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ful and less Suffix Exercise
1 Use the base words in the chart below to make adjectives with the suffixes ful and less.
WARNING
Not all adjectives ending in ful have a positive meaning
Adjectives
Base word
Translation
Positive meaning
(1) .................................
Negative meaning
beauty
.................................
brain
.................................
X
care
.................................
careful
charm
.................................
X
charmless
end
.................................
X
endless*
event
.................................
(3) .................................
X
delight
.................................
(4) .................................
X
doubt
.................................
faith
.................................
harm
.................................
harmless
help
.................................
helpful
home
.................................
X
hope
.................................
(9) .................................
(10) .................................
pain
.................................
(11) .................................
(12) .................................
peace
.................................
penny
.................................
power
.................................
sleep
.................................
X
taste
.................................
tasteful
(15) .................................
thought
.................................
thoughtful
(16) .................................
time
.................................
timeless
use
.................................
doubtless
(6) .................................
peaceful
X
(14) .................................
(17) .................................
X
brainless
(2) .................................
(5) .................................
faithless
(7) .................................
helpless
(8) .................................
X
(13) .................................
powerless
sleepless*
X
useless
* these adjectives could also be used with a positive meaning
2 Now translate the base words into your language.
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Written by Bob Wilson ©Robert Clifford McNair Wilson 2007
Answers
beauty
brain
care
charm
end
delight
doubt
faith
harm
home
help
hope
pain
peace
penny
power
sleep
taste
thought
time
use
Positive meaning
beautiful
careful
delightful
doubtless
faithful
harmless
homeless
helpful
hopeful
painless
peaceful
powerful
tasteful
thoughtful
timeless
useful
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Negative meaning
brainless
careless
charmless
endless
doubtful
faithless
harmful
helpless
hopeless
painful
penniless
powerless
sleepless
tasteless
thoughtless
useless
Written by Bob Wilson ©Robert Clifford McNair Wilson 2007
