Finding the Base Word Worksheet Download
This language arts worksheet practices finding base words. Each word has a suffix, and students write the base word, remembering that the spelling sometimes changed when the suffix was added: a dropped e, a doubled consonant, or a y that became i.
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Finding the Base Word
Students take the suffix off each word and write the base word, such as happy from happiness and hope from hoping.
About this worksheet
Students take the suffix off each word and write the base word, such as happy from happiness and hope from hoping.
Student objectives
- Find the base word in a word with a suffix
- Undo the spelling changes made when a suffix was added
- Use the base word to understand a longer word
- Read and spell words with suffixes
Everyday practice
- Looking up a word in the dictionary by its base word
- Figuring out a long word in a chapter book
- Understanding that a runner is someone who runs
- Checking the spelling of a word with an ending