Word Parts and Meaning: Match the Definitions
Compare -graph, -ist and -acy across ten words, match the definitions, then explain what each word part contributes to meaning.
- Grades
- Grades 4–5
- Pages
- 2
- File type
- Subject
- Grammar, Vocabulary, Language Development, ELA
- Resource types
- Worksheets
- Ontario expectations
- B2.1 — use knowledge of the meanings of words
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About this resource
This worksheet can help your students understand suffixes and how they change the meaning of words. By matching the words with their meanings, and then writing what they think each suffix means, your students will have a better understanding of how suffixes work.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Match the ten words to their definitions.
- Compare words sharing -graph, -ist or -acy.
- Explain how each word part contributes to meaning.
Teaching tips
- Group the words by their shared word part before matching the definitions.
- Describe -graph as a combining form and -ist/-acy as suffixes rather than calling all three the same kind of suffix.
- Use the answer letters as codes referring to the original A–J word list.
Skills covered
- Morphological comparison — compare recurring word parts with the definitions of the words containing them.
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Ontario curriculum expectations
Ontario expectations
Ontario expectations
- B2.1 — use knowledge of the meanings of words and morphemes (i.e., bases , prefixes , and suffixes ) to read and spell words
Core concepts
Core concepts
- Combining forms
- Suffixes
- Word meaning
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