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This 20-word vocabulary word search explores adjective–noun pairs and suffix patterns for students in Grades 5–7. Hidden words include patient/patience, confident/confidence, elegant/elegance, and intelligent/intelligence, demonstrating how adding suffixes transforms adjectives into abstract nouns. Use it as a vocabulary warm-up, a grammar practice activity, or an editing template for exploring other word-formation patterns.

Subject:
English / Language Arts
Topic:
Vocabulary
Grade Level:
5th – 7th Grades
Updated May 2026

Word List

  • ASSISTANT
  • ASSISTANCE
  • INDEPENDENT
  • INDEPENDENCE
  • PATIENT
  • PATIENCE
  • CONFIDENT
  • CONFIDENCE
  • SIGNIFICANT
  • SIGNIFICANCE
  • COMPETENCE
  • COMPETENCE
  • ATTENDANT
  • ATTENDANCE
  • INTELLIGENCE
  • INTELLIGENT
  • ELEGANT
  • ELEGANCE
  • MAGNIFICENT
  • MAGNIFICENCE

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