EnglishYear 2Spelling

Use suffixes -ful and -less

Add the suffixes -ful and -less to root words to form adjectives (careful, careless, hopeful, helpless)

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Let's play with words! Take the word 'help'. If you put -ful on the end, it becomes 'helpful' — like a friend who helps you!

  2. 2

    What does 'helpful' mean?

  3. 3

    Now try '-less'. 'Help' + 'less' = 'helpless'. That means no help at all — like a tiny bird with a broken wing.

  4. 4

    Let's do one together: take the word 'hope'.

  5. 5

    Try it yourself! Build 'playful' by putting the parts in order.

  6. 6

    Which word means 'full of care'?

  7. 7

    Which word means 'no end'?

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