Asked by Gabriel

Read the sentence.

From a prior scene, the audience knew that the lead was hysterical because of the contemptible villain.

Suffixes help a reader understand the meanings of words. Which words in the sentence have suffixes? Select three answers.
prior
audience
hysterical
contemptible
villain

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
audience, hysterical, contemptible

- audience = aud(i)- + -ence (noun suffix)
- hysterical = hysteric + -al (adjective suffix)
- contemptible = contempt + -ible (adjective suffix)