Word Builders: Mastering Suffixes – Class 5 

This Grade 5 worksheet introduces students to the power of suffixes like -ful, -ness, -ly, and -ment. It helps learners transform base words, explore how word endings change parts of speech, and apply suffix-based vocabulary through matching, sentence building, and puzzles. 

Why Suffixes Matter in Grammar? 

Learning suffixes supports vocabulary growth and deeper grammar understanding: 
1. Suffixes help form nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and more. 
2. They make word formation easier during writing and spelling. 
3. Students learn how words evolve to suit different grammar needs. 
4. They improve sentence construction through suffix-based expression. 

What’s Inside This Worksheet? 

This word formation worksheet includes five creative exercises: 

🔗 Exercise 1 – Match Base Words to Suffix Forms 
Students draw lines from base words like *joy*, *empty*, *achieve* to their correct suffixed forms such as *joyful*, *emptiness*, *achievement*. 

✍️ Exercise 2 – Identify Base Words and Suffixes 
Children complete a table by breaking down suffixed words like *helpful*, *happiness*, *sadness*, and *movement* into their base word and suffix.

🧩 Exercise 3 – Suffix Word Search 
Students search and highlight words ending in -ful, -ness, -ly, and -ment in a fun visual puzzle. Examples include *improvement*, *quickly*, *happiness*, *careful*, *movement*.

🖊️ Exercise 4 – Suffix Use in Paragraphs 
Students identify and circle suffix-based words in a descriptive paragraph, then use those same words in their own meaningful sentences. Words include *happily*, *kindness*, *movement*, *beautiful*.

🧠 Exercise 5 – Crossword Puzzle with Suffix Clues 
Students solve a crossword using clues like “Filled with hope” or “Screamed with ___” to identify suffixed words like *hopeful*, *kindness*, *softly*, and *darkness*.

✅ Answer Key (For Parents & Educators) 

Exercise 1 – Match Base Words 
1. joy → joyful 
2. empty → emptiness 
3. mad → madly 
4. merry → merriment 
5. duty → dutiful 
6. lonely → loneliness 
7. different → differently 
8. achieve → achievement 
9. base → basement 
10. firm → firmly 

Exercise 2 – Base Word & Suffix 
1. help – ful 
2. happy – ness 
3. quick – ly 
4. enjoy – ment 
5. beauty – ful 
6. sad – ness 
7. soft – ly 
8. move – ment 
9. care – ful 
10. kind – ness 

Exercise 3 – Word Search Words 
helpful, happiness, quickly, amusement, enjoyment, movement, improvement, kindness, carefully, darkness 

Exercise 4 – Paragraph Suffix Words & Sentences 
- happily → She skipped happily to school. 
- beautiful → The flower is very beautiful. 
- kindness → He showed kindness to the puppy. 
- movement → The movement of the flag was gentle. 

Exercise 5 – Crossword Puzzle 
Across: 
2. happiness 
5. kindly 
7. loudly 
8. darkness 
Down: 
1. hopeful 
3. sadness 
4. faithful 
6. less 

Help your child turn simple base words into expressive vocabulary with this hands-on suffix worksheet. 

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