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• I think the World Park is wonderful.

• It shows us a colorful world.

• It is really meaningful to go there.

-ful suffix

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A suffix is a letter or a group of lett

ers that add to the end of a word to

form a new word.

后缀是添加在单词词尾形成新的单词的一个字母或者一组字母。

“-ful” : full of,

having the quality of

“-less”: without,

not having the quality of

suffixes “-ful” and “-less”

n. + suffix → adj.

The suffix “-ful” means “full of ” or

“have the quality of”.

n. + -ful adj. (充满……的 )

care+-ful careful

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e.g.

Everything there was so beautiful that

I wanted to go there again.

The song and dance shows were

also wonderful and I could not stop

taking photos.

n. + -less adj. (没有……的，不……的 )

care+-less careless

The suffix “-less” means “without” or

“not having the quality of”.

A: How about Mr. Green?

B: His car hit the big tree yesterday.

He was so __________ .careless

care (n.) + -less (suffix) careless (adj.)

Mr. Green was not careful.

means“without”

opposite to “careful”

Reading is very help___ .

But some books are help___ .

ful

less

ICQ is meaning___ .

But computer games

are meaning____ . I

think.

ful

less

cheerful

colorful

helpfuluseless

cheerless

helpless

useful

meaningfulmeaningless

colorless

Can you find their friends quickly?

1.有些名词有后缀 -ful构成的形容词 , 但没有后缀 -less构成的形容词；反之亦然。

e.g. endless, wonderful, delightful…

2.并非所有的名词都由后缀 -ful 和 -less

构成形容词形式。e.g. friendly, windy, excited, interesting,…

Work in pairs and complete the

table below. If you cannot add –

ful or –less to a word, put a cro

ss in the box. You may use a di

ctionary.

Adjective (with -ful)

Adjective (with -less)

cheer

end

hope

meaning

sleep

taste

cheerfulx

hopefulmeaningful

sleepfultasteful

cheerlessendless

hopeless

meaningless

sleeplesstasteless

Complete what Kitty said about

her trip to the World Park with

the words in the box below.

beautiful cheerful colorful

useless wonderful

We went to the World Park the day

before yesterday. The models in the park

were (1) _________. The song and dance

shows were also amazing. Their (2)

________ clothes were from different

countries and looked very (3) ________.

All of us felt excited and (4) _______. It

was really a great day. My ticket is (5)

______ now, but I’ll keep it!useless

cheerful

colorful

beautiful

wonderful

Activity 1

One student say one adjectives, other students say its opposite as quickly as they can.

Activity 2

Make up a story with five adjectives and their opposites on page 39 in groups.

Activity 3

Fill in the blanks.

1. There is ________ (end) homework

to do before the exam.

2. Betty is a kind and ________ (help)

girl.

3. Some people are always happy. They

can be ________ (cheer) every day.

endless

helpful

cheerful

4. This TV dropped to the ground and

couldn’t be mended. It’s ________

(use) now.

5. Amy saw so many ________ (color)

dresses in the shop that she couldn’t

stop buying one after another.

useless

colorful

Fill in the blanks with the correct suffixes.

First we visited Hello Kitty’s house. The

line of people outside was (1)end____ . It

seemed to be (2)hope____ to try to get

inside. Mum thought it was (3)use____ to

wait. At last, we went into the house. I

enjoyed the parade in the park. The

performers’ clothes were (4)color___. It

was a (6)wonder___ holiday.

less

less

less

ful

ful

It is my second day in Japan. It is a _____ (sun) day. We are having a great time here because Japanese people are _______ (friend) to us, we will have sushi and other Japanese food, The performers’ clothes were so _______ (usual) that I could not stop taking so many _________ (surprise) photos. You will be ______ (excite) to see them. My visit to Japan will be _______ (color).

sunny

friendly

unusual

surprising

excited

colorful

Fill in the blanks with adjectives.

1. Recite new words.

2. Revise the opposites you

have learned.