Grade 4 Spelling: Words with -ful, -less and -ly
Ten words to practise: careful, helpful, hopeful, useless, helpless and more.
Words with -ful, -less and -ly
Name:Date:Score:
Fill in the missing letters to spell each word.
- 1ca__ful
- 2h_lp_ul
- 3ho_efu_
- 4use_e_s
- 5h__pless
- 6qu_ckl_
- 7slo__y
- 8gl__ly
- 9s_dl_
- 10br_v_ly
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Words with -ful, -less and -ly
Name:Date:Score:
Unscramble the letters to spell the spelling word.
- 1u l e f r c a →
- 2u e l l p h f →
- 3e o u p l h f →
- 4e e u s s s l →
- 5p h e s e l s l →
- 6k y q l c i u →
- 7l s w y l o →
- 8a y l l d g →
- 9d s a l y →
- 10v b l e y a r →
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Words with -ful, -less and -ly
Name:Date:Score:
Look, say, cover, write and check. Write each spelling word three times.
- 1careful
- 2helpful
- 3hopeful
- 4useless
- 5helpless
- 6quickly
- 7slowly
- 8gladly
- 9sadly
- 10bravely
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Answer key — Sheet A (10 answers)
- 1. careful
- 2. helpful
- 3. hopeful
- 4. useless
- 5. helpless
- 6. quickly
- 7. slowly
- 8. gladly
- 9. sadly
- 10. bravely
Answer key — Sheet B (10 answers)
- 1. careful
- 2. helpful
- 3. hopeful
- 4. useless
- 5. helpless
- 6. quickly
- 7. slowly
- 8. gladly
- 9. sadly
- 10. bravely
Answer key — Sheet C (10 answers)
- 1. careful
- 2. helpful
- 3. hopeful
- 4. useless
- 5. helpless
- 6. quickly
- 7. slowly
- 8. gladly
- 9. sadly
- 10. bravely
About this skill
This list focuses on words with -ful, -less and -ly. Sheet A fills in missing letters, Sheet B unscrambles the words and Sheet C is a look-say-cover-write practice page.
How to teach it
- Use look-say-cover-write-check for each word.
- Practise a few minutes every day rather than the night before the test.
- Say the word, then clap the syllables.
Mistakes to watch for
- Guessing from the sound only — check against the pattern.
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