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

helpful

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: "A thought_____ person is someone who thinks about others before themselves."

thoughtful

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

thoughtless

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."

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Change "painless" for "painful".

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: "The movie was successful. It earned more than 1 billion dollars at the box office."

Not necessary to change anything. The sentence is correct.

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

useful

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.

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

powerless

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

hopeful