פעילות התאמת מילים באנגלית: Suffix: -ness

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.