Suffix -ness

🔵What do we call a group of letters we add to the end of a root word to make a new word? 

 

• 🔵prefix

   

• 🔵suffix

   

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

🔵When we add -ness to the end of a root word...

 

• 🔵It makes a noun.

   

• 🔵It makes an adjective.

   

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

🔵I can add the suffix -ness to a word without having to change the root word. 

 

• 🔵True

   

• 🔵False

   

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E