Language Arts Grade Four

Unit Sixteen, Lesson Three: Base Words

  1. dress
  2. lesson
  3. freshness
  4. fitness
  5. fearless
  6. glass
  7. mission
  8. pass
  9. movies
  10. law
  1. crust
  2. plate
  3. recycle
  4. aquatic
  5. dunes
  6. hungry
  7. stove
  8. pipe
  9. wells
  10. springs
Base Words

Here are some familiar words which contain prefixes or suffixes attached to basewords: 


	reheat		repaint		uneven

	fairness	luckily		colorful

	prepaid		kindness	unload

	redo		unusual		rearrange

	request		rebuild		distrust
The base words for these words are fairly easy to identify. Here are a few more examples with the base words identified for you. 

	WORD		BASE WORD

	unfamiliar	familiar

	uncover		cover

	drinkable	drink

	wonderful	wonder

	tallest		tall

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