Suffix Function Quest

This worksheet is designed for students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 to strengthen grammar knowledge and vocabulary strategies by analyzing the grammatical function of common suffixes. Students study suffixes alongside example words and determine whether each suffix forms a noun, adjective, or verb, helping them understand how word endings influence classification, meaning, and usage in academic language.

Targeted Skills

• Part of Speech Identification (Grades 4-6) – Determine whether suffixes create nouns, adjectives, or verbs.
• Morphological Analysis – Analyze how derivational endings function within word structure.
• Vocabulary Development – Recognize how suffixes signal word categories in unfamiliar vocabulary.
• Grammar & Word Classification – Strengthen understanding of how word forms operate in sentences.

Instructional Support

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed by educators to support explicit grammar and morphology instruction.
• Clear, Structured Practice – Uses examples to make abstract grammatical concepts concrete.
• Flexible Implementation – Ideal for literacy centers, small groups, independent work, homework, or intervention.
• Supports Academic Reading & Writing – Builds strategies students use to decode and apply complex vocabulary.
• No-Prep Format – Print-and-go worksheet for classroom or homeschool use.

This printable worksheet helps students connect suffix knowledge to grammatical function, improving accuracy in both reading and writing. By identifying how suffixes determine part of speech, learners build confidence with word analysis, vocabulary interpretation, and sentence construction. Whether used in a classroom or homeschool environment, this resource supports strong foundations in morphology, grammar, and academic language understanding.

This worksheet is part of our Suffixes Worksheets collection.