Syllabication (Suffixes)

Divide this word: carelessly

• careless-ly

• care-lessly

• care-less-ly

• care-les-sly

Divide into syllables: harmless.

• har-mless

• harm-less

• harmles-s

• ha-rmless

Which words have suffixes? ​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ ​ (c)   ​ (d)  

• happily
• shipment
• sweetness
• boys
• butterfly
• butter
• apple
• ladybug

Divide into syllables: friendly.

• fri-endly

• friend-ly

• frie-ndly

• frien-dly

Which -le words are divided correctly?​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)  

• stum-ble
• cra-dle
• bub-ble
• tremb-le
• ru-bble
• crad-le

Divide the word: pavement.

• pav-ement

• pavem-ent

• pa-ve-ment

• pave-ment

Organize these words into the right categories.

Groups:

(a) -ful

,

(b) -ment

,

(c) -ness

,

(d) -ly

• graceful

• contentment

• bitterness

• rudely

• handful

• patiently

• entertainment

• nicely

• happiness

• pavement

• truthful

Divide into syllables: truthfulness.

• truth-ful-ness

• truth-fulness

• tru-thful-ness

• truth-fu-lness

Divide into syllables: happiness.

• happ-iness

• hap-pi-ness

• happ-i-ness

• ha-ppi-ness

Answer explanation

Remember--Divide between two consonants between two vowels. Then divide the suffix from the rest of the word.

Divide this word: mindful.

• mi-nd-ful

• mindf-ul

• mind-ful

• min-d-ful