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Which adjective means "feeling or inspiring optimism about a future event": hopeful or hopeless?

hopeful

Which adjective means "without ability, influence, or power": powerful or powerless?

powerless

If I say that the land is useless for growing crops, it means that I can plant anything there that it will grow. True or false?

False. If the land is useless, it has no value. Nothing will grow there.

Complete with -ful or -less: "Aspirin is use_____ for headaches."

useful

Change one word if necessary: "The movie was successful. It earned more than 1 billion dollars at the box office."

Not necessary to change anything. The sentence is correct.

True or false: A penniless person has a lot of money.

False! A rich person has a lot of money. A penniless person has no money at all.

Change one word if necessary: "He died a slow and painless death. It was horrible!"

Change "painless" for "painful".

Complete with -ful or -less: "Thankfully, the injection was pain_____. I didn't feel a thing."

Painless. It didn't cause any suffering or physical pain.

True or false: "Cruella is a careful driver. Her behavior could cause accidents."

False! Cruella is a careless driver, she drives without reasonable consideration for other road users.

True or false: A merciless person shows compassion for other people, especially when he/she is in a position to punish them.

False! A merciful person is the one who shows compassion. A merciless person shows no mercy.

Which adjective means "showing no mercy or pity": merciful or merciless?

Merciless. Example: "There are reports of merciless attacks on innocent civilians."

Which adjective means "ineffective, weak, impotent": forceful or forceless?

Forceless. Example: “The candidate presented a forceless argument”

True or false: Forceful people express their opinions and wishes in a strong and confident way.

True! Example: "He was a man of forceful character, with considerable diplomatic skills."

Complete with -ful or -less: "A thought_____ person does not show consideration for the needs of other people."

thoughtless

Complete with -ful or -less: "A thought_____ person is someone who thinks about others before themselves."

thoughtful

Complete with -ful or -less: "You feel so help_____ because there's nothing you can do to make the child better."

helpless

Complete with -ful or -less: "Thank you for your advice; it's been very help_____."

helpful