Answer Key
Noun suffixes (3)
Use the words in brackets to form nouns. Use the following suffixes:
-al, -ment, -hood, -ness, -ship
- The Public [awareness] (aware) initiative seeks to increase the profile of renewable energy with the public.
- This company needs much more dynamic [leadership] (leader).
- He's not willing to work anywhere else but in his [neighborhood, neighbourhood](neighbor).
- The last [rehearsal] (rehearse) was just a waste of time.
- What would you say is your biggest career [achievement] (achieve)?
- That criminal deserves the strictest [punishment] (punish) possible.
- One of my earliest [childhood] (child) memories is the time when I was learning to skate with my uncle.
- This book gives its readers some useful tips on how to get over their [shyness] (shy).
- Before we start it, we need our manager's [approval] (approve).
- The number of immigrants seeking [citizenship] (citizen) has increased dramatically.
Some nouns for you to remember:
| -al | Refusal, arrival, approval, dismissal, denial, proposal, survival, rehearsal |
|---|---|
| -ment | Excitement, punishment, requirement, achievement, acknowledgement, advertisement, improvement, appointment, disappointment, refreshment |
| -hood | Neighborhood, brotherhood, childhood, adulthood, motherhood |
| -ness | Happiness, loneliness, emptiness, sadness, madness, shyness, awareness, brightness |
| -ship | Relationship, friendship, hardship, citizenship, membership, partnership, championship, dictatorship, leadership, ownership |