Recognise Word Families

Look at the list of words below:

 

Help

Helpful

Helper

Helping

Helped

 

These words all make a word family.

 

 

Why do you think they are called a word family?

 

Each word contains the root word help.

 

A root word is a word where neither a suffix nor a prefix have been added.

 

Many of the words in this 'help' family have had a prefix added.

 

Helpful

Helper

Helping

Helped

 

Can you think of any other words that could join the help family?

 

We could have helpless and unhelpful.

 

 

How many words can you think of with the root word walk?

 

Here is a walk family:

Walking

Walks

Walked

Walker

 

 

In this activity, you’ll be looking at root words and their families. Remember that a root word does not have a prefix or suffix added to it.