KS1 Spelling | Suffix MENT Quiz for Year 2 Children

Spelling Quiz - Year 2 - Suffix ment (Questions)

This 'Suffix ment' spelling quiz tests KS1 children on words that can have these letters added to them. The words have been taken from and added to those suggested in the National Curriculum. This spelling task can also work as a way to extend their vocabulary.

Some words can have the suffix ‘ment’ added to the end of them. When ‘ment’ is added to a word it cements it by turning a verb into a noun. This means an action word changes into a noun. See how many of these spellings you get right.

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I hope you get ____ from playing tennis.

[ ]	enjoying
[ ]	enjoy
[ ]	enjoyment
[ ]	engoyment

Have you made the ____ to the bank?

[ ]	paiment
[ ]	payment
[ ]	paiyment
[ ]	payement

What ____ is she doing?

[ ]	movement
[ ]	movment
[ ]	moovement
[ ]	moovment

The comedian caused much ____.

[ ]	amoosement
[ ]	amyosement
[ ]	amusment
[ ]	amusement

Have you got a doctor's ____?

[ ]	apointment
[ ]	appointment
[ ]	appoyntment
[ ]	appoentment

To go mountain climbing you need lots of ____.

[ ]	equipement
[ ]	epuiqment
[ ]	equipment
[ ]	equiqment

They had to sit an ____.

[ ]	assesment
[ ]	assessment
[ ]	asessment
[ ]	asesment

Her ____ was coming to an end.

[ ]	employment
[ ]	imployment
[ ]	employmen
[ ]	emplloyment

I would like an ____ of sweets please.

[ ]	assortmentte
[ ]	assortmentt
[ ]	assortmente
[ ]	assortment

10.

He was looking forward to his ____.

[ ]	retyrment
[ ]	retirment
[ ]	retirement
[ ]	retiyerment

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Spelling Quiz - Year 2 - Suffix ment (Answers)

I hope you get ____ from playing tennis.

[ ]	enjoying
[ ]	enjoy
[x]	enjoyment
[ ]	engoyment

Enjoy is a verb that could be put before tennis, so do you enjoy tennis? If you change it to enjoyment you are turning it into a noun - a thing in its own right.

Have you made the ____ to the bank?

[ ]	paiment
[x]	payment
[ ]	paiyment
[ ]	payement

All you need to do is add 'ment' onto the end of the word 'pay'.

What ____ is she doing?

[x]	movement
[ ]	movment
[ ]	moovement
[ ]	moovment

She is stretching, which is important to do before any exercise as it stops muscle aches and injuries.

The comedian caused much ____.

[ ]	amoosement
[ ]	amyosement
[ ]	amusment
[x]	amusement

The root word is 'amuse' and we simply add 'ment' to it.

Have you got a doctor's ____?

[ ]	apointment
[x]	appointment
[ ]	appoyntment
[ ]	appoentment

This is a tricky word but is one you've probably heard plenty of times or even used.

To go mountain climbing you need lots of ____.

[ ]	equipement
[ ]	epuiqment
[x]	equipment
[ ]	equiqment

Make sure you don't get your p and q mixed up!

They had to sit an ____.

[ ]	assesment
[x]	assessment
[ ]	asessment
[ ]	asesment

You probably have heard this word and done many assessments.

Her ____ was coming to an end.

[x]	employment
[ ]	imployment
[ ]	employmen
[ ]	emplloyment

If you can sound out the word employ, then all you need to do is add 'ment' to the end of the word.

I would like an ____ of sweets please.

[ ]	assortmentte
[ ]	assortmentt
[ ]	assortmente
[x]	assortment

An assortment means a mixture.

10.

He was looking forward to his ____.

[ ]	retyrment
[ ]	retirment
[x]	retirement
[ ]	retiyerment

The root word is 'retire' and we then add 'ment' to it.