Suffixes practice

It is use with nouns (people, places, things, and ideas)

It means the "state or condition of" something

Examples: cuteness, heartlessness, ugliness, happiness, softness

A noun that means being in a state of happy would be "happiness"

A noun that means in the condition of being shaky would be "shakiness"

A noun that means being in the state of being empty would be "emptiness"

It turns a word into an adjective (adjectives describe nouns)

It means "full of"

My careful planning helped me be successful. ("careful" describes the planning that was full of care)

The remorseful child was sorry for her prank that embarrassed her sister. ("remorseful" describes the child who was full of remorse)