I'll solve this word-building problem by analyzing the image.
First, I need to understand what's being asked. The worksheet is titled "Word Builder" and instructs: "Use your prefix and suffix words to create new words from the base word." The base word given is "heat."
Looking at the grid on the left side of the image, I can see various prefixes and suffixes arranged in a 4x2 grid:
- Row 1: able, ed
- Row 2: ing, s
- Row 3: er, full
- Row 4: less, ly
My task is to combine these with "heat" to form valid English words.
Let me think about which combinations would work:
- heat + able = heatable (a valid word meaning capable of being heated)
- heat + ed = heated (a valid past tense form)
- heat + ing = heating (a valid present participle)
- heat + s = heats (a valid third person singular present tense)
- heat + er = heater (a very common word for a device that produces heat)
- heat + full = heatfull (not a standard English word)
- heat + less = heatless (meaning without heat, though less common)
- heat + ly = heatly (not a standard English word)
The most common and appropriate words that can be formed are: heated, heating, heats, and heater.
Therefore, the solution to this word builder exercise is to fill in the blanks with these valid combinations of "heat" with the provided prefixes/suffixes.
The completed worksheet would show:
- [heated] heat [heating]
- [heats] heat [heater]
These are all valid English words formed by adding the appropriate suffixes to the base word "heat".
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of prefix suffix root word worksheet pdf.
