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2. 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

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

4. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

26. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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