Language Arts Grade Four

Unit Thirteen, Lesson Four: Suffixes


  1. organize
  2. size
  3. wise
  4. despise
  5. flies
  6. tries
  7. realize
  8. supplies
  9. fries
  10. order
  1. bread
  2. bleach
  3. excavate
  4. enclosure
  5. fossil
  6. prehistoric
  7. formation
  8. recent
  9. study
  10. idea
Suffixes Remember that suffixes are affixes which are added to the end of a root word (as opposed to prefixes which are affixes which are added to the beginning of a word). Another common suffix is -able which means "able to" or "capable of." Here are a few examples:

  read + able = readable

  reason + able = reasonable

  wash + able = washable

  wear + able = wearable

  bend + able = bendable

  depend + able = dependable
 
  enjoy + able = enjoyable

  chew + able = chewable

There are more words such as workable, bearable, taxable, and suitable which all end with the -able suffix.

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