Who's Who in the British Royal Family - Language Focus 3

 Language Focus 3 - Suffixes

1. Observe the noun homelessness.
a. How many suffixes does it have?  
b. Look at the following transformations:
Home (noun) ⮕ homeless (adjective) ⮕ homelessness (noun)
What does -less mean?   ☐ full of / with a lot        ☐ without        ☐ state or quality
c. Use Questions a. and b. to explain in English what homelessness means.

2. Match each word with an equivalent or a definition.
Fearlessness                ☐                  ☐ The state of having no beginning or end
Defenceless                 ☐                  ☐ Bravery
Timelessness               ☐                  ☐ Immobility
Joyless                           ☐                  ☐ Light, absence of gravity
Motionlessness           ☐                  ☐ Unprotected, vulnerable
Weightless                    ☐                  ☐ Unhappy