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Use suffixes -ment and -ness

Add the suffixes -ment and -ness to root words to form nouns (enjoyment, sadness, happiness)

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine a word is a LEGO brick. You can add a special piece to the end to make a new word!

  2. 2

    What do we call the special pieces we add to the end of a word?

  3. 3

    Let's make the word 'enjoyment' together!

  4. 4

    Build the word 'happiness' by adding a suffix to 'happy'.

  5. 5

    Which suffix do you add to 'sad' to make 'sadness'?

  6. 6

    Now make the word 'agreement' by adding a suffix to 'agree'.

  7. 7

    What does 'enjoyment' mean?

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