Suffix Sandcastles – Suffix Cut & Paste Worksheet Set

Use this set of cut and paste worksheets to explore the most common suffix endings. Perfect for your year 2 students who are exploring spelling patterns and morphemes and engaging in building morphemic word families. 

Use these worksheets in literacy centers, small‑group instruction, early finishers, or independent practice, these worksheets make learning word endings hands‑on and fun.

This resource pack focuses on essential suffixes students encounter in early reading and writing:

• –ing
• –s
• –ed
• –es
• –er
• –est
• –ful
• –ly
• –less

Across six differentiated worksheets, students cut, sort, and build words to strengthen their understanding of how suffixes change meaning, tense, comparison, or grammatical function.

Why Understanding Suffixes Matters 

Building strong knowledge of suffixes in Year 2 is an essential part of developing confident, capable readers and writers. At this stage, students are beginning to notice patterns in spelling, understand how words are constructed, and recognise that small changes to a base word can shift meaning, tense, or comparison. Exploring suffixes helps children:

• Strengthen decoding skills by recognising common endings and reading longer words with ease
• Improve spelling accuracy through understanding patterns such as plurals (–s, –es) and verb endings (–ing, –ed)
• Expand vocabulary by learning how suffixes like –ful, –ly, and –less change the meaning of a word
• Build morphemic awareness, which supports future success in reading comprehension and written expression
• Develop grammatical understanding as they explore how suffixes shift a word’s job in a sentence\

Download and Print this Suffix Worksheet PDF Today 

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This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher and Teach Starter Collaborator.

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