Language Arts Grade Five

Unit Eighteen, Lesson Four: Word Families


  1. sample
  2. canyon
  3. leader
  4. creek
  5. nickel
  6. process
  7. identity
  8. reshape
  9. deposit
  10. freeze
  1. thaw
  2. election
  3. landslide
  4. volcanic
  5. mayor
  6. governor
  7. county
  8. represent
  9. agency
  10. seat
Word Families

Here's an example of what we call a word family in this lesson:


	jump
	jumps
	jumping
	jumped
	jumper

A word family includes all the variations of the word which can be obtained by changing the ending suffix to the root word.

Here's another example:


	grow
	grows
	growing
	growth
	grown
	grower

Notice that "grew" is not on the list since the root word must be changed and only forms of the word with a suffix added onto the root word are part of the word family.

Here are three more examples:


	throw
	throws
	throwing
	thrown
	thrower

	dig
	digs
	digging
	digger

	cook
	cooks
	cooking
	cooked
	cooker
	

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