Spelling: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Suffix ful (Questions)

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This 'Suffix ful' spelling quiz tests elementary school children on words that can end with those three letters.

Certain words can have the letters ‘ful’ added to the end of them to change their meaning. These three letters actually add the idea that you are ‘full’ of the root word (the word it has attached onto the end of). Improve your spelling in this quiz.

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Thanks for your help, you have been very ____.

[ ]	helpfull
[ ]	helppful
[ ]	helpful
[ ]	hellpful

That bruise looks very ____.

[ ]	painful
[ ]	painfull
[ ]	panefull
[ ]	paneful

She was ____ but she crossed her fingers anyway.

[ ]	hopfull
[ ]	hopful
[ ]	hopeful
[ ]	hopefull

Be ____ when you walk across this rope.

[ ]	careful
[ ]	carefull
[ ]	caireful
[ ]	cairefull

This dog is ____.

[ ]	beautyfull
[ ]	beautyful
[ ]	beautiful
[ ]	beautifull

He was very ____.

[ ]	thankfull
[ ]	thankfall
[ ]	thankful
[ ]	thanful

The picture they sent her was ____.

[ ]	wunderful
[ ]	wanderful
[ ]	wonderful
[ ]	wenderful

He was very ____.

[ ]	tareful
[ ]	teerful
[ ]	tierful
[ ]	tearful

This was the most ____ time of their lives.

[ ]	delightful
[ ]	delightfull
[ ]	deelightful
[ ]	deallightful

10.

She was ____ in passing her driving test.

[ ]	successfull
[ ]	successful
[ ]	sucesful
[ ]	successfful

Spelling: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Suffix ful (Answers)

Thanks for your help, you have been very ____.

[ ]	helpfull
[ ]	helppful
[x]	helpful
[ ]	hellpful

All you need to do is add 'ful' onto the end of the word.

That bruise looks very ____.

[x]	painful
[ ]	painfull
[ ]	panefull
[ ]	paneful

This means full of pain. We don't add the word full though, we add 'ful' - with one l.

She was ____ but she crossed her fingers anyway.

[ ]	hopfull
[ ]	hopful
[x]	hopeful
[ ]	hopefull

She is full of hope that she will get the job and that's why her fingers are crossed.

Be ____ when you walk across this rope.

[x]	careful
[ ]	carefull
[ ]	caireful
[ ]	cairefull

Be full of care when you walk across this tightrope.

This dog is ____.

[ ]	beautyfull
[ ]	beautyful
[x]	beautiful
[ ]	beautifull

Here is an exception to the rule. Sometimes when a word ends in 'y' you change the last letter for an 'i' then add 'ful'.

He was very ____.

[ ]	thankfull
[ ]	thankfall
[x]	thankful
[ ]	thanful

He is full of thanks. The word 'thank' is called the root word because it stays the same and in place just like roots on a tree.

The picture they sent her was ____.

[ ]	wunderful
[ ]	wanderful
[x]	wonderful
[ ]	wenderful

The word 'wonder' has rooted to the ground and we add the suffix 'ful' to the end.

He was very ____.

[ ]	tareful
[ ]	teerful
[ ]	tierful
[x]	tearful

Babies can't speak so to communicate they cry.

This was the most ____ time of their lives.

[x]	delightful
[ ]	delightfull
[ ]	deelightful
[ ]	deallightful

This word has the 'igh' sound.

10.

She was ____ in passing her driving test.

[ ]	successfull
[x]	successful
[ ]	sucesful
[ ]	successfful

This was a hard one - but remember if you can spell the root word 'success' then it just needs 'ful' to be added.