Suffix Boosters: -ful, -ness, -less, -ly for Class 5 

This suffix-focused Class 5 worksheet strengthens students’ vocabulary and grammar skills through structured exercises on suffixes -ful, -ness, -less, and -ly. With matching, MCQs, sorting, rewriting, and sentence creation, learners understand how suffixes modify word function and meaning.

Why Suffixes Matter in Class 5?  

This worksheet helps learners:  
1. Understand suffix meanings and apply them in context.  
2. Distinguish suffix forms that describe state, manner, quantity, or absence.  
3. Strengthen grammar fluency through sentence correction and usage.

What’s Inside This Worksheet?  

This worksheet includes five skills-based activities:

🧠 Exercise 1 – Match the Suffix  
Students match base words like *hope*, *care*, *cheer* with suffixes like *-ful*, *-ness*, *-ly*, and *-less* to form real words.

✏️ Exercise 2 – Choose the Correct Suffix Word  
MCQs test student ability to select the correct word with a suffix, e.g., *cheerful*, *helpless*, *kindness*.

🔍 Exercise 3 – Sort and Write Suffix Forms  
From a mixed word box, students find properly formed suffix words like *careless*, *lazily*, *sadness*, *helpless*, *beautiful*.

📝 Exercise 4 – Correct the Error  
Students rewrite incorrect suffix usage (e.g., *carely*, *usefull*, *hopefulness*) with correct forms in proper sentences.

✍️ Exercise 5 – Write with Suffixes  
Learners use suffix words like *thoughtful*, *darkness*, *powerless*, *quickly*, and *endless* in their own original sentences.

✅ Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)

Exercise 1 – Matching Suffix  
1. hope – -ful → hopeful  
2. care – -ful → careful  
3. kind – -ness → kindness  
4. fear – -less → fearless  
5. quiet – -ly → quietly  
6. cheer – -ful → cheerful  
7. rest – -less → restless  
8. happy – -ness → happiness  
9. wonder – -ful → wonderful  
10. use – -less → useless

Exercise 2 – MCQs  
1. b. colorless  
2. b. cheerfully  
3. b. honesty  
4. a. careful  
5. c. helpless  
6. a. quickly  
7. a. beautiful  
8. b. kindness 

Exercise 3 – Correct Suffix Words  
quick – quickly  
use – useless  
sad – sadness  
lazy – lazily  
care – careless  
help – helpless  
kind – kindness  
brave – bravely  
hope – [*hopely* is incorrect]  
joy – [*joyness* is incorrect]  
calm – [*calmless* is incorrect]  
endless – correct  
colorfully – correct 

Exercise 4 – Rewritten Sentences  
1. She acted **carefully** during the experiment.  
2. He is a **hopeful** boy.  
3. The glass was **useful**.  
4. She danced **gracefully**.  
5. The room was **dark** and spooky.  
6. We were **cheerful** after the show.  
7. That was a **thoughtless** comment.  
8. The puppy looked **playful**.  
9. He answered the question **rudely**.  
10. She smiled with **kindness**. 

Exercise 5 – Sample Sentences  
1. She gave me a **thoughtful** gift on my birthday.  
2. The cave was filled with **darkness**.  
3. He felt **powerless** during the storm.  
4. The squirrel moved **quickly** across the branch.  
5. The story seemed **endless**.

Make vocabulary shine with suffix smarts! Help your child master word formation with this suffix-powered worksheet.  

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