Suffix Smart: Mastering Word Forms for Class 7 

This Grade 7 worksheet helps students understand how suffixes like -ness, -ly, -ful, -less, and -er change word forms and meanings. By practicing suffix-based vocabulary, learners improve their ability to identify parts of speech, form new words, and use them correctly in sentences. The structured exercises guide students to connect base words with their correct forms, strengthening grammar and vocabulary skills. 
 

Why Suffixes Matter in Vocabulary? 

Suffixes are essential for understanding how words change form and function. For Grade 7 learners, this topic is important because: 
1. Suffixes help identify nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. 
2. They improve sentence construction and grammar accuracy. 
3. They expand vocabulary through word formation. 
4. They help students understand meaning relationships between words. 

 

What’s Inside This Worksheet? 

This worksheet includes five engaging activities to build suffix understanding:

🧠 Exercise 1 – True or False 
Students identify whether statements about suffix usage are correct.

📋 Exercise 2 – Sort the Words 
Students classify correct and incorrect suffix combinations.

✏️ Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks 
Students choose the correct suffix word to complete sentences.

🧠 Exercise 4 – Multiple Choice Questions 
Students select correct meanings and forms of suffix-based words.

📝 Exercise 5 – Sentence Rewriting 
Students correct incorrect meanings and rewrite sentences accurately.

This worksheet helps your child understand word forms, improve grammar accuracy, and build strong vocabulary skills.

 

✅ Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)

Exercise 1 – True or False 
1. True 
2. True 
3. False 
4. True 
5. True 
6. True 
7. False 
8. True 
9. True 
10. False 

Exercise 2 – Sort the Words 

Correct Pairs: 
1. kindness/ness 
2. teacher/+er 
3. quickly/ly 
4. careful/ful 
5. fearless/less 
6. helpful/ful 
7. useless/less 
8. hopeful/ful 
9. singer/er 
10. darkness/ness 

Incorrect Pairs: 
1. slowly/er 
2. artist/ness 
3. happiness/ful 
4. agreement/less 
5. actively/less 

Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks 
1. teacher 
2. softly 
3. kindness 
4. nervous 
5. invention 
6. peacefully 
7. excitement 
8. skillful 
9. agreement 
10. colorful 

Exercise 4 – Multiple Choice Questions 
1. a) kindness 
2. b) person 
3. d) careful 
4. d) without 
5. a) slowly 
6. c) ment 
7. d) useless 
8. d) hope 
9. a) helpful 
10. d) happy 

Exercise 5 – Sentence Rewriting 
1. Kindness means being kind. 
2. Teacher ends with the suffix er. 
3. Quickly is an adverb. 
4. Happiness comes from happy. 
5. Careful means full of care. 
6. Fearless means without fear. 
7. Agreement ends with the suffix ment. 
8. Helpful means full of help. 
9. Slowly uses the suffix ly. 
10. Hopeful means full of hope. 

Help your child master suffixes and understand word forms clearly with structured vocabulary practice today. 
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