

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.
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.
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.
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.
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They help students understand how suffixes change word forms, improving grammar accuracy and stronger writing in CBSE English worksheets.
They show how words become nouns, verbs, or adjectives, helping children understand sentence meaning more clearly during reading practice.
They should practice changing one base word into different forms and use each correctly in simple sentences.