Name ______

Verb
Suffixes:
-ize/-ise -en,
-ate, -ide, BASE / Noun
Suffixes:
-ness, -ment, -ence -tion/ation, -dom, -ing, -ity, -th, BASE / Person/Thing Who Does It
Suffixes:
-er, -or, -ar, -ist / Adjective
Suffixes:
-ful, -less, -ish, -ive, -y -ed, -able/ible, -istic, -ing, -ous, -al, BASE / Adverb
Suffixes:
-ly
Dance
Nilab dances everyday. / Dance
That dance is hard to learn! / Dancer
My mother used to be a dancer when she was young. / Danceable
That song is very danceable. / Danceably
The techno song blared from the radio danceably.
Laugh / Laughter / Laughing / Laugher / Laughable / Laughably
Create
I create a lot of my own paintings. / Creation / Creativity
Your painting is a beautiful creation! / Creator
God is the creator of all people. / Creative
My sister is very creative; she can paint and write stories. / Creatively
You wrote that essay very creatively!
Act / Activate / Action / Activity / Actor / Active / Actively
Realize
I realized that I forgot my cell phone after I left my house. / Reality
She looks ugly in photos, but pretty in reality. / / Real
Is that ring a real diamond or is it fake? / Really
/ Stupidity / / Stupid / Stupidly
Memorize
Zahra will memorize the word definitions for her ESL quiz. / Memorization / Memory
You have to use memorization skills to do well on that test. / Memorizer
Jeremy is a good memorizer- he remembers everything he hears only once. / Memorized / Memorable
That movie was very memorable- I will never forget it because it was so good! / Memorably
“I will always love you,” she said memorably.
Verb
Suffixes:
-ize/-ise -en,
-ate, -ide, BASE / Noun
Suffixes:
-ness, -ment, -ence -tion/ation, -dom, -ing, -ity, -th, BASE / Person/Thing Who Does It
Suffixes:
-er, -or, -ar, -ist / Adjective
Suffixes:
-ful, -less, -ish, -ive, -y -ed, -able/ible, -istic, -ing, -ous, -al, BASE / Adverb
Suffixes:
-ly
Organize / Organization / Organizer / Organized / Organizeable / Organizeably
Think
Andrew thinks about his home country all the time. / Thought
Madhav had a thought about his country last night. / Thinker
Ibrahim is a good thinker when it comes to science and math. / Thoughtful / Thoughtless
Zena is thoughtful because she thinks about others’ feelings all the time. / Thoughtfully /
Thoughtlessly
Help / Help / Helper / Helpful / Helpless / Helpfully /
Helplessly
Respect / Respect / Respecter / Respectful / Respected /
Respectable / Respectfully /
Respectably
Sweeten
Can I sweeten your coffee with more sugar? / Sweetness
The sweetness of chocolate makes me sick. / Sweetener
Would you like some sweetener for your coffee? / Sweet
That ice cream is SO sweet! / Sweetly
The bird sang that song so sweetly.
Sharpen / Sharpness / Sharpener / Sharp / Sharply
Thieve / Theft
Thievery / Thief / Thief-like /
Decide / Decision / Decider / Decisive / Decisively
Additional Examples:
Please write sentences using each word in the box:
Inform / Information / Informer / Informative / Informatively
Acculturate / Culture / Acculturator / Cultural / Culturally
Surprise / Surprise / Surpriser / Surprising / Surprisingly
Use (“ Pronounce
like Uze”) / Use (“ Pronounce
like Use”) / User / Useful /
Useless / Usefully /
Uselessly
Deny / Denial / Denier / Deniable / Deniably
Identify / Identity / Identification / Identifier / Identifiable / Identifiably
Confuse / Confusion / Confuser / Confused / Confusedly

Please fill in the blanks and then write a full sentence using ONE OF THE FIVE FORMS of the words in parenthesis. For some words, you must ADD a suffix to the word:

  1. (Laugh- adjective): That person is very laughable.

(Laugh- noun): The sound of the children’s laughter warmed my heart.

  1. (Act- noun): My action was very funny because I made everybody laugh.

(Act- adjective):

  1. (Stupid- noun): They recognized their stupidity after the teacher punished them.

(Stupid- adjective):

  1. (Organize- adjective): Emmanuel’s apartment is very organized.

(Organize- noun):

  1. (Help- adjective): Grace’s future husband will be helpful around the house.

(Help- adverb):

  1. (Respect- verb): Children should respect their teachers.

(Respect- noun):

  1. (Happy- noun): My happiness means a lot to my family.

(Happy- adverb):

  1. (Sharp- adverb): The knife cut me sharply while I was chopping carrots.

(Sharp- thing that does it):

  1. (Measure- adjective): The size of the universe is not measurable. /

The woman’s dimensions are already measured for her wedding dress.

(Measure- noun):

  1. (Think- noun): I had a thought in my mind about returning to my hometown.

(Think- adjective):