Digital Access on Pages 10-12

Printable & Digital

Looking for a way to familiarize your students with a variety of roots and affixes? Want to display base
words, roots, and affixes in your classroom? These posters are a great way to begin!

This freebie includes posters for common prefixes, suffixes, roots, and base words.

Each printable poster comes in three versions:

 Full color
 Black & White (ink-saving)
 3 per page Black & White (ink-saving AND paper-saving!)

If you are using the black and white versions and want to be able to differentiate between the word
parts quickly, print the prefixes on one color paper and the suffixes, base words, and roots on other
colors.

Each digital poster has two options to choose from:

 Digital poster only (with interactive menu and navigation buttons)
 Digital poster with editable text box for additional student examples

For more information about each digital version, see page 10.

NOTE: We are constantly striving to make resources as complete and accurate for
you as possible. Due to updates, the 3/page and 6/page versions are not in
alphabetical order. Any additions made since the first version are at the end of each
of those sections. Thank you for understanding.

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 Use the Morphology
Warmups to continually
review and practice using
prefixes, suffixes, base
words, and roots in a variety
of ways.
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Title Version Pages Title Version Pages

Digital Access 10-12 Color 140-171

Lists of Affixes, Roots, and Base Words 5-9 More Black & White 173-204

Examples of Ways to Use the Posters 13-18 Suffixes Black & White 3/page 206-216

Headings and Definitions Posters 19-36 Small Cards 218-223

Color 38-67 Color 225-280

Black & White 69-98 Black & White 282-337

Prefixes Roots
Black & White 3/page 100-110 Black & White 3/page 339-357

Small Cards 112-116 Small Cards 359-368

Color 118-124 Color 370-389

Inflectional Black & White 126-132

Base Black & White 391-410

Suffixes Black & White 3/page 134-136 Words Black & White 3/page 412-418

Small Cards 138 Small Cards 420-423

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Prefix Meaning Examples Prefix Meaning Examples

antifreeze, antivirus, microscope,

anti- against micro- very small
antisocial microorganism, microwave

con- with or together construct, conjoin, conserve mid- middle midnight, midweek, midlife

contraband, contradict, mis- wrong, bad misspell, misjudge, misplace

contra- against; opposite
contrary
not; opposite of; undo defrost, deactivate, multipurpose, multitask,
de- multi- many
OR down; off; away dethrone multicolored

dis- not; opposite OR apart distrust, dishonest, disagree non- not nonstop, nonsense, nonstick

en- cause to OR put into; over- excessive; too much overuse, overheat, overdue
enjoy, encourage, empower
em- put onto
postwar, postgame,
ex- out of or from exhale, exit, exclaim post- after
postdate
extravagant, extraordinary, precook, preview,
extra- outside or beyond pre- before
extraterrestrial preschool
promote, proceed,
fore- ahead of or in front of forecast, forewarn, forehead pro- forward or in favor of
proactive
hypersensitive, hypervigilant, again or repeat; back
hyper- extra or over re- reread, rebuild, rewrite
hyperactive or backwards
il- im- semicircle, semifinal,
not or opposite of illegal, impolite, irregular semi- half of something
ir- semiannual
not, opposite of, or
in- incorrect, inactive, inject sub- under or below subtitle, subway, submarine
without OR in; into
transform, transaction,
inter- between or among interstate, interview, interlock trans- across or beyond
transatlantic
malfunction, maltreatment, against, not, or the
mal- bad or poorly un- unhappy, untie, unfair
malcontent opposite
megaphone, megastar, underline, undersea,
mega- very large; great under- under or below
megabyte underweight
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 Suffix Part of Speech Function Examples

boats
-s or -es Noun Makes a singular noun plural
foxes

sings
-s or -es Verb Shows an action
coaches

-ed Verb Shows an action happened in the past pulled

Shows an action is happening, has been

-ing Verb jumping
happening, or will be happening

-en Verb Shows an action has happened in the past eaten

Makes the adjective a comparative adjective

-er Adjective larger
(more)

Makes the adjective a superlative adjective

-est Adjective smallest
(most)
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Suffix Meaning Examples Suffix Meaning Examples

-able teachable, washable, having qualities or
having the quality of or ability to -ish childish, foolish, selfish
-ible flexible characteristics of

-al related to or having educational, emotional, a person who practices or is

-ist cartoonist, artist, tourist
-ial characteristics of financial an expert in an area

-ance appearance, existence, characterized by action or

quality or state of -ive active, creative, attractive
-ence dependence tends toward an action

-ant a person who does OR observant, defiant, -ize to make or become energize, criticize, prioritize
-ent characterized by resident
to make (something) have a activate, circulate, -less without or not having careless, fearless, hopeless
-ate
certain quality locate
resembling or characteristic
a person who receives or is payee, referee, -like lifelike, dreamlike, warlike
-ee of
affected by an action nominee
-logy the study of or the science biology, meteorology,
a person involved with or engineer, volunteer, -ology of neurology
-eer
concerned with musketeer
one who studies or geologist, dermatologist,
wooden, thicken, -ologist
-en made of; to make practices biologist
sweeten
a person who or thing that -ly a way of doing something quickly, strangely, bravely
-er teacher, inventor,
performs an action or has a
-or calculator the result of an action; excitement, punishment,
quality -ment
action or process movement
beautiful, careful,
-ful full of indicating a state or
wonderful -ness kindness, sadness, darkness
condition
-fy
to make or become electrify, terrify, certify joyous, dangerous,
-ify -ous full of or having
poisonous
adulthood, childhood,
-hood state of or condition of being state, condition, profession, friendship, hardship,
parenthood -ship
or skill ownership
musician, magician, -ty quality, state, or degree of
-ian one that is or relates to cruelty, loyalty, safety
comedian -ity something
having characteristics of;
-ic athletic, heroic, poetic -ure shows action or result of closure, failure, structure
related to
the action, result, or condition celebration, interruption, characterized by, full of,
-ion -y messy, rainy, fruity
of something frustration made of, or like
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Root Meaning Example Root Meaning Example

aqua water aquarium logos reason logic
art skill artist man hand manicure
astr star astronaut mar/mer sea or pool mermaid
aud hear audible mem to remember memory
auto self automobile meter measure thermometer
bio life biology migr move migrate
cent hundred century miss/mit send mission
cept/ceive taken, seized accept mot/mob/mov move motor, remove, mobile
cert proved, sure certificate oper work operate
chron time chronological ped foot pedicure
cid/cis cut, kill incision phone sound telephone
cycl circle bicycle photo light photograph
cred believe incredible port carry transport
dict say, tell predict quer/quest ask, seek question
duct/duce lead, guide, pull conductor rupt break, burst erupt
dyna power dynamite scrib/script write describe, description
fin end, limit finale sign mark, sign signature
flect/flex bent reflect spec look, see spectator
form shape reform struct build construction
fort strong fortify tele far telescope
fract/frag break or shatter fragile temp time temporary
geo earth geography terra land terrain
graph write paragraph therm heat thermostat
hydr water hydrant tract pull, draw tractor
ject throw project vac empty vacant
labor work collaborate vert/verse turn reverse
loc place location vis/vid see visible
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Base Word Examples Base Word Examples

act action, react, actor joy joyful, enjoy, joylessly

behave misbehave, behaved, behavior learn learning, unlearn, learned

build builder, rebuild, building love lovable, lovely, unlovingly

care careful, caring, carelessness pack unpack, prepacked, package

collect collectable, collecting, collector pain painful, painless, paining

friend friendly, unfriendly, friendless play player, replaying, displayed

grow growth, growing, regrow read reading, unreadable, misread

heat heating, reheat, heater thank thankful, thanking, thankless

help unhelpful, helpfully, helped use usable, reuse, unusable

hope hopeful, hopeless, hoping watch watching, watcher, rewatch

 Interactive menus for prefixes, inflectional
suffixes, more suffixes, base words, and
roots. Buttons make it easy to navigate to
the digital posters and back to the menu!

Option #2
Digital Posters with
editable text boxes
for students to add
their own examples

Option #1
Digital Poster Only

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Digital Posters ONLY Digital Posters with Text Boxes

Prefixes Suffixes Prefixes Suffixes

Roots Bases Roots Bases

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easily navigate the digital posters.
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Use the headings to
categorize the
morphemes on the
wall. Print the B&W
versions on specific
colors to easily
identify each type
of morpheme.
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 Display multiple
morphemes on a
board and invite
your students to add
sticky notes with
related words.

audience hydrate

artisan inaudible

attract vacuum vacate

terrace

extract

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 Introduce one
morpheme at a
time, then add
undo the poster to
your Morphology
Wall.
 There are
lots of ways to
display and use
your
morphology
wall!
The word unkindly is made up of three word parts
(morphemes): prefix, base word, and suffix.

un kind ly
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The word prediction is made up of three word
parts (morphemes): prefix, root, and suffix.

pre dict ion

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A morpheme is group of
letters that has meaning. It
can be part of a word or the
entire word.
Base words, roots, and affixes
are types of morphemes.
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A bound morpheme is a
part of a word that cannot
stand alone.

Roots, prefixes, and suffixes

are bound morphemes.
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A free morpheme is a part
of a word that can stand
alone.

Base words are free

morphemes.
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A word sum shows how a
word is built. It separates
each meaningful word part
(morpheme) with a plus sign.

care + less + ness  carelessness

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A prefix is a type of morpheme
added to the beginning of a
base word or root that
changes its meaning.

un kind ly
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A suffix is a type of morpheme
added to the end of a base
word or root that changes its
meaning.

un kind ly
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A base word can stand alone
or have an affix added to it
to create a new word.

un kind ly
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A root is a part of a word that
contains the core meaning. It is not
a word by itself. It can be used to
create new words by adding
morphemes to it.

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A word part that is added to the end of
a word to show more than one, change
verb tense, or show comparison.

 -s  -s  -er
 -es  -es  -est
 -ed
 -ing
 -en © Jennifer Findley
 Suffix Part of Speech Function Examples

boats
-s or -es Noun Makes a singular noun plural
foxes

sings
-s or -es Verb Shows an action
coaches

-ed Verb Shows an action happened in the past pulled

Shows an action is happening, has been

-ing Verb jumping
happening, or will be happening

-en Verb Shows an action has happened in the past eaten

Makes the adjective a comparative adjective

-er Adjective larger
(more)

Makes the adjective a superlative adjective

-est Adjective smallest
(most)
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Color
PREFIX

antifreeze
antivirus
against
antisocial
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PREFIX

construct
with or conjoin
together conserve
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PREFIX

contraband
against; contradict
opposite contrary
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PREFIX

defrost
not; do the debug
opposite
of; undo dethrone
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PREFIX

distrust
not;
dishonest
opposite
OR apart disagree
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PREFIX

enjoy
cause to
encourage
OR put into;
put onto empower
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exhale
out of or exit
from exclaim
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extravagant
outside extraordinary
or
extraterrestrial
beyond
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forecast
ahead or forewarn
in front of forehead
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hypersensitive

extra or hypervigilant
over hyperactive
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PREFIX

illegal
not or impolite
opposite
of irregular
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PREFIX

incorrect
not, opposite inactive
of, or without
OR in; into inject
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interstate
between interview
or among interlock
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malfunction

bad or maltreatment
poorly malcontent
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megaphone
very megastar
large;
megabyte
great
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PREFIX

microscope
microorganism
very
small microwave
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PREFIX

midnight
middle midweek
midlife
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PREFIX

misspell
wrong; misjudge
bad misplace
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PREFIX

multipurpose
multitask
many
multicolored
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PREFIX

nonstop
nonsense
not
nonstick
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PREFIX

overuse
excessive; overheat
too much overdue
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PREFIX

postwar
postgame
after
postdate
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PREFIX

precook
preview
before
preschool
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PREFIX

promote
forward proceed
or in
favor of proclaim
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PREFIX

reread
again or rebuild
repeat; back
or backwards rewrite
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PREFIX

semicircle
half of semifinal
something semiannual
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PREFIX

subtitle
under or subway
below submarine
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PREFIX

transform
across or transaction
beyond transatlantic
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PREFIX

unhappy
against,
not, or the untie
opposite unfair
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PREFIX

underline

under or undersea
below underweight
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Black & White
 PREFIX

antifreeze
against antivirus
antisocial
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 PREFIX

construct
with or conjoin
together conserve
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 PREFIX

contraband
against; contradict
opposite contrary
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 PREFIX

defrost
not; opposite
of; undo OR deactivate
down; off; dethrone
away © Jennifer Findley
 PREFIX

distrust
not;
dishonest
opposite
OR apart disagree
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 PREFIX

enjoy
cause to
OR put encourage
into; put empower
onto © Jennifer Findley
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exhale
out of or exit
from exclaim
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extravagant

outside extraordinary
or extraterrestrial
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forecast
ahead or forewarn
in front of forehead
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hypersensitive

extra or hypervigilant
over hyperactive
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 PREFIX

illegal
not or
impolite
opposite
of irregular
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 PREFIX

incorrect
not,
opposite of, inactive
or without
inject
OR in; into © Jennifer Findley
 PREFIX

interstate
between
or among interview
interlock
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 PREFIX

malfunction
bad or
poorly maltreatment
malcontent
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 PREFIX

megaphone
very large;
great megastar
megabyte
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 PREFIX

microscope
very small
microorganism
microwave
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 PREFIX

midnight
middle midweek
midlife
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 PREFIX

misspell
wrong;
bad misjudge
misplace
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 PREFIX

multipurpose
many
multitask
multicolored
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 PREFIX

nonstop
not
nonsense
nonstick
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 PREFIX

overuse
excessive;
too much overheat
overdue
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 PREFIX

postwar
after
postgame
postdate
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 PREFIX

precook
before
preview
preschool
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 PREFIX

promote
forward or
in favor of proceed
proactive
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reread
again or
repeat; rebuild
back or rewrite
backwards © Jennifer Findley
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semicircle
half of
semifinal
something
semiannual
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 PREFIX

subtitle
under or
below subway
submarine
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 PREFIX

transform
across or transaction
beyond transatlantic
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 PREFIX

unhappy
against,
not, or the untie
opposite unfair
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 PREFIX

underline
under or
below undersea
underweight
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3 per page option
 against
Example: antifreeze

with or together

Example: construct

cause to OR put
into; put onto
Example: enjoy
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 out of or from
Example: exhale

ahead of or in front of
Example: forecast

middle

Example: midnight
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 not; opposite
OR apart
Example: distrust

not or opposite of
Example: illegal

not, opposite of, or

without OR in; into
Example: incorrect
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between or among

Example: interview

wrong; bad

Example: misspell

not

Example: nonstop
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excessive; too much
Example: overdue

before

Example: precook

again or repeat;
back or backwards
Example: reread
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 half of something

Example: semicircle

under or below

Example: subway

across or beyond
Example: transform
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 against, not, or
the opposite
Example: unhappy

under or below

Example: underline

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not; opposite of; undo
OR down; off; away
Example: defrost

forward or in favor of
Example: promote

against; opposite
Example: contraband
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 outside or beyond
Example: extravagant

extra or over
Example: hyperactive

bad or poorly
Example: malfunction
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 very large; great
Example: megaphone

very small
Example: microscope

many
Example: multitask
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 after
Example: postgame

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Small Card Option
anti- con-

en-
dis-
em-

ex- fore-
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il- im- ir- in-

inter- mid-

mis- non-
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over- pre-

re- semi-

sub- trans-
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 un- under-

pro- de-

contra- extra-
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hyper- mal-

mega- micro-

multi- post-
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Color
SUFFIX

boats
Makes a foxes
singular
noun plural books
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sings
Shows an coaches
action cooks
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pulled
Shows an
action carried
happened in
the past followed
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jumping
Shows an action is
happening, has dancing
been happening,
or will be
happening
learning
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eaten
Shows an
action has spoken
happened in
the past
fallen
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larger
Makes the
adjective a smarter
comparative
adjective (more) hotter
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smallest
Makes the
adjective a quickest
superlative
adjective (most) wisest
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boats
Makes a
singular foxes
noun plural books
NOUN © Jennifer Findley
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sings
Shows an coaches
action cooks
VERB © Jennifer Findley
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pulled
Shows an
action carried
happened in followed
the past © Jennifer Findley
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jumping
Shows an action
is happening, has dancing
been happening,
or will be learning
happening © Jennifer Findley
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eaten
Shows an
action has spoken
happened in fallen
the past © Jennifer Findley
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larger
Makes the
adjective a smarter
comparative
adjective (more) hotter
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 SUFFIX

smallest
Makes the
adjective a quickest
superlative
adjective (most) wisest
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NOUN
Makes a singular
noun plural

Example: boats

VERB

Shows an action

Example: coaches

Shows an action happened

in the past

Example: pulled
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 Shows an action is happening,
has been happening, or will be
happening

Example: jumping

Shows an action has

happened in the past

Example: eaten

Makes the adjective a

comparative adjective (more)

Example: larger
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 Makes the adjective a
superlative adjective (most)

Example: smallest

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Small Card Version
 -s
-ed
-es

-ing -en

-er -est
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Color
SUFFIX

teachable
having the washable
quality of
or ability to flexible
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educational
related to or
having emotional
characteristics
of
financial
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appearance

quality or existence
state of dependence
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observant
a person who
does OR defiant
characterized resident
by
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anniversary
relating to OR
a place for or sensory
a place
momentary
relating to
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activate
to make
(something) circulate
have a certain
quality
locate
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payee
a person who
receives or is referee
affected by
nominee
an action
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engineer
a person
involved with volunteer
or concerned
musketeer
with
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wooden
made of; thicken
to make sweeten
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teacher
a person who or
thing that inventor
performs an
action or has a calculator
quality
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beautiful
careful
full of
wonderful
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electrify
to make terrify
or
become certify
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parenthood
state of or childhood
condition of
being adulthood
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musician
one who magician
is or
relates to comedian
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athletic
having heroic
characteristics
of; related to poetic
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celebration
the action,
result, or interruption
condition of
frustration
something
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childish
having
qualities or foolish
characteristics
of
selfish
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cartoonist
a person who
practices or is artist
an expert in
an area
tourist
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active
characterized
by action or creative
tends toward
attractive
an action
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energize
to make criticize
or become prioritize
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careless
without or fearless
not
having hopeless
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lifelike
resembling or dreamlike
characteristic
of warlike
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biology
the study meteorology
of or the
science of neurology
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quickly
a way of
strangely
doing
something bravely
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excitement
the result of
an action; punishment
action or
movement
process
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kindness
indicating a sadness
state or
condition darkness
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geologist
one who dermatologist
studies or
biologist
practices
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joyous
full of or dangerous
having poisonous
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friendship
state,
condition, hardship
profession, or
ownership
skill
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cruelty
quality, state, loyalty
or degree of
something safety
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structure
shows closure
action or
result of failure
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messy
characterized
by, full of, rainy
made of, or
fruity
like
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teachable
having the
washable
quality of or
ability to flexible
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educational
related to or
having emotional
characteristics
financial
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appearance
quality or state
of existence
dependence
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observant
a person who
does OR defiant
characterized
by
resident
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anniversary
relating to OR
a place for or sensory
a place
relating to
momentary
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activate
to make
(something) circulate
have a certain
quality
locate
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payee
a person who
receives or is referee
affected by an
action
nominee
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engineer
a person
involved with volunteer
or concerned
with
musketeer
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wooden
made of; to
sharpen
make
sweeten
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a person who
teacher
or thing that inventor
performs an
action or has a calculator
quality © Jennifer Findley
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beautiful
full of
careful
wonderful
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electrify
to make or
become terrify
certify
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parenthood
state of or
childhood
condition of
being adulthood
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musician
one who is
magician
or relates to
comedian
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athletic
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