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Word Families
What is a word family
The words in a word family are related to each other by a root word.
To find a new word in a word family we can add prefixes and suffixes to the root word.
Below are some suffixes we can use.
-ing, -er, -s, -ed, -ful, -en, -sion, -ness
Word family examples
- teach, teacher, teaching
- Scare, scary, scaring
- fright, frightening, frighten
Look at the table below. Find the words that belong to the same word family. Write the word families in your workbooks.
| create | decisively | protective | succeed | reliable | decision |
| strengthen | successful | beauty | decide | sadden | sadly |
| decisive | sad | creator | protection | success | protect |
| beautifully | rely | sadness | strength | beautiful | creative |