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Word Study & Vocabulary 2: Unit 28: Suffixes -ful, -less, -ly, -ness ©2010 Benchmark Education Company, LLC

3 3

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clearly

colorful

darkness

dimly

faithful

goodness

graceful

homeless

hopeless

painful

quickly

quietly

restless

slowly

thoughtful

worthlessWord Cards (BLM 3)


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Spelling PatternsParent Directions: Have your child sort the words into the correct column of the chart according to their suffixes. Then ask your child to choose a word from each column and write a sentence for each word.

Word Bank

kindly plentiful helpful awareness worthless

thoughtless weakness clearly fearful restless

-ful -less -ly -ness

1. ______________________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________________________

Take-Home Activity (BLM 6)


Name ___________________________________ Date ____________________________________

What’s the Suffix?Directions: Underline the suffix in each word and then name its part of speech.

1. hopeless __________________

2. thoughtful __________________

3. freshness __________________

4. nicely __________________

5. quickly __________________

Directions: Read the base word. Then, add the suffix (-ful, -less, -ly, -ness) that makes the most sense with the base word. You can add more than one suffix to some words.

6. good __________________

7. penny __________________

8. home __________________

9. worth __________________

10. aware __________________

11. slow __________________

12. grade __________________

Classroom Activity (BLM 7)


Name ___________________________________ Date ____________________________________

From Riches to Rags

Why is it that you hear about people who win millions of

dollars in the lottery and then end up penniless? The painful truth is

that many people get in over their heads when they win the lottery.

Sometimes they end up paying for it for the rest of their lives.

How have lottery winners lost their money? Some simply spent

too freely and quickly, spending money as if it were endless. Many

gave huge sums to family and friends, either as gifts or loans. Some

bought houses and cars, took big vacations, and spent their money in

wasteful ways. Others lost their winnings through carelessness. One

lottery winner won $114 million but spent it all quickly. He claims that

the lottery ruined his life.

Many thoughtful winners, though, have tried to do good with

their money. However, overly large donations to charities, schools,

and churches left some lottery winners with very little money. Other

winners started businesses that were unsuccessful and lost lots of

money in the business.

However, not all lottery winners have lost their millions. Some,

such as Luke Pittard of Wales, returned to their jobs! He missed his

coworkers. Said Pittard about his workmates, “They all think I’m a bit

mad, but I tell them there’s more to life than money.” With that kind

of attitude, it’s no wonder that at least one former lottery winner is still

just that—a winner.

Reading Passage (BLM 9)

uNIT 28

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Word Study & Vocabulary 2: Unit 28: Suffixes -ful, -less, -ly, -ness ©2010 Benchmark Education Company, LLCAnchor Chart (BLM 1)

Suffixes -ful, -less, -ly, -ness

Suffix MeaningPart of Speech

When Suffix AddedExample

-ful full of, having adjective

The ballerina was very graceful as she danced across the stage.

-less without adjective

The coins that the children found buried in the ground were worthless.

-lyhow something is done

adverbThe turtle slowly crossed the road.

-ness full of, having noun

When the power went out, the room was filled with darkness.

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Word Study & Vocabulary 2: Unit 28: Suffixes -ful, -less, -ly, -ness ©2010 Benchmark Education Company, LLCCategory Cards (BLM 2)

-ful -less

-ly -ness

Adjective Adverb

Noun

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3 3

3 3

3 3

3 3

3 3

3 3

3 3

3 3

clearly

colorful

darkness

dimly

faithful

goodness

graceful

homeless

hopeless

painful

quickly

quietly

restless

slowly

thoughtful

worthlessWord Cards (BLM 3)

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4 4

4 4

4 4

4 4

4 4

4 4

4 4

4 4

boastful

dreadful

fearful

grateful

harmless

illness

kindly

loudly

penniless

plentiful

roughly

smoothly

softly

thankless

thoughtless

weaknessWord Cards (BLM 4)

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5 5

5 5

5 5

5 5

5 5

5 5

5 5

5 5

awareness

badly

busily

careless

fearless

freshness

happiness

hastily

helpful

hopeful

kindness

nicely

painless

restful

truthful

uselessWord Cards (BLM 5)

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Name ___________________________________ Date ____________________________________

Spelling PatternsParent Directions: Have your child sort the words into the correct column of the chart according to their suffixes. Then ask your child to choose a word from each column and write a sentence for each word.

Word Bank

kindly plentiful helpful awareness worthless

thoughtless weakness clearly fearful restless

-ful -less -ly -ness

1. ______________________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________________________


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Name ___________________________________ Date ____________________________________

What’s the Suffix?Directions: Underline the suffix in each word and then name its part of speech.

1. hopeless __________________

2. thoughtful __________________

3. freshness __________________

4. nicely __________________

5. quickly __________________

Directions: Read the base word. Then, add the suffix (-ful, -less, -ly, -ness) that makes the most sense with the base word. You can add more than one suffix to some words.

6. good __________________

7. penny __________________

8. home __________________

9. worth __________________

10. aware __________________

11. slow __________________

12. grade __________________

Classroom Activity (BLM 7)

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Name ___________________________________ Date ____________________________________

What’s the Suffix?Parent Directions: Have your child underline the suffix in each word and then name its part of speech.

1. graceful __________________

2. illness __________________

3. plentiful __________________

4. loudly __________________

5. useless __________________

Parent Directions: Have your child add the suffix (-ful, -less, -ly, -ness) that makes the most sense with the base word. Tell your child that some words can take more than one suffix.

6. dread __________________

7. hasty __________________

8. rough __________________

9. truth __________________

10. nice __________________

11. rest __________________

12. care __________________


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Name ___________________________________ Date ____________________________________

From Riches to Rags

Why is it that you hear about people who win millions of

dollars in the lottery and then end up penniless? The painful truth is

that many people get in over their heads when they win the lottery.

Sometimes they end up paying for it for the rest of their lives.

How have lottery winners lost their money? Some simply spent

too freely and quickly, spending money as if it were endless. Many

gave huge sums to family and friends, either as gifts or loans. Some

bought houses and cars, took big vacations, and spent their money in

wasteful ways. Others lost their winnings through carelessness. One

lottery winner won $114 million but spent it all quickly. He claims that

the lottery ruined his life.

Many thoughtful winners, though, have tried to do good with

their money. However, overly large donations to charities, schools,

and churches left some lottery winners with very little money. Other

winners started businesses that were unsuccessful and lost lots of

money in the business.

However, not all lottery winners have lost their millions. Some,

such as Luke Pittard of Wales, returned to their jobs! He missed his

coworkers. Said Pittard about his workmates, “They all think I’m a bit

mad, but I tell them there’s more to life than money.” With that kind

of attitude, it’s no wonder that at least one former lottery winner is still

just that—a winner.

Reading Passage (BLM 9)

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Name ___________________________________ Date ____________________________________

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Spelling Dictation (BLM 10)

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Spelling Peer CheckDirections: Work with a partner. Follow the directions from your teacher to use this BLM to write your spelling words.

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