What does happiness mean?
Word: Happiness
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Happiness means the feeling of being happy, glad and pleased with things.
Synonyms: joy, delight, gladness
Antonyms: sadness
How do you spell happiness?
Syllables: hap - pi - ness
Tricky part: The y of happy turns into i when the ending joins on, so happyness is wrong. The middle keeps the double p of happy.
Watch out for: happyness, hapiness
Memory tip: Start with happy and swap its y for an i before anything else is added: happy, happi, then the rest.
Happiness in a sentence
Example 1: You could see the happiness on Grandma's face when we arrived.
Example 2: Winning the match filled the team with happiness.
Example 3: Small things, like a cup of hot tea in the rain, bring me happiness.
Fun Fact
Bhutan, a small country in the Himalayas, measures how well its people are doing with something called Gross National Happiness, not only with money.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
happiness
a) pleasure
b) glee
c) cheer
d) sorrow
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d) sorrow. Sorrow is deep sadness, the opposite of happiness.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
sniphapes
a) happiness
b) hippaness
c) ahppiness
d) happinses
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a) happiness. Happy is easy to spot in these letters once its y becomes i; the rest is the ending.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) cheerful
b) excitement
c) happinness
d) laughter
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c) happinness. The ending of happiness has a single n.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
h_ppin_ss
a) e, e
b) a, i
c) o, e
d) a, e
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d) a, e. Happy starts with ha, and the ending is ness, with an e.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Happiness names a feeling. Which word also names a feeling?
a) prouder
b) proud
c) pride
d) proudly
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c) pride
2. Which sentence shows happiness?
a) Rohan yawned all through the film.
b) Rohan grinned as he hugged his new puppy.
c) Rohan frowned at the long sum.
d) Rohan sighed when the rain began.
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b) Rohan grinned as he hugged his new puppy.
