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Suffixes: -ation, -ly, -ous, and sneaky sounds

English · Spelling & Word Study · ages 7-9
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. The word syrup uses the letter y to make the short i sound.

    Circle one:   True   False

  2. kind + ___ = kindly. Which suffix completes the word?

    • -ous
    • -ly
    • -ation

  3. Which word has ou making the short u sound, like in young?

    • cloud
    • trouble
    • sound

  4. Choose the correctly spelled word.

    • famus
    • famous
    • fameous

  5. Which word means 'done in a happy way'?

    • happily
    • happyly
    • happilly

  6. danger + ___ = dangerous. Which suffix completes the word?

    • -us
    • -ose
    • -ous

  7. Which word has y making the short i sound, like in gym?

    • fly
    • crystal
    • yes

  8. Ava wrote: 'My cuzin lives in the country.' Which word is spelled wrong?

    • lives
    • country
    • cuzin

  9. Mia wrote: 'We hung a pictur of our class.' Which word is spelled wrong?

    • hung
    • pictur
    • class

  10. Which sentence spells the 'zhun' sound correctly?

    • The confusion caused a fuss.
    • The confution caused a fuss.
    • The confushion caused a fuss.
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Suffixes: -ation, -ly, -ous, and sneaky sounds W1-mt_tHtjfjjFrl-s1

  1. True · Yes. In syrup, the y sounds like short i, just like in gym.
  2. -ly · Kindly is kind plus the suffix -ly, which shows how something is done.
  3. trouble · In trouble, ou makes the short u sound. In cloud and sound, ou says 'ow'.
  4. famous · Famous ends in -ous, not -us or -eous.
  5. happily · When a word ends in y after a consonant, change y to i before adding -ly: happy becomes happily.
  6. -ous · Dangerous is danger plus the suffix -ous, spelled o-u-s.
  7. crystal · In crystal, y makes the short i sound. In fly it says long i, and in yes it says 'yuh'.
  8. cuzin · Cuzin should be cousin, which spells its short u sound with ou.
  9. pictur · Pictur should be picture, ending in -ture, which sounds like 'chuh'.
  10. The confusion caused a fuss. · Confusion spells the 'zhun' sound with -sion: c-o-n-f-u-s-i-o-n.
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