
Using Word Parts for Understanding Unfamiliar Words
Enhance your vocabulary skills by learning how to decipher unfamiliar words using word parts such as roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Explore the basic meanings of roots and how combining them can create new words. Delve into word families and common prefixes to expand your word knowledge effectively.
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HAWKES LEARNING Using Word Parts for Unfamiliar Words
Lesson Goals This lesson will teach you how to use word parts to find the meaning of unfamiliar words.
Word Parts Roots Prefixes Suffixes HAWKES LEARNING
Roots The root contains the basic meaning of the word Root word can stand alone
Roots contains basic meaning lovely Root word can stand alone
Roots contains basic meaning lovely Root word can stand alone Combining root must be combined
Roots contains basic meaning lovely Root word can stand alone Combining root must be combined biology
Roots Root Meaning auto self biblio book bio life dict to say/speak graph to write HAWKES LEARNING
Roots Word Family root meaning root meaning HAWKES LEARNING
Roots Word Family d i c t i o n a r y c o n t r a d i c t HAWKES LEARNING
Word Families Connect Spelling words Word meanings
Prefixes word parts added to the beginning of a root + = new word prefix root Tone HAWKES LEARNING
Prefixes word parts added to the beginning of a root Tone amount, time, or position positive or negative HAWKES LEARNING
Prefixes added to the beginning of a root preview pre view = + Tone to see before before to see HAWKES LEARNING
Common Prefixes Prefix Meaning bi- two co- with, together mis- wrong, bad post- after re- again HAWKES LEARNING
Suffixes added after the root of a word Show amount, time, or position. + = new word suffix root Tone HAWKES LEARNING
Suffixes added after the root of a word Show amount, time, or position. less + friendless friend = Tone without friends without HAWKES LEARNING
Suffixes Suffix Meaning -able able, can do -ful full of -fy make, become -ize cause, become, make like -ly like HAWKES LEARNING