Adjective Suffixes Exercises

1. What is an adjective suffix?

A group of letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning.
A group of letters added to the end of a word to make it an adjective.
A group of letters added to the middle of a word to change its tense.
A group of letters added to the end of a word to make it a verb.

2. Which suffix means "able to be done or capable of being done"?

-ful
-ous
-able
-ish

3. Which suffix means "full of a certain quality"?

-y
-less
-ive
-ful

4. What does the suffix "-less" signify?

Full of a certain quality.
Having the characteristics of something.
Without a certain quality.
Similar to a certain quality.

5. Which of the following words is NOT an adjective formed using a suffix?

Happiness
Joyful
Rocky
Brutish

6. Which suffix means "having the characteristics of something"?

-y
-ish
-ous
-al

7. The word "dangerous" is formed using which suffix?

-ful
-ous
-ive
-ic

8. Which word is formed by adding the suffix "-able" to the word "trust"?

Trusty
Trustful
Trustless
Trustable

9. Which of the following words is formed using the suffix "-ish"?

Hopeful
Fearless
Sheepish
Joyous

10. The word "musical" is formed using which suffix?

-ic
-al
-ful
-y