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Morphology Practice Worksheet

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Morphology Practice Worksheet

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🎯 WALT: We Are Learning To identify and analyse prefixes, suffixes, and base words to understand how morphemes change meaning

Instructions: Read each question carefully. Take your time and think about how word parts work together.

📚 Part 1: Word Building & Analysis

1. Break these words into their morphemes (word parts). Write the prefix, base word, and suffix in the boxes:

unhelpful

Prefix: _________ + Base word: _________ + Suffix: _________

reorganise

Prefix: _________ + Base word: _________ + Suffix: _________

2. Add the correct suffix to change each word's meaning. Choose from: -ful, -less, -tion, -ly

hope + _______ = without hope

care + _______ = full of care

act + _______ = the process of doing

quick + _______ = in a quick way

3. Circle the base word (root) in each of these words:

prehistoric: pre | historic | ic

disagreement: dis | agree | ment

colourful: colour | ful

✏️ Part 2: Meaning & Word Class

4. Explain how the prefix changes the meaning of each word:

happyunhappy

viewreview

5. What word class (noun, verb, adjective, adverb) is each word? Write your answer:

beautiful (adjective) → beautifully = _________

teach (verb) → teacher = _________

quick (adjective) → quickly = _________

6. Extension Challenge: Create your own word using at least two morphemes. Explain what each part means:

My word: _________________

📝 Teacher Answer Key

1. unhelpful: un- + help + -ful; reorganise: re- + organ + -ise

2. hopeless, careful, action, quickly

3. historic, agree, colour

4. un- makes happy negative; re- means to do again

5. adverb, noun, adverb

6. Answers will vary - check for correct morpheme identification

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