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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.
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2
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Updated Jul 25, 2021

Subject
Grammar, Vocabulary, Language Development, English
Resource types
Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables
England expectations
Official curriculum expectation · Word reading

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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 — England: 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.

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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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National Curriculum in England

National Curriculum in England expectations

England expectations

  • Official curriculum expectation · Word reading — apply their growing knowledge of root words, prefixes and suffixes (morphology and etymology), as listed in English appendix 1 , both to read aloud and to understand the meaning of new words that they meet

Core concepts

  • Combining forms
  • Suffixes
  • Word meaning

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