Ages 6–9📖 EnglishBeing planted

Root Words & Inflections

Identify frequently occurring root words and their inflectional forms (e.g., look/looks/looked/looking), using affixes as clues to word meaning and understanding how suffixes create nouns and adjectives

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Question 1 of 3

Which pair correctly shows (1) the noun that means “the state of being bright” and (2) the noun that means “a person who writes”?

Question 2 of 3

Which word is the correct noun formed from the root word "sad" by adding a suffix?

Question 3 of 3

Which word means “full of care”?

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