Suffix -wise and -age

This product is designed to help children learn the suffixes -age and -wise. It includes a presentation and 3 different worksheets.

The presentation explains what a suffix is and also explains what -age and -wise means when used as suffixes. There are differentiated activities included in the presentation. Activities include, matching the word to the meaning, dictionary work and writing sentences. There is also a page which explains the spelling rules for the suffixes.

Two of the activity sheets are “complete the sentence” activities with 10 sentences on each sheet. Answer sheets are provided to make the teacher’s life a little easier.

The last activity sheet is an assessment of the suffixes -age and -wise. It contains two exercises. The first, requires children to find a suitable word for the meaning given. The second exercise asks students to write the correct ending to the root word in order to complete the sentence.

All files are saved as PDFs so make sure your device can open PDF files.