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Suffixes -ful and -less

Careful or careless? Helpful or helpless? Add -ful or -less to make adjectives, then pick the right one for each sentence.

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  1. 1

    What does "careless" mean?

    • Caring again
    • Full of care
    • With a lot of care
    • Without care

    Answer: Without care

  2. 2

    What does "helpful" mean?

    • Giving a lot of help
    • Helping badly
    • Needing help
    • Without help

    Answer: Giving a lot of help

  3. 3

    What does "useless" mean?

    • Not useful
    • Used a lot
    • Used again
    • Very useful

    Answer: Not useful

  4. 4

    What does "painful" mean?

    • Hurting a lot
    • Pain again
    • Painted
    • Without pain

    Answer: Hurting a lot

  5. 5

    What does "homeless" mean?

    • At home
    • Full of homes
    • Home again
    • Without a home

    Answer: Without a home

  6. 6

    What does "colourful" mean?

    • Coloured again
    • Full of colours
    • One colour
    • Without colour

    Answer: Full of colours

  7. 7

    What does "fearless" mean?

    • A little afraid
    • Afraid again
    • Not afraid
    • Very afraid

    Answer: Not afraid

  8. 8

    What does "thankful" mean?

    • Feeling grateful
    • Not thanked
    • Thanking again
    • Without thanks

    Answer: Feeling grateful

  9. 9

    Be ___! The road is busy.

    • Be careful!
    • Be carefull!
    • Be careless!
    • Be carful!

    Answer: Be careful!

  10. 10

    Thank you for your help. You were very ___.

    • You were very helpful.
    • You were very helpfull.
    • You were very helpless.
    • You were very unhelpful.

    Answer: You were very helpful.

  11. 11

    This old phone doesn't work. It's ___.

    • It's useful.
    • It's usefull.
    • It's useles.
    • It's useless.

    Answer: It's useless.

  12. 12

    The fireworks were bright and ___.

    • The fireworks were bright and colorles.
    • The fireworks were bright and colourful.
    • The fireworks were bright and colourfull.
    • The fireworks were bright and colourless.

    Answer: The fireworks were bright and colourful.

  13. 13

    My broken arm is very ___.

    • My broken arm is very painful.
    • My broken arm is very painfull.
    • My broken arm is very painless.
    • My broken arm is very panful.

    Answer: My broken arm is very painful.

  14. 14

    The firefighter was ___. He ran into the burning house.

    • He was fearfull.
    • He was fearles.
    • He was fearless.
    • He was unfear.

    Answer: He was fearless.

  15. 15

    The sea was calm and the night was ___.

    • The night was peaceful.
    • The night was peacefull.
    • The night was peaceless.
    • The night was pieceful.

    Answer: The night was peaceful.

  16. 16

    We lost every game. We felt ___.

    • We felt hopefull.
    • We felt hopefully.
    • We felt hopeles.
    • We felt hopeless.

    Answer: We felt hopeless.

  17. 17

    Which spelling is correct?

    • Beautifel
    • Beautiful
    • Beautifull
    • Beautyful

    Answer: Beautiful

  18. 18

    How do you spell the -ful ending?

    • With LE: carefule
    • With no L: carefu
    • With one L: careful
    • With two Ls: carefull

    Answer: With one L: careful

  19. 19

    Which one is the opposite of "harmful"?

    • Disharmful
    • Harmful
    • Harmless
    • Unharmful

    Answer: Harmless

  20. 20

    Which one is the opposite of "useful"?

    • Disuseful
    • Misuseful
    • Unuseful
    • Useless

    Answer: Useless

  21. 21

    Which one is the opposite of "careful"?

    • Careless
    • Discareful
    • Miscareful
    • Uncareful

    Answer: Careless