Suffix Matching Worksheet
- Grades
- Grades 4–5
- Pages
- 2
- File type
- Answer key
- Included
- Subject
- ELA, Vocabulary
- Topic
- Suffixes, Word meanings
- Resource types
- Worksheets
- Answer key
- Included
- Standards
- L.4.4
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This worksheet can help your students understand suffixes and how they change the meaning of words. By matching the words with their meanings, and then writing what they think each suffix means, your students will have a better understanding of how suffixes work.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Match a complex word with its definition
Infer suffix meaning from several examples
Use a recurring word ending to analyze unfamiliar vocabulary
Teaching tips
Group words by ending before attempting the definition matches.
Ask learners to explain what part of each definition is contributed by the suffix.
Read the letters on the answer page as codes referring back to the original A–J word list; the definitions are not matched by their neighboring row alone.
Skills covered
Morphological analysis — suffixes contribute predictable meaning.
Definition matching — complex words are paired with explanations.
Inductive reasoning — repeated endings support a generalization.
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What follows the matching exercise?
Students write what they think the recurring endings mean, using the matched definitions as clues.
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Standards
Standards
- L.4.4
Core concepts
Core concepts
Suffixes
Word structure
Vocabulary meaning
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