How Roots, Prefixes, & Suffixes Build Words

Most English words
are made up of smaller elements: roots, prefixes and suffixes. When you know
the common ones and how to combine them, you can understand hundreds of different
words.

The majority of academic vocabulary uses Latin
roots and affixes. (Affixes are prefixes and suffixes.) They are especially useful for English university study or professional work.

Look at Word Parts to Learn New Words

If you already speak a Latin-based language like French, Spanish, Italian, or Portuguese, you have a huge advantage in reading academic English.

If not, you can still increase your vocabulary faster by studying roots and affixes.

As you study them you see will notice common patterns and recognize new words. 

It’s easier to learn words in groups. Studying related words together helps you see the connections between them. That’s why I include so much information on the words made from each root.

The sections below on roots, prefixes and suffixes link to pages with details or practice.

Roots

To study roots, see:

To practice words from a particular root, use the root words table above to find the right page or pages.

• 50 Word Roots from Latin

• English Words from the Latin Root Ponere. 

• Power Words (from the roots Domus and Dominari) and its practice: British Power

• Classical Roots Crossword  & Answers (right click to download), and

As you read new words, analyze them. Are parts familiar? Can you see a pattern? 

For example, if you read about a retractable blade, you can guess its meaning before you look it up.

(Even better: guess instead of looking it up if its meaning isn’t essential.

Don’t break your concentration unless you need the word to understand what you’re reading. If not, write it down to check later.)

For retractable, you may know that the prefix ‘re’ means ‘again’ or ‘back.’  ‘Able’ means that something is possible. So you can guess ‘retractable’ is about the possibility of ‘tracting’ something back, or again.

‘Tract’ is also the base of ‘attract,’ ‘distract,’ and ‘traction,’ so it seems related to a pulling movement. Good guess! In fact, retractable wheels on an airplane can be pulled back into the body of the plane. Retractable hose is easy to rewind (pull back into storage.) Retractable awnings can be pulled back easily.

Here’s another example of how prefixes and suffixes can change the meaning and use of a root. These words come from ‘form’: 

form, form, form, form, form, form, form, form, form, form, form, conform, form, form form, form

Prefixes and Suffixes

Positive & Negative Prefixes

Practice prefixes of location and relationship (anti-, com-, ex-, in-, sub-, sym-, and trans- +) on 7+ Common Prefixes that Dominate Academic Vocabulary. The Prefix ‘Re-‘ has its own page, with examples and practice.

The Negative
Prefix List gives prefixes that make words negative. It has examples of each prefix and explains the
differences in their meanings and use. Check your understanding on the Practice Negative Prefixes page.

Suffixes: Useful Word Endings

Suffixes sometimes change the meanings of words. More often they change their positions in a sentence. It’s very helpful to know the different endings that belong to different parts of speech. Adding an ending can change a word from one part of speech into another.

For example, adding ‘-ive’ to ‘act’ (a noun or verb) makes the adjective ‘active.’ If you add’ -ly’ to ‘active’ you get the adverb ‘actively.’ You could add ‘-ate’ instead to get the verb ‘activate.’

Each suffix means something different and fills a different place in a sentence.

If you recognize more suffixes, you’ll understand more of what you read. You’ll also be able to use the words correctly when you write.

See also Word Families, Word Family Practice, and Word Formation Examples and Exercises.

Would you like a simpler, more organized way to learn the essentials for using roots and affixes?

The most efficient way to learn common roots and affixes is with a step-by-step course. This inexpensive course will teach you the most common prefixes, suffixes, and roots. You’ll get the background you need to continue learning them as you keep reading in English.

Whether you take a course or study a few at a time, learning common roots, prefixes, and suffixes is worth the effort. Knowing how they combine can help you recognize hundreds of new English words!

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Worksheets to Boost Vocabulary

These root, prefix and suffix worksheets can help you learn and practice the most common and useful word parts that build English vocabulary.

This is one of the fastest ways to increase your English vocabulary. They will help you recognize the meanings of so many related words!

You’ve probably noticed how many pages on EnglishHints teach these roots and affixes (prefixes and suffixes). They are important to study because they can make such a difference to your vocabulary!

Now I’ve taken some of the most useful lessons & prefix and suffix worksheets and combined them into self-study packets.

That way, you can download them to practice and refer to whenever you need them. (It’s so much easier than trying to find a page you want to check or review later!)

First there’s a completely new set of root, prefix and suffix worksheets: an Introduction to Roots and Affixes. It gives a simple, step-by-step approach to understanding suffixes, common prefixes, and several important word roots.

These are the root, prefix and suffix worksheets I would recommend. They’d be useful for anyone trying to learn the basics of English word construction.

There’s also a three-lesson version of that introduction if you need something shorter or less expensive. It concentrates on the prefix and suffix worksheets, with just a few roots that show how the prefixes and suffixes are used. 

Below that, I’ve included root, prefix and  worksheets separately (starting with suffixes), in case you want to concentrate on them one at a time.

They are based on pdfs I had made for classrooms, but I’ve redesigned them for individual study now.

For the full benefits of learning roots and affixes, get the combined study guide with all these packets for $12.00 (a 20%+ discount). See the bottom of the page. 

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will need Adobe or another pdf reader to download these pdfs. If you do not have
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Introduction to Roots & Affixes

These five simple, step-by-step lessons will help you understand and practice the basics of English word construction: prefixes, suffixes, and roots.

Increase your vocabulary quickly by learning how to recognize new words based on the word parts you already know.

Recognizing the suffixes that mark different parts of speech will improve your grammar. They can help you gain confidence in expressing yourself in English.

You will learn how add to or change the meaning of roots. Then you’ll practice recognizing those changes in meaning.

You will study and work with several common until they are quite familiar. You may also be surprised how many roots you already recognize because you know several words made from them! 

Some of the lessons will seem quite simple, especially if you have been reading in English for a while (or if you speak French, Spanish, Italian, or Portuguese, which use many of the same roots and prefixes.)

However, the lessons build on each other, and I wanted to make it easy even if you do not have much experience with English prefixes or suffixes.

Each lesson should take you from 15 minutes to half an hour. (You might need extra time for the bonus in lesson 5, but probably not much.)

So you can easily finish all the lessons in a week or so. Then you’ll have a big head start on recognizing new words in English, since so many are built with roots and affixes. 

Short, varied exercises (and a quiz at the end of each lesson) let you practice each new point.

You’ll get extensive practice with multiple important suffixes, 14 prefixes, and 14 roots. There are also hints and thought exercises with 25 more roots.

Each lesson builds on the material from earlier lessons, from an easy start to broader application of what you’ve learned by the end of the lessons.

Lesson 1: Suffixes with ‘Act’: pgs. 1-12 (very short pages)

• Word Families & the ‘Act’ family (with examples in use, from action and actively to activate+): 5-7. (These are very short pages.)
• Practice (& Answers): Suffixes (& parts of speech) for ‘act’ & other common words 8-10
• Quick review quiz & answers 11-12

Lesson 2. Prefixes with Act (& Renew): 13-28

• Negative Prefixes 14-17; Think of other examples: (Possible Answers) 17
• The Prefix Re- with Renew 18-22; Think of Others: Answers- 19
• Practice Forms of Renew (& Answers)- 21-22
• The Prefixes Re- & Inter- with Act-23; 
• Practice Forms of React & Interact- 24-25; Answers 26
• Quick review quiz & answers 27-28

Lesson 3. Words Made from the Roots Clude & Dict: 29-42

• Forms of conclude, exclude, include (& preclude)- 30; Practice 31-33; Answers 34-35
• Dict- 36; practice forms of predict-37 (answers 38)
• Review Matching practice- 39 (answers 40); Quick review quiz & answers 41-42

Lesson 4. Predicting Unknown Roots: 43-57

• Why & How to Use a Known Root to Predict Unknown Word Meanings (with ‘progress’ as an example) 44-48; Practice 46 (Answer 47)
• The Verb Mov/mot 49-51 (Practice- 50; Answer 51)
• The Verb Cedere 52-55; Practice 53-54; Answers 55
• Quick review quiz & answers 56-57

Lesson 5. Recognizing more Roots: 58-74 

• The Root Videre 59-61; Practice: Evidence-60; Answers 61
• Choose the Best Prefix Practice 62-66; Answers 67
• How Many Words from these Roots Do You Know? 68; Answers-69
• Bonus (More Roots)- 70; Answers- 71
• Quick review quiz-72 & answers-73; More English Study if You’re Interested-74

I would recommend this introduction as the best way to master English word parts (roots and affixes). 

The pdfs of root, prefix, and suffix worksheets below have more exercises, but I’ve included the most important worksheets from each in this introduction. There’s also a clearer sequence for learning them.

As a bonus, I’ve added a download of our popular List of (Common) Prefixes. (See the download email you get after buying the packet.) 

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Printable Introduction to Roots & Affixes: $6.00

If you would prefer easily printable exercises, this ebook is also available as a pdf with longer pages  (Word format). (The original above was made from Powerpoint, so the pages are much shorter and there is only one exercise on each page. It might be complicated to print since pages are not sized for printers.)

The printable version has the same content (except lesson covers). A few pages have been rearranged slightly to keep similar activities together. The List of Prefixes is included at the end rather than being a separate file. The whole ebook is 35 pages including that list.

Click the button below to buy the printable, longer-paged ebook, also for $ USD. 

A Quick (3-lesson) Intro to Roots & Affixes: $2.00

if you want an even quicker, less expensive introduction to word building (prefixes, suffixes, and the basics of word roots), try this packet.

It includes the complete lessons 1,2, & 4 from the Introduction to Roots & Affixes at the top of this page.

It gives full explanations and practice for suffixes and prefixes. Then one lesson shows how to recognize new words from roots you already have seen.

You will also practice with words from a few roots, especially cedere.  the root of access, excessive, precede, process, and succeed (as well as many other words.}

In a couple of hours you can learn the basics of English word-formation. Click the button below to download it and get a head start on understanding English academic vocabulary for $2.00.

Individual Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes Worksheets

Word-Building Suffixes Worksheet Packet:  $5.00

These worksheets use common vocabulary to explain suffix use and to provide practice with each suffix type. They’re for high beginners or intermediate English students,

• Word Families (using ‘act’) and Parts of Speech in Sentences. (2 full pages—also included in the Introduction to Roots & Affixes above.)

• A two-page alphabetical List of Common Suffixes giving parts of speech, examples, and a final column for you to complete with another example or two. It also has 2 pages with extra examples for each. (They show how other words fit into those slots for verbs, nouns, or adjectives.)  

• Noun-building suffixes. (Examples and practice to show their connections to the verbs, adjectives, or other nouns that formed them.)

• Practice with Noun-building suffixes for groups of people, Verb-building suffixes, Adjective-building suffixes, & an Adverb-building suffix (2 pages) + Answers 

• Word Building Practice & Answers (5 pages)
• A Suffix Quiz and its Answers
• Suffixes for Plurals and Tenses and for Comparison (an optional extra page if you want to review them)

Buy the Word-Building Suffixes Packet for $

English Prefix Study Worksheets: $5.00

These worksheets let you practice the prefixes most important for academic vocabulary.

Their brainstorming and practice exercises take a couple of hours total.

I’d recommend having a  basic understanding of suffixes beforehand.

(If you feel unsure you could study the Suffix List page to get the main ideas.)

• 2-page Common Prefixes table: each prefix, its meaning, a couple of examples, space for you to add an extra example or two, and a space to link to other prefixes that have the same meaning 
• Explanation of prefix types and several worksheets with exercises on Prefixes of Quantity, Time, Location, Relationships, & Re-, followed by their Answers. 
• Negative Prefixes: examples, a worksheet, & answers. (Most of these are explained and practiced in the Introduction to Roots & Affixes above.)
• Can You Choose the Best Prefix? (A worksheet practicing prefixes and roots. It’s also in the Introduction above, in a slightly different form, and in the Roots packet below.)

Download Common Prefixes for by clicking the «Buy now» button below.

If you don’t need any of the worksheets, you can download the table from the List of Prefixes (with a shorter explanation) here.

Using Word Roots to Learn Vocabulary: $5.50

Recognizing common word roots can help you guess and learn unknown words more easily.

This worksheet packet lets you practice more than 30 useful Latin and Greek roots.

• Memory Game explanation & cards*
• A list of Common Prefixes and Suffixes for Roots 
• Introduction to Roots with root-prefix combinations that are easy to guess (Choose the Best Prefix…”) & Answers 
• Individual worksheets on words from cedere (concede, excessive, precedent, etc.), quaerere (inquire, request, require), ponere (compose, disposition, oppose, proponent) & Answers 
• Roots related to Our Senses, & Answers 
• Greek Roots & Answers 
• English-Spanish cognate roots and a practice worksheet or quiz with Answers 

* There are 12 memory cards each (8 per sheet) for words from  cedere, quaerere, ponere, and mixed root (from the Intro/Prefix review) practice.  You can print them to use for a game of solitaire or for practice with friends. The memory game cards can also be used as flashcards if meanings are glued onto the backs.

Other worksheet activities include gap-fill exercises, multiple choice, and matching exercises. They start with words that are easy to figure out using the root and prefix meanings. Then you will study a few academic words that are not so simple to understand from the roots.

Buy these worksheets on roots for by clicking the button below.

Complete Root & Affix Guide

To unlock the full vocabulary-building benefits that you can get by recognizing prefixes, suffixes, and roots, check out this Complete Root & Affix Bundle. 

You can study and practice all the common prefixes and suffixes as well as several more roots.

It includes the complete Introduction to Roots & Affixes (printable version) and almost everything from Word-Building Suffixes, Practice Common Prefixes, and Using Word Roots to Learn Vocabulary.

The only parts left out of those individual packets are ones already incorporated into the Introduction. (That’s mainly the Word Family & Parts of Speech from the Suffix packet and Can You Choose the Best Prefix? — so important it’s in both the individual  Common Prefixes & Word Roots packets.)

So you can get a complete list of contents by reading the four Contents lists above and subtracting the overlap.

The Complete Study Guide is 85 pages, packed with useful explanations and practice exercises.

Since there is some overlap of contents, the bundle should be worth $15-16, but with a 20% multiple- product discount it’s just $12.00. 

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Root, Prefix, & Suffix
Worksheets for Classrooms

English root, prefix, and suffix worksheets can help students learn these
important word comprehension clues. These word parts will help them decode words and speed up their vocabulary acquisition. Practicing with the most common suffixes that mark different parts of speech can also increase students’ writing fluency. 

Knowing even ten each of the most useful prefixes and suffixes, as well as a slightly larger number of common roots, opens the door to a basic recognition of hundreds of new words. (Check out the words beginning with co-, re-, or un- in any English dictionary!)

• Suggestions for Using Root & Affix (= Prefix and Suffix) Worksheets
• Suffix Worksheets (2 packets)
• Prefixes (a worksheet packet)
• Using Roots to Teach Vocabulary
• Root & Affix Bundle (best value)

Most of the worksheets in EnglishHints.com are for high beginners to intermediate or even advanced students.

There are many places to find affix worksheets for the lower elementary grades. (These would be for words like thankful, quickly, higher and highest, remake, preview, and unknown— very common affixes added to basic English words.)

The prefix and suffix worksheets on EnglishHints emphasize common academic vocabulary rather than the most basic words. They start with easy words demonstrating the most common suffixes or prefixes. they go on to words fairly easy to guess from the affixes and a few common root meanings.

In the Roots packet there is also practice with cognates that might help Spanish-speakers (or speakers of any Latin-based language) recognize academic vocabulary more easily.

You should be able to use these worksheet packets at every level in which students have basic English conversational skills. They will include some words students already know, for review, and many new combinations, with lots of examples and practice in using them.

An overview of word formation in English (using already known words)  is especially useful to students who need to read extensively in English or are preparing for a major test.

It will improve students’ writing as well as their reading comprehension if they clearly understand the differences in use between act, action, and active, activate and activation, or simplify and simplification (examples in the Basic Suffix Worksheet Packet).

Root and Affix Packets & Bundles

EnglishHints offers two suffix packets:

There is also a Prefix Packet (the basics for all levels), a Roots packet, and  a root and affix bundle including Word-Building Suffixes and the complete prefix and root packets.

The description of each worksheet packet below also includes links to similar pages on  this site , so you can get an idea if they might be useful in your class. (However, I have modified many exercises in the packets to make them more useful in a classroom setting.)

You can buy any of our worksheets with a credit card or through Paypal through a secure purchase process run by FastSpring. All the worksheets are covered by our guarantee: If you’re not completely satisfied, let me know the problem and I will fix it if I can, or refund your money— your option. All contacts are also covered by our Privacy Policy.

I
would recommend introducing suffixes before doing too much work with roots or
prefixes, because with one or two short suffix lessons students will be better
prepared to understand and use the words they’ll learn as they study word roots.

The various forms of words made with different prefixes and roots
(reflect, reflection, reflexive, etc.) won’t be so confusing if students
understand suffixes.

You
will need Adobe or another pdf reader to download these pdfs. If you do not have
Adobe Reader you can download it, free, here.

Suffix Worksheets on EnglishHints

A basic knowledge of suffixes can help students learn several related words “for the price of one” in time and effort. 

Word-Building Suffixes Packet

This packet
is designed for middle to high beginners or low intermediates, using mostly
common vocabulary. (It introduces some of the more common words from the
Academic Word List as well.) It explains basic suffix use step by step,
providing practice with each new suffix type.

Contents (16 pages in addition to the cover and answer sheets):

·        Table of Contents

·        Notes for the teacher including lesson suggestions

·        
Word
Families (An explanation and demonstration of suffixes using ‘act’) and Parts
of Speech in Sentences (2 pages.)

·         A comprehensive alphabetical two-page List of Common Suffixes, including part of speech, examples, and a right column for students to complete with another example, either with partners, as a class, or independently. (You can see the words in the list on List of Suffixes, but the pdf is in a better format.) 

·          A 2-page table for teachers with more examples for each suffix to use for games or in teaching (and to review the right column above with the class.)

·        
A
list of the 8 most common Noun-building suffixes with a practice table with
examples and boxes to complete showing their relations to the verbs,
adjectives, or other nouns they were made from

·        
5
Noun-building suffixes for groups of people, with practice questions

·        
4
Verb-building suffixes and practice questions (on above page)

·        
15
Adjective-building suffixes with 2 practice questions

·        
1
Adverb-building suffix (on above page)

·        
An
answer sheet for those lists and practice exercises

·        
A
3-page Word Building Practice worksheet made from the best of Word Family
Practice and Word Formation Examples & Exercises. (I chose these particular word
families because my Spanish-speaking students needed extra practice with them.
Several are false cognates, like attend and assist. (The common Spanish
meanings are the reverse of the most common English uses.) I believe the
worksheet practice is better organized and simpler than the practice on the webpages,
though— even though that is an improvement over the worksheets I originally
made for my class!

·        
Its
answer sheets (2 pages)

·        
A
new, brief suffix quiz (considerably easier than the practices, and reduced to
1 page.)

·        
Suffixes
for Plurals and Tenses and Suffixes for Comparison— optional extra page
explaining those basic suffix types. Use if your students need it, or adapt its
ideas to your own review.

These
worksheets are simplified and updated versions of the pages linked to above
plus Word Families and Suffix List by Use, with additional
practice. You can get an idea of what they are like by checking there.

You might
introduce suffixes with the Word Families and Parts of Speech pages and a
brainstorming activity. (Find out how much your students already know about suffixes— they might be surprised!)

Going over the alphabetical suffix list is a chance to highlight the various uses of suffixes and the relations between them. Completing the boxes on the right side of the list is another chance for students to think of one or two words for each type of suffix they may already know. It’s a good partner or group activity, especially if you have a multi-level class where some students have a lot less English vocabulary than others.

The
noun-building (and to a lesser extent the verb and adjective practices)
reinforce the word family relations between different suffixes (-ify> -ification, etc.)

• Buy the Word-Building Suffixes Packet for $5.50,

• or get this packet as part of the Root and Affix bundle ($12.50, with major price discounts for multiple products), below 

• or get it along with roots and prefixes plus the Word Detective packet’s  academic vocabulary and  context clue practice in the Word Detective Value Bundle for $19.50— over 20% off individual prices— on the bottom of  the page of Reading Comprehension Lesson Plans.

If you would like to buy the Word-Building Suffixes packet by itself for $5.50, click the Buy Now button below. (You will also have the option to «continue shopping» and buy it with another packet later.)

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Free Introduction to Word-Building Suffixes

If you cannot currently afford the suffix packet above, or want a better idea of what it includes, this free packet provides a sample with several of the most useful worksheets from the Word-Building Suffixes packet, as well as the two-page suffix table. It should be useful to ESL
classes at all levels above the most basic.

Contents (11 pages including cover, teacher notes, and answer keys, or 7  of content):   

cover,
contents, and lesson suggestions for the teacher

Word
Families page (An explanation and demonstration of suffixes using ‘act’)

the comprehensive 2-page suffix table in both packets above, with an additional column for students to
complete with partners as an introduction to suffixes, a review activity, or even homework.

a
worksheet practicing suffixes from the different parts of speech, with a table
showing how noun-building suffixes are made and fill-ins or questions to
briefly review group noun, verb, and adjective suffixes

a
short suffix quiz, reduced to 1 page

Suffixes
for Plurals and Tenses and Suffixes for Comparison— optional extra page
explaining those basic suffix types. Use if your students need it, or adapt its
ideas to your own review.

Click the button below to download the Basic Word-Building Suffix Worksheet packet. It’s free! (I’d love a comment if you find it helpful.)

English Prefix Study & Worksheets

• 11 pages (in addition to 3 answer keys.)
• includes a table with all the most common
  prefixes
• extensive practice with the  prefixes most important for academic
  vocabulary:
• includes demonstration worksheets to practice
  ways the different prefixes make words when combined with Latin roots

• Contents and Notes for Teachers
• 2-page Common Prefixes table with each prefix,
  its meaning, a couple of examples, space for students to add one or two
  more examples, and a See Also reference to other prefixes meaning the same
  thing (See the List of Prefixes for a similar table and Greek and Latin Prefixes for the see also comparisons.)
• brief explanation of types of prefixes and a 4-page
  series of short practice exercises on Prefixes of Quantity, Time, Location
  (ex-, in-, sub-, & trans-), Relationships (Com-Sym-, Anti-, Contra-,
  & Ob-), and a page practicing Re- (with answer keys) (For many of the same examples and interactive practice exercises see Practice Common Prefixes and The Prefix ‘Re.’
• Negative prefixes: examples, practice, & answer
  key (1 page each) (See Negative Prefix List and Practice Negative Prefixes.)
• Can You Choose the Best Prefix? (1 page mixed
  prefix and root practice or quiz and answer key)

These brainstorming and practice activities require about two
class periods, or two hours distributed over several days. I would normally
teach them after a little work with suffixes and before some practice with word
roots.

Get Common Prefixes for $5.00— or choose the Root and Affix packet or bundle below to include work with suffixes and roots as well as prefixes.

Download Common Prefixes for $5.00 by clicking the «Buy now» button below.

Using Word Roots to Teach Vocabulary

Help intermediate ESL students master academic vocabulary by learning some of the most useful root and prefix combinations.

It includes examples and practice with over 30 important Latin and Greek roots, including 3 pages on Greek roots, 2 on sensory roots (aud, vid, spect, etc.) and 1-2 pages each on words made from cedere (access, exceed, preceding, procedure, successive, etc.), and 2 other especially high-value roots, pointing out Spanish cognates (as well as warning about false cognates like sensible, which means sensitive in Spanish.)

The packet includes suggestions for teaching roots and practicing them with several games, including ‘memory’ (or ‘Concentration’)— with 4 sets of memory cards to practice 24 words and meanings from the roots in the packet.

Other practice activities include gap-fills, multiple choice, and matching exercises, starting with root and prefix combinations with  easy-to-guess meanings based on the root meaning, and going on to important academic words not as easy to guess from the root— with the needed explanations and examples given in the introduction before each practice.

Teaching all the roots in this packet would take about 20 minutes to half an hour for 8-10 days, plus 15 minutes occasionally for review games. The Greek root examples and practice might take 45 minutes. Most of the rest of the worksheets will take 15 minutes to half an hour (or a little longer if you want to brainstorm with the class first).

Most of the games need about 15 minutes, and the memory games can be played by early finishers (1-4 students per set of cards) without help once they’ve been introduced.

29 pages including answer keys for each exercise.

Download this extensive roots’ practice now for $6.00.

Root & Affix Bundle

Give your students a good introduction to word decoding: a basic understanding of how prefixes, roots and suffixes work together to show word meanings.  

Get all three of the main packets above for one low price.

This bundle includes the complete Word Building Suffixes, Common Prefix Practice, and Roots+ Practice for $12.50.

Download the complete bundle now for $12.50— over 20% off the price of the individual packets.

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Please let
me know if you have any problems or any suggestions for improvements (or useful
future worksheets.) I would love to
hear if you find these suffix worksheets useful (and especially if you are
willing for me to post your comments with your first name here as a
‘testimonial’— or with suggestions of the way your class has used them.)

In addition,
you can contact me if you do not want to receive (infrequent)
notices of new root or affix worksheets, or if you would like to receive
notices about new vocabulary or reading comprehension worksheets on
EnglishHints.com.

For individual rather than classroom practice with roots and affixes, see Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes: Worksheets for Individual Study.

There are
other types of vocabulary practice at (That page includes a Word Detective bundle value pack with the complete root, prefix, and Word-Building Suffix packets above plus a Word Detective reading and context clues packet— a great introduction to academic vocabulary and word decoding for under $13.00.) 

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Root Words In English Language PDF: The majority of English words are created by starting with simple words and embellishing them with various prefixes and suffixes. Learning the root words in English with meaning and examples PDF will help you remember things easily. These root words in English examples will help you score well in the verbal ability section of all competitive exams. Learn this list of root words in English for bank exams, SSC, RRB, and UPSC exams. Also, aspirants who want to ace their verbal ability section and those who aspire to improve their English vocabulary skills and those who are in search of root words in English grammar, root words in English PDF download, root words in English with Hindi meaning, English root words list PDF, prefix and suffix words in English PDF, list of all root words in English PDF, root word PDF in Hindi, root word meaning in English grammar, total root words in English language, greek root words in English language, the example of root word in English grammar, most common root words in English language, the origin of words in English language, Latin origin words in English language, french origin words in English language, greek origin words in English list can proceed through this article for complete details on root words for vocabulary PDF, prefix and suffix words in English list. 

Moreover, it is possible to define root words in English vocabulary as whole words that cannot be divided further. It can develop its meaning without using the English language’s suffixes and prefixes. Learn root words for English vocabulary PDF and enhance your vocab skills by understanding the meaning of the root words in English grammar definition. In order to create several English words, basic words are combined with various prefixes and suffixes. Given the depth and Comprehensive nature of the English language, it is challenging to learn every word’s definition. Hence, root words in English vocabulary PDF can make it simple for you to comprehend what all of the words mean with this root words in English pdf. As a result, the root words in English list provided in this article will include root words in English with meaning. For easy preparation, candidates will also be able to download the root words pdf. Get to know the root words in English prefix and suffix lists with meaning and examples in this article. Also, root words in English with Hindi meaning given helps you understand the concept at your convenience.

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What Are Root Words In English Language?

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Origin Of Words In English Language

Each word’s background must be understood in order to comprehend language. Because it is a synthesis of all widely spoken languages, including Spanish, Latin, Greek, and others, English is regarded as a world language. The aspirants’ ability to decipher the meaning of new terms as they are encountered will be made easier by having knowledge of the fundamental words. Check out the list of prefixes suffixes root words and their meanings with Latin origin words in English language, french origin words in English language, greek origin words in English, etc., by referring to the details provided below.

Root Words In English Language

A root word is a word that, when combined with other words, creates new words (prefixes or suffixes). It is the word’s most fundamental component. The fundamental components of roots are either added or removed to create new words. Knowing the common root terms will let you to make educated guesses about the meaning of unfamiliar words, which will improve your vocabulary. The root meaning in English word is a word in its own right.

English Root Words PDF: A list of root words in English PDF is provided with prefix words in English list. Candidates can get to know the English root words prefixes and suffixes and root words in English with Hindi meaning through the root words in English with meaning and examples PDF given below. Utilize these root words in English for SSC CGL, CHSL, bank exams, and other competitive exams. Also, get to know the root words in English with meaning and examples in this PDF. Aspirants preparing for competitive exams can improve their vocabulary by learning the most common root words in English language given here in this list of root words of English PDF. Candidates in search of English root words list PDF, prefix and suffix words in English PDF, root words of English PDF, list of all root words in English PDF, root words for vocabulary PDF, how to learn root words for English vocabulary PDF, root words in English with meaning and examples PDF can utilize this root words in English PDF given below.

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Root Words In English List

Here we have added the prefix and suffix words in English list for understanding the root words in English in detail. The root word for English words can be found by keeping in mind the basic Root Words In English and their meanings. Also, download the root words in English pdf provided above for effective preparation. Refer to the example of root word in English grammar with the list of words and their meanings tabulated below.

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Root Words In English With Meaning: «Bad or evil»

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Root Words In English With Meaning: «Fear or dislike»

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Root Words In English With Meaning: «Opposite or against»

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Root Words In English With Meaning: «to study something»

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List Of Other Root Words In English

Root Words List: Here we have added a list of other root words in English with meanings and sample words.

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Root Words List: Here we have added the words with prefix suffix and root for your reference. Aspirants in search of greek origin words in English list, Latin origin words in English language, french origin words in English language.

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Prefix And Suffix Words In English List

Affixes are morphemes that are added to a base word to change its meaning. They consist of prefixes and suffixes. Prefixes are placed at the beginning of a word, while suffixes are placed at the end. The majority of prefixes and suffixes in English are one or two syllables long, with the exception of the three-syllable suffix -ology. The -s and -‘s suffixes only add the ess sound to the end of a word; they are not even full syllables. Prefixes and suffixes both aid in vocabulary growth and writing proficiency, but only suffixes are employed for grammatical operations like verb conjugation and noun pluralization.

Prefix Words In English List

A prefix is a one- to three-syllable affix that is used to modify the meaning of a base word. For instance, the word impossible, which signifies «not possible,» is created by prefixing the basic word possible with the im- prefix. Understanding prefixes can significantly increase your vocabulary and reading comprehension because they are a common component of English.

Prefix Words In English Grammar

Suffix Words In English List

Suffixes are letters that are appended to a base word to alter its word type, conjugation, or other grammatical characteristics like plurality. In English, suffixes are important for writing and reading comprehension in addition to grammar.

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Candidates in search of 20 root words with prefixes and suffixes and are looking for additional root words in English grammar can refer to the root words in English prefixes and suffixes with meaning and examples provided here in this article.

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Q. What are the examples of root words?

Q. What are root words in English / Define root word in English grammar?

A root word is a word that, when combined with other words, creates new words (prefixes or suffixes).

Q. How many English root words are there / How many root words in English language?

In the English language, there are almost 100+ root words that have been identified, which are commonly originated from Greek and Latin.

Q. How to find prefixes suffixes and root words?

Prefixes function as modifiers and occur before root words. A word’s root determines its primary meaning and can be joined to other roots, prefixes, and suffixes. After the root word, suffixes function as modifiers.

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