Lesson 28
Suffixes -less, -ment, -ness
Spelling Focus: When adding -less, -ment, or -ness to most base words, the base stays the same: goodness. If the base word ends in a consonant and a y, change y to i before adding the suffix: business.
- helpless
- careless
- hopeless
- payment
- statement
- movement
- goodness
- softness
- brightness
- business
- spotless
- breathless
- worthless
- useless
- pavement
- treatment
- punishment
- greatness
- fairness
- darkness
*indicates words that are most commonly misspelled by fourth graders in their writing.