Creating adjectives using the suffixes -ful and -less | English

Starter quiz

What word class is the word in bold in this sentence? Chen was very joyful that day.
- noun
- adjective ✓
- adverb
Match the word to the suffix it contains.
- slowly
  
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  -ly ✓
- careful
  
  ⇔
  
  -ful ✓
- thankless
  
  ⇔
  
  -less ✓
- greenest
  
  ⇔
  
  -est ✓
- admiration
  
  ⇔
  
  -tion ✓
Match the word to the word class. The suffixes will help you.
- famous
  
  ⇔
  
  adjective ✓
- education
  
  ⇔
  
  noun ✓
- flatten
  
  ⇔
  
  verb ✓
What word class is the word in bold in this sentence. A global citizen cares about making the world a better place.
- noun
- verb
- adjective ✓
What word class is the word in bold in this sentence. The personal message helped me to feel at ease.
- noun
- verb
- adjective ✓
What happens to the root word 'history' when the suffix -ic is added?
- The ‘y’ is removed before the suffix -ic is added. ✓
- The ‘e’ is removed before the suffix -ic is added.
- Just add the suffix -ic.

Identify all the words containing the suffix -ful.
- helpful ✓
- fully
- merciful ✓
- fullest
Identify all the words containing the suffix -less.
- lesson
- speechless ✓
- merciless ✓
- less
- class
What word class is the word 'stressful' in this sentence? I had a stressful time at the concert.
- verb
- noun
- adjective ✓
- adverb
Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the sentence. They are byootifull flowers.
- 'beautiful' ✓
Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the sentence. The mersyles villain locked them in the dungeon.
- 'merciless' ✓
Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the sentence. That was a suxsesfull attempt to solve the problem.
- 'successful' ✓

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The suffixes -less and -ful create adjectives.
The suffix -ful means ‘full of’ or ‘having qualities of’ and the suffix -less means ‘without’ or ‘lacking’.
The suffixes start with a consonant. This means the root word usually doesn’t change when the suffix is added.
If the root word ends in a consonant +y, then the ‘y’ is replaced by ‘i’ before the suffix.
How to spell the curriculum words: awkward, bruise, regular and therefore.

Pupils may think the suffix is spelt with a double 'l' like the word 'full'.

Explicitly point out the difference between the spelling of 'full' and the suffix 'ful'.

Root word - the base word from which other words are formed often by adding prefixes or suffixes
Suffix - a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning
Adjective - describes a noun