Grade 3 · Pattern 54 of 70
Suffixes -ful, -less, -ly, -ness spelling words
A suffix goes at the end of a base word, and the base often stays the same. The ending -ful has only one l, as in careful and useful.
- Practice: makes a list of these words, then your child hears each one, spells it, checks it and fixes it.
- Print: makes the same list, then a test packet with an answer strip that folds out of sight.
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The words
15 Suffixes -ful, -less, -ly, -ness words for grade 3. A practice list uses some of them, and you can swap any word.
- finally
- exactly
- usually
- currently
- recently
- certainly
- completely
- nearly
- quickly
- absolutely
- immediately
- generally
- seriously
- successful
- clearly
How to practice
Spell it.
Hear the word in a sentence, then write the whole word from memory.
Check it.
Compare it with the right spelling, letter by letter.
Fix it.
Write any word you missed again, the right way.
Practice testing is one of the best-supported ways to learn spelling words: recalling the whole word, then checking and fixing it, works better than copying or word games.
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For teachers
Mix this pattern with others from any grade and print up to 10 shuffled versions, each with its own answer strip.
Choose patterns to mixWord list uses the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (Carnegie Mellon University). View full license