Improve Your Vocabulary Easily: Add “-NESS”!

If you add -ness to an adjective, which part of speech does it change to?

adverbarticleconjunctionnounprepositionpronounverb

If someone expresses surprise about something, which word do they add after 'goodness'?

memyyouyourweustheythem

If an artist paints a portrait of someone, and it looks very similar to that person, you can say that it’s a "good ___________".

lazinesslightnesslikenesslionesslonelinessloveliness

If a person is trying to stop being self-conscious and timid, they are trying to overcome their _________.

sadnessshynesssicknesssurenesssweetness

If your head is feeling strange, and you think you might lose your balance and fall over, you are suffering from _________.

dampnessdeafnessdizzinessdoggednessdrynessdullness

If you criticise someone for sitting around all day doing nothing, you are accusing them of _________.

lazinesslightnesslikenesslonelinessloveliness

What is the opposite of lightness?

happinesshardnesshealthinessheavinesshighnesshomelinesshopefulness

What is the opposite of happiness?

sadnessshortnesssicknessslownessslynesssoftnesssureness

If someone isn’t feeling well, they are suffering from _________.

sadnessshynesssoftnessslownessslynesssickness

Which one of the following adjectives does not have to replace the y with an i when you add -ness?

dizzyhappyheavylazyshy