Language Development: Word Study

Identify the choice that best answers the question.

Use your knowledge of suffixes to identify the noun meaning “the act or condition of watching closely.”

A. observation
B. observing
C. observed
D. observingly

1 answer

The correct choice that best answers the question is:

A. observation

The suffix "-tion" indicates the act or condition of something, making "observation" the noun that means "the act or condition of watching closely."