Word Parts and Meaning: Match the Definitions

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- Grammar, Vocabulary, Language Development, ELA
- Resource types
- Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables
- Ontario expectations
- B2.1
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Compare -graph, -ist and -acy across ten words, match the definitions, then explain what each word part contributes to meaning.
- Ten word-to-definition matches using -graph, -ist and -acy
- Written word-part meaning response area
- Labelled answer page
Curriculum reference — Ontario: OCR confirms photograph, telegraph, autograph; dentist, podiatrist, linguist; infancy, supremacy, privacy, adequacy. The resource calls all three suffixes; the listing correctly calls them word parts. Ontario Grade4 morpheme meanings are a selected connection. England Years5–6 morphology and etymology support interpreting the word parts; no full spelling-list coverage claim. Selected skills only; reference stage is not an overall reading age, complete curriculum coverage, or an automatic recommendation for every learner.
In the classroom
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
Ontario curriculum 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
- Combining forms
- Suffixes
- Word meaning
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