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I think the World Park is wonderful. It shows us a colorful world. It is really meaningful to go there. -fulsuffix 学科网

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 学科网

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 helpful useless cheerless helpless useful meaningful meaningless 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 cross in the box. You may use a dictionary.

Adjective (with -ful) Adjective (with -less) cheer end hope meaning sleep taste cheerful x hopeful meaningful sleepful tasteful cheerless endless hopeless meaningless sleepless tasteless

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 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.