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Unit 3: Lesson 11
Suffixes
(-ful, -less, -ness, -ment)

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Part 1: Introduce
Strategy

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A suffix is a word part
(affix) that is added to the
end of a root word.

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Today we are going to look
at the suffixes:

-ful

-less

-ness -ment
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Let’s look at the suffix:

-ful
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The suffix -ful
means full of or
having a lot of.

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EXAMPLE
WORDS
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joyful?
- full of joy

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careful?
- full of care

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Let’s look at the suffix:

-less
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The suffix -less
means without or
not having very
much.
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EXAMPLE
WORDS
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hopeless?
- without hope

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heartless?
- without heart

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Let’s look at the suffix:

-ness
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The suffix -ness
means has or being.

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EXAMPLE
WORDS
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heaviness?
- being heavy

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lightness?
- being light

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Let’s look at the suffix:

-ment
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The suffix -ment
means action,
process, or result.

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EXAMPLE
WORDS
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achievement?
- result of
achieving
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judgment?
- act of judging

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How did you do?

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