30866 common suffixes

Common Suffixes
Match the suffixes on the left to the explanation or function on the right

_______- able (unable)

_______ - er, - or ( teacher,
doctor)

_______ - ful (useful)

_______ - ment, ness, ion
(movement, togetherness,
information)

1) adverb making

2) verb making

3) can or able to do something

4) see or range
_______ - ively (actively)
5) noun or name of something
_______ - ive (active)
6) job

_______- ate
( communicate)

7) sound audio

_______ - phone (telephone)

_______( telescope)

scope

8) adjective or description word bulding

9) full of


Understanding and using idioms
Complete the sentences with idioms from the list
The cream of the crop

To Bitch

Chickened out

Black sheep

Amanda was always the ____________________ of the family. She was always doing
something different or against the family rules. Even doing everything wrong, she thought she
was ________________________ for doing crazy things that no one had ever tried yet.
Her mother never really cared about it. When the problem came she ________________ and
got away for the responsibilities to take care of her problematic daughter. But her father, in the
other hand, started ___________________ about her unusual and impropriate attitudes.

Understanding and using idioms
Complete the sentences with idioms from the list

The cream of the crop

To Bitch

Chickened out

Black sheep

Amanda was always the ____________________ of the family. She was always doing
something different or against the family rules. Even doing everything wrong, she thought she
was ________________________ for doing crazy things that no one had ever tried yet.
Her mother never really cared about it. When the problem came she ________________ and
got away for the responsibilities to take care of her problematic daughter. But her father, in the
other hand, started ___________________ about her unusual and impropriate attitudes.