Test your knowledge: decoding words with suffixes for Grade 3.

📚 Quick Study Guide

🔍 What is a Suffix? A suffix is a group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning. 💡 Common Suffixes: Some frequent suffixes are -ing, -ed, -er, -est, -ful, -less, -ly, and -ness. 📝 -ing: Means 'happening now' (e.g., walk + -ing = walking). 📖 -ed: Means 'happened in the past' (e.g., jump + -ed = jumped). 🌟 -er: Means 'someone who does something' or 'more' (e.g., teach + -er = teacher; tall + -er = taller). 🌳 -est: Means 'the most' (e.g., tall + -est = tallest). 🎈 -ful: Means 'full of' (e.g., joy + -ful = joyful). 🍂 -less: Means 'without' (e.g., care + -less = careless). 🚀 -ly: Means 'in a certain way' (e.g., quick + -ly = quickly). 💖 -ness: Means 'the state of being' (e.g., kind + -ness = kindness).

✏️ Practice Quiz

1. Which word means 'happening now'?
   1. A. Jumped
   2. B. Jumping
   3. C. Jumps
   4. D. Jump
2. Which word means 'full of joy'?
   1. A. Joyless
   2. B. Joy
   3. C. Joyful
   4. D. Joying
3. Which word means 'without care'?
   1. A. Careful
   2. B. Caring
   3. C. Careless
   4. D. Care
4. Which word means 'someone who teaches'?
   1. A. Teach
   2. B. Teaching
   3. C. Teacher
   4. D. Teached
5. Which word means 'in a quick way'?
   1. A. Quick
   2. B. Quickly
   3. C. Quicker
   4. D. Quickest
6. Which word means 'the state of being kind'?
   1. A. Kind
   2. B. Kinder
   3. C. Kindness
   4. D. Kindest
7. Which word means 'happened in the past'?
   1. A. Walk
   2. B. Walking
   3. C. Walked
   4. D. Walks