Spelling: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Suffix ness (Questions)

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This 'Suffix ness' spelling quiz tests elementary school children on words that can have these letters added to them.

Some words can have the suffix ‘ness’ added to the end of them. When ‘ness’ is placed at the end of a word it cements it by turning an adjective into a noun. This means a describing word changes into a noun. See how many of these spellings you know.

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All this ____ will go soon.

[ ]	sadness
[ ]	sadnes
[ ]	sadeness
[ ]	saddness

You're not able to measure their ____.

[ ]	happyness
[ ]	happynes
[ ]	happieness
[ ]	happiness

The ____ made it hard to see.

[ ]	darkness
[ ]	darcness
[ ]	darckness
[ ]	dackness

The ____ of the fish inside the sea is astounding.

[ ]	pretyness
[ ]	prettyness
[ ]	pretiness
[ ]	prettiness

I am disgusted with his ____.

[ ]	laziness
[ ]	lazziness
[ ]	lazyness
[ ]	lazzyness

His ____ was very proud of his crown.

[ ]	greatness
[ ]	grateness
[ ]	graetness
[ ]	gratness

Her ____ caused her to get into trouble.

[ ]	rudenes
[ ]	rudness
[ ]	rudeness
[ ]	ruddeness

His ____ meant they both succeeded in climbing the mountain.

[ ]	kindeness
[ ]	cindness
[ ]	kindeness
[ ]	kindness

____ me! That is a brave man!

[ ]	Gooodness
[ ]	Goodness
[ ]	Goodnes
[ ]	Goodeness

10.

Luckily, his ____ was not contagious.

[ ]	eelness
[ ]	ealness
[ ]	ilness
[ ]	illness

Spelling: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Suffix ness (Answers)

All this ____ will go soon.

[x]	sadness
[ ]	sadnes
[ ]	sadeness
[ ]	saddness

All you need to do is add 'ness' onto the end of the word, unless the word ends in 'y' because then you change the 'y' for an 'i'.

You're not able to measure their ____.

[ ]	happyness
[ ]	happynes
[ ]	happieness
[x]	happiness

Here we need to change the word happy, so that it ends with an 'i' instead of a 'y' then add 'ness'.

The ____ made it hard to see.

[x]	darkness
[ ]	darcness
[ ]	darckness
[ ]	dackness

That's why the person in this picture has a torch!

The ____ of the fish inside the sea is astounding.

[ ]	pretyness
[ ]	prettyness
[ ]	pretiness
[x]	prettiness

These fish are called exotic fish because they are found in exotic destinations. Exotic means foreign places far away from home!

I am disgusted with his ____.

[x]	laziness
[ ]	lazziness
[ ]	lazyness
[ ]	lazzyness

Here you need to get rid of the 'y' and change it to an 'i'.

His ____ was very proud of his crown.

[x]	greatness
[ ]	grateness
[ ]	graetness
[ ]	gratness

We can call kings and queens your greatness or your highness.

Her ____ caused her to get into trouble.

[ ]	rudenes
[ ]	rudness
[x]	rudeness
[ ]	ruddeness

Poking your tongue out is usually considered rude.

His ____ meant they both succeeded in climbing the mountain.

[ ]	kindeness
[ ]	cindness
[ ]	kindeness
[x]	kindness

Kindness is a good trait in a character and as they say, one good turn deserves another.

____ me! That is a brave man!

[ ]	Gooodness
[x]	Goodness
[ ]	Goodnes
[ ]	Goodeness

'Goodness me' is a popular saying, often said when people are shocked.

10.

Luckily, his ____ was not contagious.

[ ]	eelness
[ ]	ealness
[ ]	ilness
[x]	illness

Contagious means catching.