Unit2 Travelling

Period 4 Vocabulary

By Echo

•I think Disneyland is wonderful.

•It shows us a colorful world.

•It is really meaningful to go there.-ful Suffix

Suffix 后缀• A suffix is a letter or a group

of letters that add to the end of a word to form a new word.

后缀是添加在单词词尾以形新的单词的一个字母或者一组字母。

后缀通常可以改变词性例：

n. + -suffix adj..

“-ful” : full of , having the quality of “-less”: without, not having the quality of

Suffixes “-ful” and “-less”

The suffix “-ful” means

“full of ” or “have the quality

of”.n.+-fuln.+-fuladj.adj. (( 充满…的充满…的 ))

care+-ful careful

The lovely cat is quite delight___ .ful

Everything there was so beautiful

that I wanted to live in it.

Their clothes were so colourful

that I could not stop taking photos.

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“withou

t”

opposite to “careful”

Sandy is so ______ (care), she makes few mistakes in her homework.

careful

But Simon is ________ (care) , he always makes so many mistakes.

careless

Reading is very help___ .

But some books are help___ .

ful

less

Playing basketball is helpful.

It is harm____ .

But it is harm___ just after meals.

less

ful

ICQ is meaning___ .

But horrible films are meaning____ . I think.

ful

less

Superman is power___.

Liu Xiang, too.

The girl is power____ without the boy’s help.

ful

less

care careful careless(n.) (adj.) (adj.反 )

help

use

cheer

colour

harm

helpful helpless

useful useless

cheerful cheerless

colourful colourless

harmful harmless

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。如：

endless, wonderful, …

2. 并非所有的名词都由后缀 -ful 和 -less 构成形容词形式。如：

friendly, windy, excited, interesting,…

n.cheercolorcaredelightendhopemeaningnoisewondersuccess

adj. adj.( 反 )

meaningful meaningless

× endless

cheerful cheerless

wonderful × × noiseless

colorful colorless

delightful ×careful careless

successful ×

hopeful hopeless

First, we went to Tomorrow land. The line of people outside Space Mountain was________. We thought it was __________to wait in line. However, we were finally __________. We got in and enjoyed the ride. The parade in the park was also exciting. The Disney characters’ costumes were __________. The fireworks at night were also __________. It was a really __________holiday and a __________ experience. The tickets are __________now, but I still keep mine.

endlesshopel

ess

useless

successful

colorful

wonderfuldelightful

meaningful

1. 用所给词的适当形式填空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.

4. Smoking is ________ (harm) to your health.

5. This TV dropped to the ground and couldn’t be mended. It’s ________ (use) now.

6. Amy saw so many ________ (color) dresses in the shop that she couldn’t stop buying one after another.

endless

helpful

cheerful

harmful

useless

colorful

7. She is a _______ (help) girl.

She is always ready to help others in need.

8. The _________ (thank) boy did almost

nothing for his mother.

9. Mr. Smith is a very ________ (forget) person.

He often forgets something.

10. He is a ________ (fear) mountaineer.

He is my hero.

helpful

thankless

forgetful

fearless

2. Fill in the blanks with the correct suffixes about Sanrio Puroland :

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___ and the music was (5)wonder___ . It was a (6)delight___ holiday.

lessless

less

fulful

ful

3. 用所给词的形容词填空：

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 _________ (colour).

sunny

friendly

unusualsurprising

excitedcolorful