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All the members of a word family are made from the same root word. Often there are words which are related to the word family which have been slightly altered, but these should be thought of as members of the extended family and not the nuclear family. (An extended family includes uncles, aunts, cousins, grandparents, etc. A nuclear family includes only parents and children.)
Here's a nuclear family and some members of its extended family:
run running runs rerun extended family member: ran
Here's another example of a word family:
word words wording worded reword
Here are a few more word families:
fix fixes fixed fixing prefix suffix can cans canned canning canner carpet carpets carpeted carpeting build builds building builder