(-ful, -less, -ness, -ment) Unit 3: Lesson 11 Suffixes (-ful, -less, -ness, -ment) Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott 1

Part 1: Introduce Strategy Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott 2

A suffix is a word part (affix) that is added to the end of a root word. Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

-ful -less -ness -ment Today we are going to look at the suffixes: Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

Let’s look at the suffix: -ful Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

The suffix -ful means full of or having a lot of. Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

EXAMPLE WORDS Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

joyful? - full of joy Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

careful? - full of care Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

Let’s look at the suffix: -less Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

The suffix -less means without or not having very much. Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

EXAMPLE WORDS Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

hopeless? - without hope Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

heartless? - without heart Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

Let’s look at the suffix: -ness Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

The suffix -ness means has or being. Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

EXAMPLE WORDS Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

heaviness? - being heavy Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

lightness? - being light Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

Let’s look at the suffix: -ment Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

The suffix -ment means action, process, or result. Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

EXAMPLE WORDS Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

achievement? - result of achieving Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

judgment? - act of judging Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

How did you do? Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

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