Today, let’s take a quick look at 2 suffixes: -less and -ful.
We use both suffixes to turn nouns into adjectives and talk about a quality. The difference is that when you use -less, you want to say that something or someone is without this quality and when you use -ful you mean it’s full of this quality.
He’s homeless – he doesn’t have a home.
She’s beautiful – she looks very good.
Some nouns can have both suffixes, while others can use only one or none of them.
Let’s look at some examples:
| Noun | -less | -ful |
| Beauty | Beautiful | |
| Care | Careless | Careful |
| Cheer | Cheerless | Cheerful |
| Doubt | Doubtless | Doubtful |
| Help | Helpless | Helpful |
| Penny | Penniless | |
| Rest | Restless | Restful |
| Thought | Thoughtless | Thoughtful |
Let’s look at these and a few other examples in practice:
I hope this was helpful to you and I’d like to ask you:
When you’re feeling down, what can quickly make you cheerful again?
Let us know in the comments section and see you next Saturday! 🙂