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COMMON NOUN SUFFIXES CONDITION, STATE, OR QUALITY tion/sion (detention) ence/ance (sentence) ship (friendship) ness (happiness) hood (statehood) ity/ty(possibility) dom (kingdom) ory (memory) ment (statement) COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

ONE WHO PERFORMS A CERTAIN ACTION or/er (baker) cian (musician) ist (scientist) COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

THINK PAIR SHARE: LIST TWO WORDS FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SUFFIXES tion/sion (detention) ence/ance (sentence) ship (friendship) ness (happiness) hood (statehood) ity/ty(possibility) dom (kingdom) ory (memory) ment (statement) or/er (baker) cian (musician) ist (scientist) COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

Answer the following riddles: The word ends with… COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

1.…ship: describes the behavior of someone you would want in your community. citizenship COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

2.…ist: describes someone who digs deep. archeologist COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

3.…ment: a situation that happens when you are older and have saved enough money. retirement COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

4.…sion: you feel this when your mother is screaming at you for not cleaning your room. tension COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

5.…tion: when your teacher gives directions, you need to pay ___________. attention COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

6.…ist: someone who can work with nuclear energy and needs really good math skills. physicist COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

7. …ness: quality that may lead to mistakes on tests and projects. It ends with ness. carelessness COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

8.…ance: when you snooze you lose, so act quickly and don’t show __________. hesitance COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

9.…sion: a secret agent might go on this if he wants to save the world. mission COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

10. …or: it comes from the future when the world is ruled by machines. Terminator COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

11....ity: a quality that many artists have. creativity COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

12.…dom: something you often experience in class. boredom COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

13.…sion: sometimes it is hard to make this. decision COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

14.…hood: some of my best friends and worst enemies live here. neighborhood COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

15.…ery: this type of book always keeps the reader guessing. mystery COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

16.…ty: an important quality in a friend. loyalty COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

17.…ness: the student missed three days of school due to ___________. illness COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

18.…ment: it was the bottom of ninth and bases were loaded. The crowd roared with ____________________. excitement COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

19.…ness: after the man’s wife of twenty years died, he felt such _______________. sadness COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

20.…ence: most teens are tired of having to answer to their parents. They can’t wait for a little _______________. independence COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

21.…hood: they wear white collars and give last rites to the dying. priesthood COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

22.… sion: any fighting in school will lead to a ___________. suspension COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

23.…cian: this person works in a salon and makes people look their best. beautician COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

24.…dom: citizens have more of this in a democracy than other types of governments. freedom COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

25.…ment: having your cell phone taken away is the worst form of ____________. punishment COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

26.…ship: this can help pay for college. scholarship COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

27....or: a person who sells houses. realtor COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

28.…ity:. when you trip or fall, you get embarrassed and lose your sense of ___________. dignity COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

29.…tion: a hurricane can cause quite a bit of this. destruction COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

30.…ence: a dog with behavior problems may need _________training. obedience COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

31.…ory: the Civil Rights Movement is an important part of American___________. history COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

32. …ist: the hero of the story is often called the ____________ protagonist COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

33. …ance: the vocalist practiced days before his first solo ________________. performance COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

34.…ity: you learn about this in math and often use dice or coins while learning. probability COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

35.…sion: the surgeon uses a scalpel to make this cut. incision COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013

36.…ship: going to school in June without air conditioning is a _____________. hardship COPYRIGHT MAURI FAVA 2013