Level: upper-intermediate
Category: vocabulary
Topic: suffixes

Practice with Suffixes

The following words are made up of a root word plus a suffix. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence

Las siguientes palabras tienen una palabra raiz mas un sufijo. Elige la palabra correcta para completar la frase

respectable  hopeless  happiness  helpful  humorous  

innermost  childlike  curiosity  pianist  greenish

Example: 

1. The scientist noticed a ________ slime growing on the Petri dish.
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3. Mercury is the _________ planet of our solar system.
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5. A _______ actor would never appear on a "reality show".
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7. Craig needs to grow up. He has a _________ attitude about his life.
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9. Thomas Edison atributed his success to his insatiable ________ about how things worked..
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11. The KonTiki Travel agency was very _______ with our itinerary for the trip to South America.
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13. I'm afraid we're going to give up. The situation is __________.
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15. Dr. Morton is an excellent speaker. He mixes in ________ acecdotes about his work to make it more interesting.
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17. The ______ played various works by Chopin and one by Brahms.
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19. After two failed marriages, John finally found __________ with his third wife.
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Created:  2007-04-05
Updated:  2007-04-05

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