Mrs. Honey is very ------. She wants to learn
everything about her neighbors.
13) You can buy all of them. It is ------.
14) In this party I have to wear something ------.

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-able/-ible: means capable of doing something > capable: able to be
carried
-ful: means filled with > cheerful: filled with cheer
-ness: the state of being something > goodness: the state of being good.
-less: means without > cloudless: without cloud
-ous: means full of > humorous: full of humor
-er/-or: means the person who > teacher: the person who teaches

A) Fill in the chart with the correct suffixes. C) Fill in the blanks with the correct suffixes
1) Beauty 17) Direct 1) This dress is so ----------. Look at these colors.
2) Religion 18) Success ( color )
3) Harm 19) Freeze 2) Sam is a ---------- driver. He always has
accidents. ( care )
4) Nutrition 20) Sleep
3) Wow! This ring is so ---------. ( value )
5) Hope 21) Use
4) I don’t understand --------- topics. ( religion )
6) Forgive 22) Danger 5) My uncle is a ----------. ( command )
7) Engine 23) Employ 6) She’ll be appreciated because of her ----------.
8) Pain 24) Aim ( kind )
9) Sad 25) Purchase 7) I want to quit. I don’t want to work in this
10) Admire 26) Taste --------- office. ( stress )
11) Respect 27) Ambition 8) We won’t be able to reach there. This way must be -
12) Envy 28) Laugh ---------. ( end )
9) My mother is a well-known ---------. ( write )
13) Kind 29) Wonder
10) Don’t afraid of it. It is ---------. ( harm )
14) Break 30) Consume
11) His behaviors aren’t ---------. ( tolerate )
15) Happy 31) Hazard 12) Hmm. This cake looks so ---------. ( delicacy )
16) Fame 32) Quiet 13) Martin is a --------- boy. He can lift everything
he wants. ( power )
14) The --------- will paint the fences. ( paint )
B) Match
15) My grandmother is an --------- woman.
1) This snake could be ------. a) painful
( ambition )
So we must be careful. b) horrible
16) Sarah is the most --------- person I have ever
2) Arthur suffers from ------. c) achievable
known. ( rely )
He is a lonely man. d) riskless
17) Is Harry a --------- man? ( response )
3) As a ------, I want to buy e) harmless good
18) I can’t see anything in the ---------. ( dark )
products. f) curious
19) What a --------- situation! ( shame )
4) Karla stayed ------ g) fashionable
20) What’s the reason of her ---------? What’s
underwater for an hour. h) customer
wrong with her? ( sad )
5) This operation could be -----. i) poisonous
21) Sue is so ---------. She is crying. ( hope )
But the pains will be ------. j) wonderful
22) Be careful! It is --------- to go there. ( danger )
6) Mesut is a ------ boy. He k) breathless
23) He is always telling --------- stories. ( unbelief )
doesn’t afraid of even the most l) bearable
24) She has difficulty in recovering from this -------
------ stories. m) agreeable
( ill ).
7) Don’t be afraid of that cat. n) loneliness
It is ------. o) fearless
8) My teacher is ------. p) engineer
9) Sam’s father is an ------.
10) You have to work on something ------. You have
your head in the clouds.
11) You project is fine. It is ------.
12) Mrs. Honey is very ------. She wants to learn
everything about her neighbors.
13) You can buy all of them. It is ------.
14) In this party I have to wear something ------.

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A) Fill in the chart
1) beautiful
2) religious
3) harmful / harmless C) Match B) Fill in the blanks
4) nutritious 1) colorful
5) hopeful / hopeless 1) I
2) careless
6) forgivable 2) N
3) valuable
7) engineer 3) H 4) religious
8) painful / painless 4) K 5) commander
9) sadness 5) A-L 6) kindness
10) admirable
6) O-B 7) stressful
11) respectful
7) E 8) endless
12) envious
9) writer
13) kindness 8) J
10) harmless
14) breakable 9) P
11) tolerable
15) happiness 10) C 12) delicious
16) famous
11) M 13) powerful
17) director
12) F 14) painter
18) successful
13) D 15) ambitious
19) freezable
14) G 16) reliable
20) sleepless
17) responsible
21) useful / useless
22) dangerous 18) darkness
23) employer 19) shameful
24) aimless 20) sadness
25) purchaser
26) tasteful
27) ambitious
28) laughable
29) wonderful
30) consumer
31) hazardous
32) quietness

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