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Educational worksheet for children to practice forming new words by adding suffixes to root words.

Root Words Worksheets

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Let’s solve this step by step.

We are given root words and three suffixes: -ly, -ful, and -ment.
Our job is to pick the right suffix for each root word to make a real, correct English word.

Let’s go one by one:

1. care → We can say “careful” (meaning full of care) or “carefully” (in a careful way). But “carement” is not a real word. So best fit here is -fulcareful

2. move → “Movely”? No. “Moveful”? No. “Movement”? YES! That’s a real word — it means the act of moving. So → -mentmovement

3. hope → “Hopely”? Not really used. “Hopeful”? Yes! Means full of hope. “Hopement”? Not a word. So → -fulhopeful

4. warm → “Warmly”? Yes! It means in a warm way (like speaking warmly). “Warmful”? Not common. “Warment”? No. So → -lywarmly

5. amaze → “Amazely”? No. “Amazeful”? No. “Amazement”? YES! That’s a real word — it means the feeling of being amazed. So → -mentamazement

6. soft → “Softly”? Yes! Means in a soft way (like speak softly). “Softful”? Not a word. “Softment”? No. So → -lysoftly

Now let’s double-check all our answers:

1. care + ful = careful
2. move + ment = movement
3. hope + ful = hopeful
4. warm + ly = warmly
5. amaze + ment = amazement
6. soft + ly = softly

All are real, commonly used English words. Perfect!

Final Answer:
1. careful
2. movement
3. hopeful
4. warmly
5. amazement
6. softly
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of root word worksheets.
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