Turning adjectives into nouns using the suffixes -ity and -ness | English

Starter quiz

Match the words to their root words.
- fearful
  
  ⇔
  
  fear ✓
- happiness
  
  ⇔
  
  happy ✓
- enjoyment
  
  ⇔
  
  enjoy ✓
Select the nouns.
- cat ✓
- walked
- bed ✓
- ran
- food ✓
Match the word to the suffix it contains.
- punishment
  
  ⇔
  
  -ment ✓
- happiness
  
  ⇔
  
  -ness ✓
- luxurious
  
  ⇔
  
  -ous ✓
- sweeter
  
  ⇔
  
  -er ✓
Select the adjective from the following sentence: 'The happy child skipped home.'
- happy ✓
- child
- skipped
- home
Select the adjective from the following sentence: 'The cold ice stung my skin.'
- the
- cold ✓
- ice
- stung
- skin
Match the word to the suffix it contains.
- concentration
  
  ⇔
  
  -tion ✓
- laziness
  
  ⇔
  
  -ness ✓
- equality
  
  ⇔
  
  -ity ✓