32 Suffix Words by Alpha

MyVocabulary.com offers 8 SUFFIX puzzles with the grade level of each word marked to the right of the word ending with a suffix. Use eight grade level words for each suffix, a total of 32 words.These suffix activities include: able -ance -arium & -logy. Common Core alignment to an Interactive Puzzle is to 2 key phrases: \"DECODING and WORD ANALYSIS SKILLS\" and \"GREEK & LATIN AFFIXES and ROOTS\". CCSS Alignment Strand numbers for Specific Grades: \"Decoding\" and \"Most Common Prefixes and Suffixes\"= \"CCSS.ELA-Literacy.\" precedes these numbers: RF.1.3e, RF.2.3+d, RF.3.3+a+b+c, RF.4.3+a, RF.5.3+a (Reading: Foundational) \"Greek and Latin Affixes and Roots\"= \"CCSS.ELA-Literacy.\" precedes these numbers: 2.4b+c, 3.4b+c, 4.4b, 5.b, 6.4b, 7.4b, 8.4b, 9-10.4b, 11-12.4b

The 4 Suffixes and their means are:

  • ABLE means \”able, can do\”
  • ANCE or ANCY means \”process; quality; state; and degree\”
  • ARIUM means \”a place for\”
  • LOGY means \”study of\”


Alphabetical listing of 32 words in our 8 separate puzzles:

ABLE = Bearable, Expandable, Incurable, Portable, Reliable, Respectable, Sociable,Transferable;
ANCE = Annoyance, Defiance, Dominance, Elegance, Endurance, Reluctance, Resistance, Tolerance;
ARIUM = Aquarium, Auditorium, Columbarium, Crematorium, Planetarium, Sanatorium, Solarium, Terrarium;
LOGY = Anthropology, Archaeology, Dermatology, Ecology, Geology, Mythology, Technology, Theology.

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