Suffix Worksheets to Practice -ness, -able, -ful, -less, -ly - Free Printable

Let's solve the worksheet step by step.

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Task 1: Underline the suffix in each word

We are given a list of words. We need to underline the suffix in each word. The suffixes we're focusing on are: -ful, -less, -ly.

Here are the words:

1. quickly → suffix is -ly
2. helpless → suffix is -less
3. hopeful → suffix is -ful
4. careless → suffix is -less
5. badly → suffix is -ly
6. slowly → suffix is -ly
7. playful → suffix is -ful
8. painless → suffix is -less

✔ So, underline:
- quickly → *quick* + ly
- helpless → *help* + less
- hopeful → *hope* + ful
- careless → *care* + less
- badly → *bad* + ly
- slowly → *slow* + ly
- playful → *play* + ful
- painless → *pain* + less

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Task 2: Match each word to the correct suffix

We have four base words and need to match them with the correct suffix (-ful, -less, -ly).

#### Words to match:
- cheer
- hurt
- hope
- sudden

And possible suffixes:
- ful
- ly
- less

Let’s go one by one:

1. cheer
→ "cheer" + ful = cheerful ✔
→ "cheer" + ly = cheerful? No. “Cheerly” is not common or correct.
→ So, cheer → ful

2. hurt
→ "hurt" + less = hurtless (rare, but possible)
→ "hurt" + ful = hurtful (yes! meaning causing pain) ✔
→ "hurt" + ly = hurtly (not a real word)
→ So, hurt → ful

3. hope
→ "hope" + ful = hopeful ✔
→ "hope" + less = hopeless ✔
→ But we only have one suffix per word.
→ Since both are valid, but in this exercise, it's likely they want hope → less because "hopeless" is more commonly paired with "hope" in such exercises. Wait — let’s look at the options.

Wait — actually, both are valid, but the worksheet gives only one choice per word.

Looking at the layout:

- cheer → choose between ful or ly
- hurt → choose between ful or ly
- hope → choose between less or ly
- sudden → choose between ful or ly

So let’s analyze based on common English words:

1. cheer
→ cheerful ✔ (common word)
→ cheerly ✘ (not standard)
→ So, cheer → ful

2. hurt
→ hurtful ✔ (means causing hurt)
→ hurtly ✘ (not a word)
→ So, hurt → ful

3. hope
→ hopeless ✔ (common word)
→ hopely ✘ (not a word)
→ So, hope → less

4. sudden
→ suddenly ✔ (common adverb form)
→ suddenful ✘ (not a word)
→ So, sudden → ly

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✔ Final Answers:

#### Task 1: Underline the suffix

- quickly → ly
- helpless → less
- hopeful → ful
- careless → less
- badly → ly
- slowly → ly
- playful → ful
- painless → less

#### Task 2: Matching

- cheer → ful
- hurt → ful
- hope → less
- sudden → ly

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📝 Summary

| Word | Correct Suffix |
|----------|----------------|
| cheer | ful |
| hurt | ful |
| hope | less |
| sudden | ly |

These are all common English words formed by adding the suffixes:
- -ful: cheerful, hurtful
- -less: hopeless
- -ly: suddenly

This helps build vocabulary and understanding of how suffixes change word meanings.

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