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Building Vocabulary: Word Roots, Affixes, and Reference Materials

Question 5 • *HSA 26-27 English IV A -IC

Which word contains a suffix?

Answer
r
reverse
p
prewrite
h
happiness
d
disbelief

Explanation

A suffix is a word part added to the end of a word. In “happiness,” the suffix “-ness” is added to “happy” (with the spelling changing to “i”) to form a noun, so “happiness” is the correct choice.

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