Understanding Suffixes: -able, -less, -ful

What is the meaning of the word "careless" when the suffix "-less" is added to "care"?

• Full of care

• Without care

• More care

• Less care

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DOK Level 1: Recall

Which word means "able to be agreed with"?

• Disagreeable

• Agreeable

• Unagreeable

• Nonagreeable

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DOK Level 1: Recall

If you add the suffix "-ful" to the word "joy," what is the new word and its meaning?

• Joyless; without joy

• Joyful; full of joy

• Joyful; less joy

• Joyless; more joy

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DOK Level 1: Recall

Which of the following words means "able to be done"?

• Undone

• Doneable

• Doable

• Redone

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

What does the word "uncomfortable" mean when the prefix "un-" and the suffix "-able" are added to "comfort"?

• Able to be comforted

• Not able to be comforted

• Full of comfort

• Without comfort

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

Which word means "without fear"?

• Fearful

• Fearless

• Fearable

• Fearsome

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DOK Level 1: Recall

Determine the meaning of the word "thoughtful" when the suffix "-ful" is added to "thought."

• Full of thought

• Without thought

• Less thought

• More thought

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DOK Level 1: Recall

Which of the following words means "able to be seen"?

• Invisible

• Unseeable

• Visible

• Nonvisible

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

What is the meaning of the word "hopeless" when the suffix "-less" is added to "hope"?

• Full of hope

• Without hope

• More hope

• Less hope

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DOK Level 1: Recall

If you add the suffix "-able" to the word "read," what is the new word and its meaning?

• Readable; able to be read

• Readless; without reading

• Readful; full of reading

• Unreadable; not able to be read

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DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept