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What made people believe General Blood-and-Thunder was their man?

People believed that General Blood-and-Thunder was their man because he was a son of the village who became a soldier many years back. His fighting skills on the battlefield had made him a famous commander.


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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 …………….