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English
Verb, adjective and noun suffixes

Starter quiz

  • What word class is the word in bold in this sentence? The sensible pupil packed his books into his bag carefully.
    • verb
    • noun
    • adjective  ✓
    • adverb
  • What word class is the word in bold in this sentence? He packed his things away sensibly.
    • verb
    • noun
    • adjective
    • adverb  ✓
  • Match the words ending in -able to the root word.
    • sustainable
      ⇔
      sustain ✓
    • admirable
      ⇔
      admire ✓
    • reasonable
      ⇔
      reason ✓
  • What happens when the suffix -able is added to 'admire'?
    • Just add the suffix.
    • Remove the ‘e’, then add the suffix.  ✓
    • Keep the ‘e’ and just add the suffix.
  • What happens when the suffix -able is added to 'reason'?
    • Just add the suffix.  ✓
    • Remove the ‘e’, then add the suffix.
    • Keep the ‘e’ and just add the suffix.
  • Match the word to the word class.
    • consideration
      ⇔
      noun ✓
    • tolerable
      ⇔
      adjective ✓
    • adorably
      ⇔
      adverb ✓
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