Practise and apply spelling words with the suffixes "-less" and "-ful" | English

Starter quiz

Identify all the words containing the suffix -ful.
- fullest
- cheerful ✓
- fully
- merciful ✓
Identify all the words containing the suffix -less.
- lesson
- powerless ✓
- slowly
- hopeless ✓
What word class is the word 'hopeless' in this sentence. Chen felt hopeless without his friends nearby.
- verb
- noun
- adjective ✓
- adverb
Match the words to the rules that apply when the suffix -less or -ful is added.
- cheer - cheerful
  
  ⇔
  
  Just add -ful. ✓
- mercy - merciful
  
  ⇔
  
  Remove the ‘y’, then add -iful. ✓
- hope - hopeless
  
  ⇔
  
  Just add -less. ✓
- mercy - merciless
  
  ⇔
  
  Remove the ‘y’, then add -iless. ✓
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the sentence. Queen Elizabeth had a very peesfull reign.
- pieceful
- peaceful ✓
- peacefull
- piecefull
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the sentence. It was a joifull day.
- joiful
- joyful ✓
- joyfull