Question

which word contains a suffix?
○ reverse
○ prewrite
○ happiness
○ disbelief

Explanation:

A suffix is a morpheme added at the end of a word to form a new word or change its meaning/part of speech. Let's analyze each option:

• "reverse": No suffix (it's a base word or has a prefix "re-" but no suffix at the end).
• "prewrite": Has the prefix "pre-" but no suffix (ends with "write").
• "happiness": The root is "happy" (modified to "happi-" to attach the suffix "-ness", which is a common suffix forming nouns from adjectives, meaning "state of").
• "disbelief": Has the prefix "dis-" but no suffix (ends with "belief").

So "happiness" contains the suffix "-ness".

Answer:

happiness