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What does the suffix -ian in the word veterinarian mean?
a) a person who
b) quality
c) result
d) condition

What does the suffix -ment mean in the words settlement, measurement, and improvement?
a) fear of
b) a person who
c) quality
d) a result

What does the suffix -ness mean in the word kindness, forgiveness, and seriousness?
a) a person who
b) a place where
c) A conditon or feeling
d) a fear of

What does suffix -ology mean in the words biology, psychology, and ecology?
a) fear
b) a study of
c) result
d) quality

What does the suffix -arium mean in the words aquarium and auditorium?
a) a place where
b) fear
c) a person who
d) the study of

When you add -ed to the end of a word such as bump, how does it change the word?
a) It changes it from present to past tense.
b) It changes it from past to present tense.
c) It changes it from present to future tense.
d) It changes it from future tense to present tense.

When you add -ing to the end of the word swim, how does it change the word?
a) It changes the word from future to past tense.
b) It changes the word from present to future tense.
c) The word stays in present tense.
d) It changes the word from past to future tense.

When you add the suffix -en to the end of the word sharpen, what part of speech is the new word?
a) adverb
b) adjective
c) noun
d) verb

When you add the suffix -ly to the end of the word exactly, what part of speech is the new word?
a) adverb
b) noun
c) adjecive
d) verb

When you add the suffix -ize to the end of the word memorize, what part of speech is the new word?
a) adverb
b) noun
c) verb
d) adjective

What does the suffix -phobia mean?
a) result
b) study of
c) condition
d) fear

What do the suffixes -er, -or, -ian, -ist mean?
a) a person who
b) a place where
c) a condition
d) a result

What does the suffix -ward mean in the word toward and forward?
a) cause
b) in the manner of
c) in the direction of
d) to become

What does the suffix -wise mean in the words timewise and clockwise?
a) fear
b) quality
c) to cause
d) in the direction of

What does the suffix -ate in the word communicate?
a) in a direction
b) cause to be
c) in the manner of
d) study of

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