Suffix Ly Teaching Resources :: 25 - 48 - Free Printable

Absolutely! Let’s solve this worksheet step by step.

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## 📘 Understanding the Task

The worksheet is about suffixes: groups of letters added to the *end* of a word to create a new word. The suffixes we’re focusing on are:
- -ful → often means “full of” (e.g., hopeful = full of hope)
- -less → often means “without” (e.g., careless = without care)
- -ly → often turns adjectives into adverbs (e.g., quickly = in a quick way)

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# ✔ Part 1: Underline the suffix in each word

We need to underline just the suffix part — the last 2 or 3 letters that match -ful, -less, or -ly.

Here’s how to do it:

| Word | Suffix to underline |
|------------|---------------------|
| quickly | ly |
| helpless | less |
| hopeful | ful |
| careless | less |
| badly | ly |
| slowly | ly |
| playful | ful |
| painless | less |

✔ Answer for Part 1:
- quickly → underline ly
- helpless → underline less
- hopeful → underline ful
- careless → underline less
- badly → underline ly
- slowly → underline ly
- playful → underline ful
- painless → underline less

*(Note: In real practice, you’d physically underline these parts in the worksheet.)*

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# ✔ Part 2: Match each word to the correct suffix

We are given root words and must choose which suffix (-ful, -less, -ly) makes a real English word.

Let’s go one by one:

1. cheer

→ What word can we make?
- cheer + ful = cheerful ✔ (means happy, joyful)
- cheer + ly = *cheerly* ✘ (not a real word)

✔ So, cheer → ful

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2. hurt

→ What word can we make?
- hurt + less = hurtless ✘ (not commonly used; not standard)
- hurt + ful = *hurtful* ✔ (means causing pain or distress — this is correct!)
- hurt + ly = *hurtly* ✘ (not a word)

✔ So, hurt → ful

*(Note: “hurtless” is sometimes used poetically but is not standard. “Hurtful” is the common, correct word.)*

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3. hope

→ What word can we make?
- hope + ful = hopeful ✔ (full of hope)
- hope + ly = *hopely* ✘ (not a word)

✔ So, hope → ful

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4. sudden

→ What word can we make?
- sudden + ly = suddenly ✔ (in a sudden way — very common adverb)
- sudden + ful = *suddenful* ✘
- sudden + less = *suddenless* ✘

✔ So, sudden → ly

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## ✔ Final Matching for Part 2:

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

*(In the worksheet, you would draw lines connecting them.)*

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## 💡 Bonus Tip: Why This Matters

Suffixes change the meaning or grammatical role of a word:
- -ful → adds meaning of “full of” → adjective (e.g., beautiful, grateful)
- -less → adds meaning of “without” → adjective (e.g., fearless, endless)
- -ly → usually makes an adverb from an adjective (e.g., quick → quickly, slow → slowly)

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## 🎯 Final Answers Summary:

Part 1: Underlined suffixes

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

Part 2: Correct matches

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

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