Recognize and use suffixes -ful and -less with root words
Exercise
Difficulty 2
~2 min
eng.g2.s.ex_38
Suffix Antonym Pairs
Prompt
Build the -ful / -less antonym pair for each root: hope, care, use, help, fear.
M-2-S-EX-38
Chart
Reference image of antonym-pair mat with 5 root rows, two columns -ful and -less.
How it's presented
mode
structured form
Answer criteria
type
structured
correct
- -ful
- hopeful
- -less
- hopeless
- -ful
- careful
- -less
- careless
- -ful
- useful
- -less
- useless
- -ful
- helpful
- -less
- helpless
- -ful
- fearful
- -less
- fearless
Hints
- Antonyms = opposites.
- One L in -ful (not two).
Misconceptions to watch
- Spells with double L.
- Skips an antonym.
Used in lessons