Suffix: -ness English Matching Activity
Practice English vocabulary by matching each picture with the correct word. This activity contains 8 words from the Suffix: -ness topic.
A suffix is a word or letters that is put at the end of a word. A suffix changes the meaning of a word. The suffix -ness means the state of. For example, darkness means the state of being dark. The suffix –ness turns an adjective (describing word) into a noun (person, place, thing, or idea). For example: The dark room is scary. In this sentence, dark is a word describing the room (adjective). The darkness of the room makes it scary., In this sentence darkness is an idea (noun) -- the state of the room. Notice that each of these words ends in the suffix –ness.
Words in this activity
- firmness
- moistness
- ripeness
- sickness
- goodness
- coolness
- weakness
- darkness

