Suffixes Review: -ous, -ful, -less, -ness, -able, -ly

Suffixes: -ous, -ful, -less, -ness, -able, -ly

-ous, -ful, -less

• "-ous" means "having": having fame = famous

• "-ful" means "full of": full of flavor = flavorful

• "-less" means "without": without meaning = meaningless

Multiple Choice

Which word makes the most sense?

He was very ______ when he held the door open for the elderly lady.

• helpful

• helpless

Multiple Choice

Which word makes the most sense?

The elderly lady felt ______ as she couldn't open the door to the store on her own.

• helpful

• helpless

Multiple Choice

Which word makes the most sense?

The girl was _______ as she tiptoed around the room with the fragile, antique vase.

• careful

• careless

Multiple Choice

Which word makes the most sense?

The girl was _______ as she ran around the room with the fragile, antique vase.

• careful

• careless

Multiple Choice

Not all snakes have ____________ venom; some don’t have any venom at all.

• poison

• poisonous

Multiple Choice

What a _____ girl she is!

• corageous

• courageous

• cuorageous

• courigeous

Multiple Choice

The terrain was ________.

• mountanous

• mauntanious

• muontainous

• mountainous

-able

• able to (v.) / can (v.)

• It is "-ible" sometimes.

• Can be loved = loveable.

• Can be eaten = edible.

Multiple Choice

The ability to dispose is called being....

• disposable

• releasable

• knowledgeable

• believable

Multiple Choice

The ability to have knowledge is....

• workable

• knowledgeable

• washable

• comfortable

Multiple Choice

Able to be laundered or washed

• washable

• detachable

• renewable

• refundable

Multiple Choice

Able to be received or accepted the way it is; worthy; satisfactory

• acceptable

• repairable

• detachable

• refundable

-ness

• It turns an adjective into a noun.

• For example: happiness = the state of being happy

• Happiness is a noun (an idea).

• Happy is an adjective (how something is).

Multiple Select

CAN MONEY BUY _____?

• HAPPINESS

• WEAKNESS

Multiple Select

YOU SHOULD NEVER LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN. IT CAN CAUSE _____.

• ILLNESS

• BLINDNESS

Multiple Choice

Select the correct spelling of the word that means "the act of forgiving someone or something".

• forgiveness

• forgivness

• forgively

• forgivily

Multiple Choice

Select the correct spelling of the word that means "knowledge of your own personality or character".

• awarely

• awarily

• awarness

• awareness

-ly

• It turns an adjective into an adverb.

• For example: happily = in a way that is happy

• Happily is an adverb; it is used to talk about how an action (verb) is.

• Happy is an adjective (how something is).

Multiple Choice

Fill in the missing word.

We ________________ ran to our seats before the movie started.

• totally

• simply

• quickly

Multiple Choice

Fill in the missing word.

The fire fighter ________________ ran into the burning building to save the people.

• lovely

• bravely

Multiple Choice

What part of speech is a word when -ly is added?

• noun

• adverb

• adjective

Multiple Choice

What's the correct spelling?

• simplely

• simply

• simpley

Multiple Choice

Where does suffix go on a word?

• beginning

• middle

• end