Root Words Worksheet
Directions write the root word on the blank provided.
Root words worksheet. Prefixes a ad worksheet one prefix takes things away the other add them. In this language arts worksheet your child gets practice adding four common suffixes to root words and checking the spelling in the dictionary. A resource with a worksheet on root words originally designed for work with a dyslexic pupil but also handy for literacy lessons. Prefixes ab be worksheet a prefix that moves things away and one that moves things through.
Beginning middle and end prefix suffix and root words. As promised here is a worksheet for grade 5 elementary root words. Students write the correct suffix with root word next to the meaning. The main or simple word to which an affix is attached is called root word or simply the root.
Our root word worksheets exploit this strategy quite comprehensively to help children through grade 5 gain the most out of it. Pick at least one prefix or suffix to add to each root word to make a new word. Developed by the national pass center with funding from solutions for out of school youth sosy migrant education program consortium incentive 2012 reading on the move. Students write the meanings of given words based on suffixes.
Learning root words is an effective strategy that can magically open up the mind to comprehend multiple words in many other languages besides english. Root words provide the foundation upon which the meaning of a word forms. Students identify root words and suffixes of given words. Fairly straightforward and the explanations are on the sheet.
It defines root words and contains writing and matching activities for the students. Suffixes ible able ive and ion a suffix is a group of letters added to the end of a root word. Words are made up of different parts. When students learn the meaning of root words and can recognize those roots in more complex words they are equipped to decode unfamiliar words they encounter.
Adding prefixes dis non and super these prefixes either lower level or heighten things. Root words are unique from affixes in that they can fully stand on their own and they do not need the help of a word part to make sense and have a distinct meaning. A prefix or suffix can often be added to these roots to form a new meaning for the word. Plant seeds for a lifetime of reading writing and speaking success with our root words worksheets.
Printable root words worksheets. As greek and latin languages played a vital role in the development of the english language most of the words used as root are either greek or latin.