Word Formation: Prefix, Root, Suffix for Grade 6 [Printable PDF]

Grade 6 English Grammar Worksheet: Word Formation (Prefix, Root, Suffix) [With Examples]

Understanding how prefixes, roots, and suffixes come together to form new words is a crucial part of mastering English grammar. For Grade 6 students, this worksheet helps practice combining prefixes, roots, and suffixes to form complete words, thus expanding vocabulary and improving writing skills.

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What is the topic?
This worksheet focuses on word formation by combining prefixes, roots, and suffixes. By practicing this skill, students can learn to build complex words from simpler ones and enhance their vocabulary.

What's in this worksheet?
1. Exercises on combining prefixes, roots, and suffixes.
2. Understanding how each element contributes to the meaning of the word.
3. Clear examples to demonstrate how prefixes, roots, and suffixes work together.
4. Supports grammar practice and enhances vocabulary.

Definitions, Examples, Techniques, and Tips:
• Definitions:
- Prefixes: Added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning (e.g., "un-" in "unhappy").
- Roots: The base part of a word that gives it its core meaning (e.g., "help" in "unhelpful").
- Suffixes: Added to the end of a word to modify its meaning (e.g., "-able" in "manageable").
• Examples:
- "Un-" + "happy" + "-ness" = "Unhappiness."
- "Re-" + "write" + "-able" = "Rewriteable."
• Tips:
- Break words into their prefixes, roots, and suffixes to better understand their meanings.
- Practice creating new words by combining different prefixes, roots, and suffixes.

Why is it important to learn this?
Mastering the combination of prefixes, roots, and suffixes allows students to build a more sophisticated vocabulary and improve their language skills. It also helps with reading comprehension and writing fluency.

Where will this knowledge help you?
• Exams: Word formation is often tested in vocabulary, grammar, and reading comprehension exams.
• Writing tasks: Understanding how prefixes, roots, and suffixes work will allow students to write more varied and descriptive sentences.
• Class participation: This knowledge will help students speak and write more confidently during class discussions.

How to use this worksheet?
1. Identify the prefix, root, and suffix in each word.
2. Practice combining them to form new words.
3. Check your answers to see if the new word makes sense in the context of the sentence.
4. Regular practice will help reinforce this concept and improve your vocabulary.

Important Tips and Tricks:
1. Understand how prefixes, roots, and suffixes change the meaning of words.
2. Practice regularly with different combinations to strengthen your skills.
3. Double-check your answers to make sure you’ve used the correct prefix, root, and suffix

Complete Answer Key:

Exercise 1 – Match Words to Their Breakdown
1. unhappy → un + happy
2. rewrite → re + write
3. impossible → im + possible
4. preview → pre + view
5. darkness → dark + ness
6. collection → collect + ion
7. enjoyable → enjoy + able
8. illegal → il + legal
9. postgraduate → post + graduate
10. interaction → inter + act + ion

Exercise 2 – Sort the Word Pairs
Added Suffix: fair/fairly, bold/boldly, tell/telling, help/helpful, kind/kindly, help/helpless, live/lively, use/usable, trust/trusted, do/doing, pack/packing
No Suffix: believe/belief, write/written, fair/unfair, build/built

Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks
1. unacceptable
2. postgraduate
3. impossible
4. preshow
5. unanswerable
6. definition
7. incomplete
8. uncomfortable
9. unusable
10. interaction

Exercise 4 – Multiple Choice Questions
1. b) unfairly
2. a) retelling
3. c) disbelief
4. b) unhelpful
5. d) rewritten
6. b) unkindly
7. d) reusable
8. d) displeasing
9. a) unforgivable
10. c) discomfort

Exercise 5 – Rewritten Sentences
1. Anjali said the rule was completely unacceptable by all students.
2. Rahul joined a postgraduate course after finishing school.
3. Diya found the maths sum very impossible for her to solve.
4. Pooja attended the preshow before the big annual concert.
5. Arjun said the question in the test was completely unanswerable.
6. Neha described the old road as very uncomfortable in the monsoon.
7. Kartik said his homework was undoable without a calculator.
8. Aarav said the traffic on Diwali was very uncontrollable in Delhi.
9. Rohan said the broken chair was very unusable in the class.
10. Anjali and Rohan built a strong interaction at their school project.
Mastering word formation using prefixes, roots, and suffixes is a valuable skill that will help you improve your vocabulary and writing skills. With practice, you’ll soon be able to form new words with ease and use them confidently in your writing.

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