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title: Suffixes -ous, -ly, -ful, -less, -ness, -ment — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · English
description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 9 «Suffixes -ous, -ly, -ful, -less, -ness, -ment» of the English course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Suffixes -ous, -ly, -ful, -less, -ness, -ment

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The 16 questions of lesson 9 «Suffixes -ous, -ly, -ful, -less, -ness, -ment» of the English course of Mova's primary school with their options, 88 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/t1/) — «I'm tamping, I wrote happyly and she marked it wrong». What should Rhys remember? — right ✓ · ★★★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/t2/) — «careful's got full in it, so two l's, obvs». What's the slip? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/t3/) — «basicly, I'm right, innit». What is the spelling of his first word? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/t4/) — What would happen if -ous ended in e, like «house»? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/t5/) — «argue, so arguement, same as enjoyment keeps nothing». Put him right. — right ✓ · ★★★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/t6/) — «I'm nesh and useless today, can't even spell useles». What's right? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/t7/) — In a cartoon, a teacher writes «humourous» on the board. What should it be? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/t8/) — «adore → adoreable, notice → noticable, it's just opposite day». What is right? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/t9/) — «visible is v-i-s + ible, so readable should be readible». Is that right? — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/t10/) — ★★★ Split «carelessness» into its parts. — wrong ✗ · ★★★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/t11/) — ★★★ How many of these are spelled correctly: happiness, basically, carefull, humorous, argument? — right ✓ · ★★★
- [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/t12/) — ★★★ Which word follows a rule that «publicly» breaks? — right ✓ · ★★★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/e1/) — Ascertain the correct spelling of the word formed by the addition of the suffix -ness to the adjective «happy». — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/e2/) — Identify the principal reason for which the final e is retained in the word «changeable». — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the suffix -ful. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/e4/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the suffix -less in the word «useless»? — wrong ✗ · exam

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