L10 Suffixes -age, -ism, -ure
SPELLING FOCUS: The suffixes -age, -ism, and -ure form nouns when added to words. Sometimes the spelling of the base word changes.
mile + -age = 1. mileage
post + -age = 2. postage
pass + -age = 3. passage
bag + -age = 4. baggage
real + -ism = 5. realism
capital + -ism = 6. capitalism
journal + -ism = 7. journalism
please + -ure = 8. pleasure
moist + -ure = 9. moisture
press + -ure = 10. pressure
store + -age = 11. storage
wreck + -age = 12. wreckage
vandal + -ism = 13. vandalism
manner + -ism = 14. mannerism
hero + -ism = 15. heroism
optimist + -ism = 16. optimism
compose + -ure = 17. composure
legislate + -ure = 18. legislature
sculpt + -ure = 19. sculpture
fail + -ure = 20. failure
L10 SPELLING TEST will be on FRIDAY 12/9
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