Transforming Words

Worksheet Description

The “Adding Suffixes to Form New Words” worksheet is a language exercise designed to help students understand how to expand their vocabulary by adding suffixes to base words. The worksheet lists base words such as “transform,” “weak,” and “teach,” and students are instructed to add a suffix to each base word to create a new word, which they must write on the provided line. Additionally, for each new word created, students must identify and write down its part of speech on another line. This activity requires students to not only form new words but also to think about the grammatical function of these words in the context of English language structure.

This worksheet teaches students the morphological skill of using suffixes to create different forms of words, particularly focusing on how these suffixes change the word’s part of speech. By adding suffixes, students learn how a verb can become a noun, an adjective, or an adverb, and how this affects the word’s use in a sentence. The exercise is designed to enhance the students’ understanding of word formation and to increase their awareness of the grammatical categories that words can belong to. Ultimately, it aims to improve their ability to manipulate words and their functions, which is essential for effective communication in the English language.