Spelling it Right: Revision test on suffixes - the answers

Here are the answers for the test on Suffix 8. If any of your answers were incorrect, look back at the suffix pages mentioned in columns 2 and 5 to see where you went wrong. Here are the links for these pages:

Suffix 2 Suffix 4A Suffix 5 Suffix 7A

Base + suffix Page New word Base + suffix Page New word
heavy + er 7A heavier employ + ment 7A employment
target + ed 5 targeted control + er 5 controller
reply + ing 7A replying notice + ing 2 noticing
snob + ish 4A snobbish limit + ation 5 limitation
omit + ed 5 omitted gentle + man 2 gentleman
enrol + ment 5 enrolment regret + ed 5 regretted
enrol + ed 5 enrolled forbid + ing 5 forbidding
supply + er 7A supplier happy + ly 7A happily
endure + ance 2 endurance blunder + ed 5 blundered
adventure+ous 2 adventurous satisfy + ed 7A satisfied
plan + ing 4A planning forget + able 5 forgettable
wit + y 4A witty commit +ment 5 commitment
wit + less 4A witless run + ing 4A running
envy + ous 7A envious rid + ance 4A riddance
reverse + ible 2 reversible defy + ing 7A defying
alter + ation 5 alteration monotone+ous 2 monotonous
fit + est 4A fittest fortune + ate 2 fortunate
prohibit + ion 5 prohibition tiny + est 7A tiniest
equip + ing 5 equipping place + ment 2 placement
equip + ment 5 equipment investigate+or 2 investigator
benefit + ed 5 benefited gravitate + ion 2 gravitation
cycle + ist 2 cyclist time + ly 2 timely

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