Question

Choose the correct abstract noun form of the underlined adjective.
Raj was an honest person. He was well known for his_____.
a. honestness
b. honestful
c. honesty
d. honestfullness

Answer 1

Hint: Honesty is a moral character that is positive and the person also has various attributes like truthfulness, conduct, integrity and absence of lying, theft, cheating etc. The person is also loyal, fair and sincere.

Complete answer:
Abstract nouns includes nouns which express ideas, concepts or qualities that cannot be seen or experienced. Examples include words like anger, liberty, freedom etc. Adjectives are words which tell us or describe more about a noun. Here honest is the adjective used to describe the noun, Raj. Honest means truthful and sincere. To change adjectives to abstract noun suffixes like -ness are added. But here honestness, honestful and honestfullness aren’t the write options as they don’t have any dictionary meaning.
Honesty is the correct abstract form of the adjective 'honest'. Honest represents a positive character trait and is used for someone who is sincere.

Example: Honesty is the best policy.

Note: All abstract nouns are not formed by adding -ness to adjectives.