Explore Suffixes with an Interactive Digital Activity

Help your students build confident word‑work skills with this engaging digital activity all about suffixes. Designed for early learners, this resource lets students practise identifying, sorting and applying common suffixes through fun, hands‑on tasks. With drag‑and‑drop challenges, shading activities and type‑in responses, students stay active and involved while deepening their understanding of how suffixes change word meaning.

What’s Inside the Suffixes Interactive Activity?

Students will work through a series of scaffolded tasks that explore suffixes such as -s, -es, -ed, -ing, -er, -est, -ful, -ly, and -y. Activities include:

• Sorting words into “suffix” and “no suffix” categories
• Matching meanings to the correct suffix
• True or false comprehension checks
• Drag‑and‑drop sorting by suffix type
• Highlighting suffixes within words
• Typing the correct suffix to complete sentences
• Targeted suffix hunts, moving only the correct words into each box

These interactive tasks support phonics, spelling, vocabulary development and reading comprehension, all while keeping students engaged and motivated.

Perfect for Literacy Rotations, Independent Work or Whole-Class Practice

This digital resource is ideal for Year 2 learners exploring word structure and meaning. Use it during literacy groups, as a warm‑up activity, or for targeted intervention. 

The variety of task types ensures students get repeated, meaningful practice with suffixes in a way that feels playful and accessible.

Use the dropdown menu to choose between the Google Slides or PowerPoint version of this resource. 

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

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