Abbreviations and affixes — meet the words

Student sheet · Grade 5 · Lesson 37 · interleaved (pair)

Name ______________________________ Date ______________

One ending can turn a verb into a thing.

1. MATCH

Draw a line from each academic word to the everyday word that means about the same.
-ment — ________________
-tion — ________________
-able — ________________
-less — ________________
-ful — ________________
-ly — ________________
-ist — ________________

2. CHOOSE

Fill each gap with the right word. Word bank: .
Word bank: .

3. FRAME

Finish each sentence.
The -ment is ___.
___ is another way to say the thing that happens.
Write the whole sentence, not just the missing word.

4. PRODUCE

Write your own sentences using the academic words. Target: 2 paragraphs. A + means more than one sentence in that slot. Use the frame as often as you need it today.
-ment
-tion
-able
-less
-ful
-ly
-ist