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Suffixes -fy and -ee

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Suffixes -fy and -ee

Suffixes -fy and -ee

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📚 Part 1: Understanding Suffixes

1. What does the suffix '-fy' mean? Circle the correct answer:

to make or cause

one who receives

very small

in the past

2. What does the suffix '-ee' mean? Circle the correct answer:

to make something

one who receives or is affected by an action

very large

happening now

🔍 Part 2: Word Identification

3. Read the word list below. Tick all the words that contain the suffix '-fy':

justify

employee

simplify

trainee

modify

referee

classify

refugee

4. Now tick all the words that contain the suffix '-ee':

beautify

nominee

terrify

absentee

magnify

guarantee

purify

committee

🔧 Part 3: Word Building

5. Add the suffix '-fy' to these base words to create new words:

a) simple + fy = _______________

b) beauty + fy = _______________

c) class + fy = _______________

d) pure + fy = _______________

e) just + fy = _______________

6. Add the suffix '-ee' to these base words or word parts:

a) employ + ee = _______________

b) train + ee = _______________

c) absent + ee = _______________

d) refuge + e = _______________

e) nomin + ee = _______________

📝 Part 4: Meaning and Context

7. Match each word with its correct meaning:
1. Employee
2. Simplify
3. Trainee
4. Modify
5. Refugee
A. To make changes to something
B. Someone who works for a company
C. To make something easier to understand
D. Someone learning new skills
E. Someone seeking safety in another country
8. Complete these sentences using words with '-fy' or '-ee' suffixes:

a) The teacher asked us to _____________ our answers by showing our working.

b) The new _____________ started work at the office yesterday.

c) Can you _____________ this explanation? It's too complicated.

d) The _____________ practised hard every day to improve their skills.

✍️ Part 5: Creative Application

9. Write your own sentence using a word that ends in '-fy':
10. Write your own sentence using a word that ends in '-ee':
11. Think of two more words that end in '-fy' that weren't mentioned in this worksheet:
12. Think of two more words that end in '-ee' that weren't mentioned in this worksheet:

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