Suffixes –ful and –less

1. Would you read my sentence and make sure that it makes _______ ?

• faith

• sense

• faithful

2. When her brother was nervous about trying out for the school play, she told him she had ____________ in his abilities.

• faith

• sense

• faithful

3. They didn’t understand why the woman would hurt someone on purpose; it seemed ___________ and illogical to them.

• helpful

• senseless

• endless

4. The list of chores on the fridge seemed ____________ .

• helpful

• senseless

• endless

5. When buying clothes, my mother always inspects the material to make sure there are no ______________(s).

• flaw

• helpless

• end

6. When I was struggling with math, my tutor was very _____ and explained things in a way that I could understand.

• helpful

• senseless

• endless

When we won our baseball championship, we felt like a ________ team that had really accomplished something.

• success

• successful

• help

Everyone else voted against me, so I was ____________ to change their minds.

• powerful

• power

• powerless

On a ship, the captain makes decisions, gives orders, and is the most ________ person.

• powerful

• power

• powerless

My sister saw me struggling and asked me if I needed ________ with my homework.

• success

• successful

• help