What does fairness mean?
Word: Fairness
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Fairness means treating everyone in the same right and honest way, without having favourites.
Synonyms: justice, equality
Antonyms: unfairness
How do you spell fairness?
Syllables: fair - ness
Tricky part: The air sound is spelt air, as in hair and chair, not are.
Watch out for: fareness, fiarness, fayrness
Memory tip: Fairness has air inside it, straight after the f: picture fresh air blowing over a game played fairly.
Fairness in a sentence
Example 1: Everyone praised the fairness of the class vote.
Example 2: Our teacher picks names from a box for fairness.
Example 3: Fairness means cutting the last biscuit in two so we both get some.
Fun Fact
Fairness comes from fair, an Old English word that first meant beautiful; the sense of just and honest came later.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the suffix that completes the word:
fair
a) niss
b) ness
c) nes
d) nis
Show answer
b) ness. Fair takes ness, with two s's, just as kind becomes kindness.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
fairness
a) injustice
b) honesty
c) truth
d) respect
Show answer
a) injustice. Injustice means unfair treatment, the opposite of fairness.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) fairness
b) respeckt
c) honisty
d) patiance
Show answer
a) fairness. Honesty ends in esty, patience has ie and respect ends in ct; fairness is the only correct spelling.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Our cricket captian is known for her fairness when she picks teams.
a) teams
b) captian
c) fairness
d) cricket
Show answer
b) captian. Captain ends in ain; fairness is spelt right here.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Two brothers must share 10 sweets. Which way shows fairness?
a) five sweets each
b) all ten for the younger one
c) eight for whoever asks first
d) seven for the elder one
Show answer
a) five sweets each
2. People say a judge is known for fairness. What does the judge do?
a) always takes the side of friends
b) decides before hearing anyone
c) listens only to the richer side
d) treats both sides in the same way
Show answer
d) treats both sides in the same way
