Word Formation- List Dictation Game

Word formation list dictation game

Prefixes, suffixes and Use of English Part Three

Listen to your teacher say some words and guess which prefix or suffix they all take. You must guess exactly the prefix or suffix on your teacher’s sheet, even if other answers could be correct. If your guess is wrong, you must wait to guess again until other people have guessed and/ or your teacher has read out other hints just for the other people.

Play the same game in groups of three, four or five students, with different pages for different students. Choose one of the groups of words from the worksheet that your teacher gives you and read words from the left side (before the /) until someone guesses what prefix or suffix they can all take, starting with the most difficult hints to guess from. They must guess exactly the beginning or ending that is there, even when other things would be correct. They can only guess once per hint, and if their guess is wrong then they must wait until others have had a chance to guess. Note that spelling and other changes are sometimes necessary. 

Optional: When they have guessed the starting or ending, see if they can guess other words made the same way from the same list. Again, they must get exactly what is there.

Guess in the same way with the hints that your partner reads out. Then do the same for other groups of words.

Ask about any words or affixes which you are not sure about.

Read out just one left-hand word and see if your partner can guess (exactly) the other form that is on the worksheet.

Read out two forms of one word and see how many others from the same group the other people can think of.

 

able

notice/ noticeable, imagine/ imaginable, cure/ curable, deny/ deniable, dispose/ disposable, accept/ acceptable, achieve/ achievable, adapt/ adaptable, adjust/ adjustable, adore/ adorable, advise/ advisable, afford/ affordable, approach/ approachable

 

ably

notice/ noticeably, argue/ arguably, compare/ comparably, presume/ presumably, predict/ predictably, recognise/ recognisably, admire/ admirably, accept/ acceptably, account/ accountably, admire/ admirably, consider/ considerably, note/ notably, remark/ remarkably

 

ac

knowledge/ acknowledge, company/ accompany, credit/ accredit, custom/ accustom, count/ account, climatization/ acclimatization, culture/ acculture, cord/ accord, claim/ acclaim

 

age

pack/ package, store/ storage, percent/ percentage, cover/ coverage, short/ shortage, pass/ passage, use/ usage, drain/ drainage, volt/ voltage, patron/ patronage, bag/ baggage, post/ postage, link/ linkage, assemble/ assemblage, coin/ coinage, mile/ mileage, leak/ leakage, orphan/ orphanage, peer/ peerage, wreck/ wreckage, lever/ leverage

 

al

approve/ approval, anatomy/ anatomical, controversy/ controversial, propose/ proposal, nation/ national, person/ personal, nature/ natural, profession/ professional, norm/ normal, origin/ original, industry/ industrial, sign/ signal, tradition/ traditional, commerce/ commercial, region/ regional, addition/ additional, arrive/ arrival

 

ally

academic/ academically, acerbic/ acerbically, acoustic/ acoustically, acrobatic/ acrobatically, aerobic/ aerobically, aesthetic/ aesthetically, anarchic/ anarchically, anatomic/ anatomically, angelic/ angelically, antagonistic/ antagonistically, norm/ normally, origin/ originally, nature/ naturally, occasion/ occasionally, specific/ specifically, basic/ basically

 

ance

attend/ attendance, rely/ reliance, abundant/ abundance, acceptant/ acceptance, ally/ alliance, allow/ allowance, ambulant/ ambulance, annoy/ annoyance, appear/ appearance, apply/ appliance, arrogant/ arrogance, assist/ assistance, perform/ performance, insure/ insurance, resist/ resistance, enter/ entrance

 

ant

converse/ conversant, please/ pleasant, import/ important, defend/ defendant, serve/ servant, assist/ assistant, consult/ consultant, protest/ protestant, inhabit/ inhabitant, vary/ variant, attend/ attendant, descend/ descendent, claim/ claimant, inform/ informant, ignore/ ignorant, resist/ resistant

 

anti

biotic/ antibiotic, depressant/ antidepressant, social/ antisocial, septic/ antiseptic, psychotic/ antipsychotic, American/ anti-American, monopoly/ antimonopoly, nausea/ anti-nausea, missile/ anti-missile, matter/ antimatter, body/ antibody, trust/ antitrust,

 

ary

revolution/ revolutionary, custom/ customary, bound/ boundary, second/ secondary, comment/ commentary, mission/ missionary, burgle/ burglary, discipline/ disciplinary, evolution/ evolutionary, supplement/ supplementary, compliment/ complimentary

 

ate

origin/ originate, design/ designate, active/ activate, fortune/ fortunate, equal/ equate, alien/ alienate, valid/ validate, assassin/ assassinate, temper/ temperate, affection/ affectionate, doctor/ doctorate, compassion/ compassionate, consider/ considerate

 

ation

realise/ realisation, acclimatize/ acclimatization, accredit/ accreditation, cancel/ cancellation, capitalise/ capitalisation, categorise/ categorisation, cause/ causation, centralise/ centralisation, characterise/ characterisation, colonise/ colonisation

 

ative

compare/ comparative, imagine/ imaginative, represent/ representative, conserve/ conservative, derive/ derivative, consult/ consultative, quality/ qualitative, inform/ informative, form/ formative, affirm/ affirmative, norm/ normative, preserve/ preservative

 

back

draw/ drawback, kick/ kickback, feed/ feedback, paper/ paperback, set/ setback, cut/ cutback, play/ playback, fall/ fallback, come/ comeback, flash/ flashback

 

cal

philosophy/ philosophical, anatomy/ anatomical, psychology/ psychological, history/ historical, biology/ biological, ideology/ ideological, geography/ geographical, technology/ technological, geology/ geological, archaeology/ archaeological

 

cation

modify/ modifications, amplify/ amplification, clarify/ clarification, classify/ classification, codify/ codification, certify/ certification, mystify/ mystification, qualify/ qualification, edify/ edification, falsify/ falsification, fortify/ fortification, gentrify/ gentrification, glory/ glorification

 

cy

bankrupt/ bankruptcy, vibrant/ vibrancy, truant/ truancy, accountant/ accountancy, ascendant/ ascendancy, buoyant/ buoyancy, constant/ constancy, consultant/ consultancy, deviant/ deviancy, expectant/ expectancy, flippant/ flippancy, agent/ agency, democrat/ democracy

 

dis

approval/ disapproval, courage/ discourage, orientation/ disorientation, able/ disable, credit/ discredit, comfort/ discomfort, content/ discontent, favour/ disfavour, illusion/ disillusion, enchanted/ disenchanted, engagement/ disengagement, agreeable/ disagreeable, arm/ disarm, charge/ discharge, cord/ discord, continue/ discontinue

 

edly

devote/ devotedly, admit/ admittedly, advise/ advisedly, allege/ allegedly, animate/ animatedly, assure/ assuredly, calculate/ calculatedly, decide/ decidedly, deserve/ deservedly, detach/ detachedly

 

eer

mountain/ mountaineer, chariot/ charioteer, engine/ engineer, voluntary/ volunteer, auction/ auctioneer, mutiny/ mutineer, market/ marketeer, orient/ orienteer, musket/ musketeer, private/ privateer, racket/ racketeer, puppet/ puppeteer,

 

em

power/ empower, bed/ embed, battle/ embattle, bitter/ embitter, blaze/ emblaze, balm/ embalm, body/ embody, placement/ emplacement,

 

en

able/ enable, numerate/ enumerate, lighten/ enlighten, courage/ encourage, close/ enclose, code/ encode, case/ encase, circle/ encircle, danger/ endanger, large/ enlarge, rich/ enrich, cage/ encage, chain/ enchain, force/ enforce, franchise/ enfranchise, tangle/ entangle, trench/ entrench, trust/ entrust

 

en

threat/ threaten, strength/ strengthen, ripe/ ripen, wide/ widen, length/ lengthen, black/ blacken, dark/ darken, sad/ sadden, moist/ moisten, mad/ madden, fright/ frighten, straight/ straighten, gold/ golden, wood/ wooden, tight/ tighten, weak/ weaken, straight/ straighten, soft/ soften

 

ence

emerge/ emergence, exist/ existence, cohere/ coherence, adhere/ adherence, depend/ dependence, occur/ occurrence, absent/ absence, abstinent/ abstinence, adolescent/ adolescence, affluent/ affluence, ambient/ ambience, ambivalent/ ambivalence, violent/ violence, belligerent/ belligerence, benevolent/ benevolence

 

extra

ordinary/ extraordinary, curricular/ extracurricular, terrestrial/ extra-terrestrial, judicial/ extrajudicial, marital/ extramarital, mural/ extramural, sensory/ extrasensory, vehicular/ extravehicular

 

fall

rain/ rainfall, down/ downfall, short/ shortfall, water/ waterfall, snow/ snowfall, night/ nightfall, rockfall

 

ful

mercy/ merciful, fruit/ fruitful, dread/ dreadful, pain/ painful, peace/ peaceful, doubt/ doubtful, cheer/ cheerful, meaning/ meaningful, faith/ faithful, mouth/ mouthful, youth/ youthful, harm/ harmful, plenty/ plentiful, spoon/ spoonful, plenty/ plentiful, force/ forceful

 

hood

likely/ likelihood, adult/ adulthood, brother/ brotherhood, child/ childhood, false/ falsehood, knight/ knighthood, neighbour/ neighbourhood, victim/ victimhood, boy/ boyhood, father/ fatherhood, bachelor/ bachelorhood, knight/ knighthood, man/ manhood, sister/ sisterhood

 

ians

politics/ politicians, guard/ guardians, music/ musicians, civil/ civilians, library/ librarians, Egypt/ Egyptians, magic/ magicians, theology/ theologians, clinic/ clinicians, custody/ custodians, electric/ electricians, statistics/ statisticians, reptile/ reptilian

 

ible

access/ accessible, audio/ audible, collapse/ collapsible, collect/ collectible, combust/ combustible, compress/ compressible, connect/ connectible, contempt/ contemptible, sense/ sensible, convert/ convertible, resist/ resistible, force/ forcible

 

ical

cylinder/ cylindrical, rhythm/ rhythmical, type/ typical, bible/ biblical, graph/ graphical, theatre/ theatrical, period/ periodical, canon/ canonical, satire/ satirical, myth/ mythical, cone/ conical, dialect/ dialectical, quiz/ quizzical, farce/ farcical, poet/ poetical

 

ic

graph/ graphic, base/ basic, symbol/ symbolic, alcohol/ alcoholic, atom/ atomic, diabetes/ diabetic, bureaucrat/ bureaucratic, photograph/ photographic, colon/ colonic, volcano/ volcanic, atmosphere/ atmospheric, genre/ generic, hero/ heroic, mime/ mimic

 

ify

example/ exemplify, just/ justify, clear/ clarify, note/ notify, sign/ signify, diverse/ diversify, type/ typify, pure/ purify, false/ falsify, solid/ solidify, code/ codify

 

im

practical/ impractical, prudent/ imprudent, mature/ immature, measurable/ immeasurable, moral/ immoral, movable/ immovable, partial/ impartial, passable/ impassable, perceptibly/ imperceptibly, possibility/ impossibility, mobility/ immobility, balance/ imbalance, mortal/ immortal, perfect/ imperfect, personal/ impersonal, pure/ impure

 

in

frequent/ infrequent, different/ indifferent, valuable/ invaluable, ability/ inability, comprehensible/ incomprehensible, conceivable/ inconceivable, conclusive/ inconclusive, credible/ incredible, justice/ injustice, put/ input, security/ insecurity, significant/ insignificant, voluntary/ involuntary, comparable/ incomparable, consequential/ inconsequential, curable/ incurable, finite/ infinite, sufficient/ insufficient, voluntarily/ involuntarily

 

ingly

increase/ increasingly, surprise/ surprisingly, accord/ accordingly, seem/ seemingly, overwhelm/ overwhelmingly, will/ willingly, exceed/ exceedingly, correspond/ correspondingly, amaze/ amazingly, convince/ convincingly, love/ lovingly, strike/ strikingly

 

ings

find/ findings, surround/ surroundings, gather/ gatherings, proceed/ proceedings, earn/ earnings, save/ savings, record/ recordings, set/ settings, deal/ dealings, head/ headings, dwell/ dwellings, fit/ fittings, rate/ ratings, cut/ cuttings, bear/ bearings, furnish/ furnishings

 

ir

rational/ irrational, redeemable/ irredeemable, regular/ irregular, relevance/ irrelevance, reproachable/ irreproachable, responsible/ irresponsible, responsive/ irresponsive, reverent/ irreverent, reversible/ irreversible, revocable/ irrevocable, reparable/ irreparable, replaceable/ irreplaceable, resistible/ irresistible

 

is

diagnose/ diagnosis, emphasize/ emphasis, analyse/ analysis, base/ basis, synthesize/ synthesis, paralyse/ paralysis, hypnotise/ hypnosis

 

ise/ ize

popular/ popularise, expert/ expertise, emphasis/ emphasise, character/ characterise, special/ specialise, mobile/ mobilise, symbol/ symbolise, stable/ stabilise, general/ generalise, visual/ visualise, private/ privatise, crystal/ crystallise, rational/ rationalise

 

istic

character/ characteristic, real/ realistic, art/ artistic, style/ stylistic, simple/ simplistic, natural/ naturalistic, individual/ individualistic, ideal/ idealistic, paternal/ paternalistic, ritual/ ritualistic, legal/ legalistic

 

ists

psychology/ psychologists, botany/ botanists, special/ specialists, journal/ journalists, tour/ tourists, capital/ capitalists, economy/ economists, national/ nationalists, terror/ terrorists, therapy/ therapists, novel/ novelists

 

ity

mature/ maturity, rigid/ rigidity, ambiguous/ ambiguity, diverse/ diversity, intense/ intensity, scarce/ scarcity, secure/ security, commune/ community, active/ activity, major/ majority, able/ ability, real/ reality, liable/ liability, minor/ minority, mortal/ mortality, stable/ stability

 

ive

effect/ effective, distinct/ distinctive, appreciate/ appreciative, repulse/ repulsive, initiate/ initiative, execute/ executive, narrate/ narrative, speculate/ speculative, aggression/ aggressive, assert/ assertive, associate/ associative, collaboration/ collaborative, compete/ competitive, direct/ directive, evaluate/ evaluative, festival/ festive

 

lessness

age/ agelessness, aim/ aimlessness, air/ airlessness, art/ artlessness, breath/ breathlessness, care/ carelessness, child/ childlessness, class/ classlessness, defence/ defencelessness, effort/ effortlessness, power/ powerlessness

 

ly

leisure/ leisurely, live/ lively, elder/ elderly, cost/ costly, dead/ deadly, coward/ cowardly, disorder/ disorderly, ghost/ ghostly, heaven/ heavenly, hill/ hilly, miser/ miserly, order/ orderly, quarter/ quarterly, scholar/ scholarly

 

ment

attach/ attachment, enhance/ enhancement, abandon/ abandonment, abolish/ abolishment, accomplish/ accomplishment, achieve/ achievement, acknowledge/ acknowledgement, adjust/ adjustment, ail/ ailment, amaze/ amazement, amend/ amendment

 

mis

lead/ mislead, carry/ miscarry, lead/ mislead, understanding/ misunderstanding, use/ misuse, fortune/ misfortune, conduct/ misconduct, representation/ misrepresentation, trust/ mistrust, conception/ misconception, guided/ misguided, behave/ misbehave, deed/ misdeed, fit/ misfit, interpret/ misinterpret, judge/ misjudge, management/ mismanagement, place/ misplace, pronounce/ mispronounce,

 

ness

lonely/ loneliness, alert/ alertness, aware/ awareness, sleepy/ sleepiness, conscious/ consciousness, weak/ weakness, fit/ fitness, sick/ sickness, ready/ readiness, willing/ willingness, like/ likeness, fond/ fondness, holy/ holiness, deaf/ deafness

 

ous

rigour/ rigorous, zeal/ zealous, ceremony/ ceremonious, disaster/ disastrous, autonomy/ autonomous, virtue/ virtuous, advantage/ advantageous, vary/ various, anxiety/ anxious, ambition/ ambitious, fury/ furious, mystery/ mysterious, caution/ cautious, tedium/ tedious

 

out

set/ outset, standing/ outstanding, put/ output, sourcing/ outsourcing, come/ outcome, side/ outside, line/ outline, look/ outlook, break/ outbreak, let/ outlet, fit/ outfit, rage/ outrage, doors/ outdoors, burst/ outburst, patient/ outpatient, right/ outright, lay/ outlay

 

ption

conceive/ conception, assume/ assumption, perceive/ perception, describe/ description, consume/ consumption, receive/ reception, subscribe/ subscription, deceive/ deception, presume/ presumption, resume/ resumption, absorb/ absorption

 

re

cycle/ recycle, place/ replace, start/ restart, search/ research, turn/ return, view/ review, present/ represent, source/ resource, move/ remove, form/ reform, mind/ remind, cover/ recover, solve/ resolve, new/ renew, structure/ restructure, assure/ reassure, creation/ recreation

ship

relation/ relationship, apprentice/ apprenticeship, bipartisan/ bipartisanship, author/ authorship, chairman/ chairmanship, champion/ championship, citizen/ citizenship, acquaintance/ acquaintanceship, companion/ companionship, craftsman/ craftsmanship, reader/ readership

 

sion

emit/ emission, erode/ erosion, comprehend/ comprehension, provide/ provision, divide/ division, discuss/ discussion, express/ expression, conclude/ conclusion, impress/ impression, recede/ recession, extend/ extension, expand/ expansion, permit/ permission

 

sive

decide/ decisive, extend/ extensive, conclude/ conclusive, elude/ elusive, comprehend/ comprehensive, impress/ impressive, offend/ offensive, exclude/ exclusive, succeed/ successive, exceed/ excessive, defend/ defensive, explode/ explosive

 

sur

round/ surround, real/ surreal, plus/ surplus, charge/ surcharge, pass/ surpass, name/ surname, face/ surface

 

tic

drama/ dramatic, emphasis/ emphatic, enigma/ enigmatic, gene/ genetic, democrat/ democratic, bio/ biotic, diagnosis/ diagnostic, energy/ energetic, chaos/ chaotic, trauma/ traumatic, aroma/ aromatic, charisma/ charismatic, asthma/ asthmatic, dogma/ dogmatic

 

un

wise/ unwise, doubted/ undoubted, related/ unrelated, able/ unable, connected/ unconnected, forgettable/ unforgettable, known/ unknown, arguably/ unarguably, aware/ unaware, ceremoniously/ unceremoniously, certainty/ uncertainty, conditionally/ unconditionally, critically/ uncritically, deniable/ undeniable, drinkable/ undrinkable, enlightened/ unenlightened, expectedly/ unexpectedly, imaginable/ unimaginable, imaginative/ unimaginative, necessarily/ unnecessarily, pleasant/ unpleasant, predictably/ unpredictably

 

under

taken/ undertaken, estimate/ underestimate, go/ undergo, line/ underline, represented/ underrepresented, ground/ underground, rate/ underrate, score/ underscore, state/ understate, take/ undertake, pin/ underpin, age/ underage, class/ underclass, carriage/ undercarriage, cover/ undercover, current/ undercurrent, developed/ underdeveloped, growth/ undergrowth,

 

ure

proceed/ procedure, moist/ moisture, press/ pressure, fail/ failure, please/ pleasure, architect/ architecture, depart/ departure, expose/ exposure, close/ closure, sculpt/ sculpture, legislate/ legislature, enclose/ enclosure, fix/ fixture, seize/ seizure