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Root Word "Cess" Worksheet

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Root Word "Cess" Worksheet

Root Word "Cess" Worksheet

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📚 Part 1: Understanding the Root Word "Cess"

The root word "cess" comes from Latin and means "to go" or "to move".

When we add prefixes and suffixes to "cess", we create many different words that all relate to movement or going.

1. Read each word and think about how it relates to "going" or "moving":

access, process, recess, recession, necessary, concession

🔗 Part 2: Match the Words with Their Definitions

2. Draw lines to match each word with its correct definition:
1. access
2. ancestor
3. necessary
4. recession
5. process
6. concession
7. recessive
8. recess
A. A break or pause in activities
B. A series of steps to complete something
C. Someone who came before you in your family
D. The ability to enter or approach
E. Something that must be done; required
F. A period when the economy goes backward
G. Something given up or yielded
H. A trait that is hidden or goes back

🔧 Part 3: Building New Words

3. Use the root word "cess" with different prefixes and suffixes to create new words. Fill in the blanks:

a) recess → recession → _____________ (adjective form)

b) access → _____________ (past tense) → _____________ (able to be reached)

c) process → _____________ (past tense) → _____________ (continuous form)

d) _____________ →ecessary → necessarily (adverb form)

4. Create your own words using "cess" and these prefixes/suffixes:

Prefixes: pro-, re-, ac-, ex-, suc-

Suffixes: -ion, -ive, -ed, -ing, -ible

📝 Part 4: Fill in the Blanks

5. Complete each sentence using a word with the root "cess":

a) During lunch, students go outside for _____________ to play and relax.

b) You need a password to _____________ your email account.

c) My great-grandmother is my _____________ who lived before me.

d) It is _____________ to wear a seatbelt when driving for safety.

e) The factory uses a special _____________ to make chocolate bars.

f) During the economic _____________, many businesses struggled.

🔤 Part 5: Alphabetical Order

6. Put these "cess" words in alphabetical order by writing them on the lines below:

Words to organise: recession, access, processes, ancestors, recess, necessary, concession, accessed

1. _________________________

2. _________________________

3. _________________________

4. _________________________

5. _________________________

6. _________________________

7. _________________________

8. _________________________

💭 Part 6: Think and Write

7. Choose three words from this worksheet and write a short paragraph using all three words. Underline each "cess" word you use:
8. Can you think of any other words that contain the root "cess"? Write them here:

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