Suffix Power: Changing Word Class with Suffixes for Class 6

This Grade 6 worksheet helps students understand how suffixes transform base words from one word class to another — turning adjectives into nouns, verbs into nouns, and nouns into adjectives. With five engaging activities including match the following, sort the words, fill in the blanks, multiple choice questions, and sentence rewriting, learners build a strong practical understanding of how suffixes like -ness, -ment, -ful, -tion, -able, and -er change the way words function in sentences.

Why Suffixes Matter in Grammar?
Suffixes are one of the most powerful tools in the English language. For Grade 6 learners, mastering suffixes is important because:
1. Suffixes shift a word's grammatical role without changing its root meaning.
2. They expand vocabulary by creating multiple word forms from a single base word.
3. They are essential for academic writing, comprehension, and communication.
4. Understanding suffixes helps students decode unfamiliar words more confidently.

What's Inside This Worksheet?
This worksheet includes five grammar-rich activities that build fluency with changing word class using suffixes:

Exercise 1 – Match the Following
Students match each base word on the left to its correctly suffixed form on the right. Example: happy → happiness, educate → education, hope → hopeful.

Exercise 2 – Sort the Words
Students sort word pairs into two categories: Noun to Adjective and Verb to Noun. Word pairs like care/careful, sing/singer, cloud/cloudy, and invent/inventor help students recognise patterns of transformation.

Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks
Students pick the correct suffix-based word from a pair to complete real-life sentences featuring Indian student names. Example: "Anjali showed great __________ when speaking on stage today." (confidence / confident)

Exercise 4 – Multiple Choice Questions
Students choose the correct word class form from four options to complete each sentence. Example: "She is a good ________." with options like teach, teaching, teacher, teaches.

Exercise 5 – Sentence Rewriting
Students rewrite incorrectly worded sentences by replacing the wrong form of a word with the correct suffix-based form. Example: "Anjali showed great confide on stage" becomes "Anjali showed great confidence on stage."

Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)

Exercise 1 – Match the Following
happy → happiness
kind → kindness
dark → darkness
enjoy → enjoyment
educate → education
comfort → comfortable
hope → hopeful
move → movement
agree → agreement
celebrate → celebration

Exercise 2 – Sort the Words
Noun to Adjective:
care/careful,
cloud/cloudy,
dirt/dirty,
beauty/beautiful,
fun/funny,
luck/lucky
Verb to Noun:
sing/singer,
play/player,
art/artist,
music/musician,
teach/teacher,
farm/farmer,
invent/inventor,
lead/leader

Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks
1. confidence
2. darkness
3. enjoyable
4. kindness
5. education
6. comfortable
7. celebration
8. uncomfortable
9. enjoyable
10. satisfaction

Exercise 4 – Multiple Choice Questions
1. c) teacher
2. c) beautiful
3. b) careful
4. d) musician
5. a) quickly
6. a) singer
7. b) player
8. a) cloudy
9. d) helpful
10. b) joyful

Exercise 5 – Sentence Rewriting
1. Anjali showed great confidence on stage at the school assembly.
2. Rahul found the wooden chair very uncomfortable for long hours.
3. Diya made a great contribution to the school's annual magazine.
4. Pooja said the film was full of enjoyment and very well made.
5. Arjun received an award for his creative work in art class.
6. Neha described the old market lane as comfortable to walk in.
7. Kartik said the book gave him satisfaction after finishing it.
8. Aarav wrote about the greatness in his essay on Indian festivals.
9. Rohan found the old bench in the garden very comfortable to sit.
10. Anjali described the morning air as refreshing and very pleasant.

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