Recognize and use suffixes -ful and -less with root words
Exercise
Difficulty 2
~2 min
eng.g2.s.ex_37
Suffix Identify Strip
Prompt
Strip the suffix and find the root: (1) hopeful. (2) careless. (3) joyful. (4) endless. (5) painful. (6) helpful.
How it's presented
mode
structured form
Answer criteria
type
structured
correct
- root
- hope
- suffix
- -ful
- root
- care
- suffix
- -less
- root
- joy
- suffix
- -ful
- root
- end
- suffix
- -less
- root
- pain
- suffix
- -ful
- root
- help
- suffix
- -ful
Hints
- -ful means FULL OF.
- -less means WITHOUT.
Misconceptions to watch
- Drops the final -e of the root.
- Calls a non-suffix word a suffix word.
Used in lessons