Creating nouns with the suffixes -tion, -ity and -ness | English

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Match the words to their roots.
- fearful
  
  ⇔
  
  fear ✓
- hurried
  
  ⇔
  
  hurry ✓
- contentment
  
  ⇔
  
  content ✓
Select the nouns.
- cat ✓
- barked
- garden ✓
- hid
- food ✓
Match the word to the suffix it contains.
- punishment
  
  ⇔
  
  -ment ✓
- happiness
  
  ⇔
  
  -ness ✓
- joyous
  
  ⇔
  
  -ous ✓
- greener
  
  ⇔
  
  -er ✓
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: The darknes engulfed them.
- darkness ✓
- darknes
- darcknes
Select the adjective from this sentence. The happy child ran home.
- happy ✓
- child
- ran
- home
Select the adjective from this sentence. The cold ice hurt my skin.
- the
- cold ✓
- ice
- hurt
- skin

Match the word to the suffix it contains.
- concentration
  
  ⇔
  
  -tion ✓
- happiness
  
  ⇔
  
  -ness ✓
- equality
  
  ⇔
  
  -ity ✓
What type of noun is 'February'?
- common noun
- proper noun ✓
- abstract noun
What type of noun is 'happiness'?
- common noun
- proper noun
- abstract noun ✓
Match the noun to the noun type.
- grass
  
  ⇔
  
  common noun ✓
- King Charles
  
  ⇔
  
  proper noun ✓
- bravery
  
  ⇔
  
  abstract noun ✓
Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the sentence. Please diskribe what your character looks like.
- 'describe' ✓
Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the sentence. Do you come here offin?
- 'often' ✓

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A suffix is a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning and sometimes wordclass.
The suffixes -tion, -ity and -ness create nouns.
An abstract noun is a type of noun that names an idea or quality that cannot be seen.
How to spell the curriculum words: describe, often and notice.

Pupils think that all nouns are a person, place or thing that you can touch.

Show a range of different nouns, including common and abstract nouns. Show that they can be described with an adjective.

Noun - a naming word for a person, place or thing.
Abstract noun - a type of noun that names an idea or quality that cannot be seen
Root word - the base word from which other words are formed often by adding prefixes or suffixes
Suffix - a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning