Suffixes -tion, -ness, -ship, -hood

We add the suffix -hood to these words:

• adulthood and championhood

• childhood and neighborhood

• friendhood and relationhood

• sickhood and kindhood

She doesn't live in my​ (a)  

• neighborhood
• neighborship
• friendship
• friendhood
• dfiofd
• sadness
• sadship

Ana is Sarah's friend. Their​ (a)   will last for a long time!

• friendship
• neighborship
• friendhood
• dfiofd
• sadness
• sadship
• neighborhood

He was crying a lot! His ​​ (a)  

was heartbreaking.

• sadness
• neighborship
• friendhood
• sadship
• neighborhood
• friendship

Match the following words to their suffixes:

• Relationship

• Champion

• Championship

• Happy

• Kindness

• Adult

• Happiness

• Relation

• Adulthood

• Kind

We use the suffix -ness to change an adjective to a noun.

• True

• False

We use the suffix -ness with these words:

• childness and sickness

• kindness and leaderness

• friendness and greatness

• darkness and brigthness

We use the suffix -ship with these words:

• Decorateship and Rotateship

• Friendship and and leadership

• Relationship and championship

• Amazingship and sadship

We use the suffix -tion with these words:

• Rotation and revolution

• Friendtion and relation

• Childtion and adultion

• Communication and decoration