Look at the following words.

Like – likeness


Punctual – punctuality


The words on the left are adjectives and those on the right are their noun forms.


Write the noun forms of the following words by adding –ness or –city to them appropriately. Check the spelling of the new words.


(i) lofty…………….. (vi) enormous ………


(ii) able ………….. (vii) pleasant …………….


(iii) happy ………….. (viii) dense …………….


(iv) near ……………. (ix) great …………….


(v) noble …………… (x) stable …………….

(i) loftiness


(ii) ability


(iii) happiness


(iv) nearness


(v) nobility


(vi) enormity


(vii) pleasantness


(viii) density


(ix) greatness


(x) stability


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