Suffixes Suffix Meaning Examples Sentence …

1 Name: Period: Suffixes Suffix Meaning Examples Sentence Sentence -ward In the direction of skyward, The balloon drifted The wagon rolled backward homeward, inward, slowly skyward. down the hill. upward, backwards -ful Full of, hopeful, peaceful, I was hopeful that the I am becoming so forgetful characterized by, forgetful, resentful, rain would end and we lately that I could not find my or tending to tearful, resourceful would be able to have keys this morning. our picnic. -ish Relating to or like childish, devilish, It is very childish to My dog was in a devilish mood foolish throw a temper this morning and tore up the tantrum in class. newspaper. -less Without senseless, The situation The man was cranky and very motionless, appeared hopeless to humorless when the clown ceaseless, the lost child.

2 Approached him. worthless -like Resembling; catlike, lifelike, The painting was so having the childlike well done that the characteristics of child appeared lifelike. -en Made of or like golden, earthen, Regular exercise ashen, silken, helps strengthen your sharpen, body and sharpen strengthen your mind. -ize To make or to legalize, The town committee The magician snapped his cause to be materialize voted to legalize fingers, and a large rabbit parking on certain seemed to materialize out of streets. nowhere. Name: Period: -y Having the quality messy, mousy, Her hair was no longer of runny, sticky golden, but a mousy (added to nouns & shade instead. adjectives). -er someone who or teacher, lawyer, It is safer to lock the The lawyer argued the case in something that surveyor, farmer, door when home front of the Supreme Court.

3 Does, provides, or safer, alone. is involved with. (added to a verb).