Suffix -hood

What does the suffix '-hood' mean when used at the end of a word?

• A) A place

• B) A state, condition, or group of people

• C) An action

• D) A time period

Childhood refers to the _________.

• state of being a child

• period of old age

• time of adolescence

• stage of retirement

A group of people living as neighbors are what makes a _________

• neighborhood

• continent

• planet

• forest

A group of brothers/sisters, or a group of men/women with the same goals and ideals, is called a ________ or a ________.

• brotherhood, sisterhood

• team, crew

• family, clan

• union, league

What word is formed by combining 'adult' and 'hood'?

• adulthood

• adultness

• hoodship

• adultify

What word is formed by combining 'mother' and 'hood'?

• motherhood

• mothering

• motherly

• mothership

What word is formed by combining 'queen' and 'hood'? Fill in the blank: queen + hood = ________

• queenhood

• queenwood

• queenhead

• queenhold

Combine the word 'king' with the suffix 'hood' to form a new word.

• kinghood

• kinging

• kingful

• kingless

What word is formed by combining 'truth' and the suffix 'hood'?

• truthhood

• truthful

• truthiness

• truthship

What word is formed by adding the suffix 'hood' to the word 'father'?

• fatherhood

• fathering

• fathered

• fathership