Root Words Worksheets - Free Printable

Let’s work through the task step by step.

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Part A: Circle the words with affixes.

An affix is a letter or group of letters added to the beginning (prefix) or end (suffix) of a word to change its meaning.

We’ll go row by row and pick words that have prefixes or suffixes.

1) fast, week, label, insecure, show
→ “insecure” = “in-” (prefix meaning “not”) + “secure” → has an affix ✔
Others: fast, week, label, show — no affixes.

2) rock, subtitle, big, love, music
→ “subtitle” = “sub-” (prefix meaning “under”) + “title” → has an affix ✔
Others: rock, big, love, music — no affixes.

3) uncut, beauty, sail, brightness, late
→ “uncut” = “un-” (prefix meaning “not”) + “cut” → has an affix ✔
→ “brightness” = “bright” + “-ness” (suffix meaning “state of”) → has an affix ✔
Others: beauty, sail, late — no affixes.

4) use, view, punishment, cost, rewrite
→ “punishment” = “punish” + “-ment” (suffix) → has an affix ✔
→ “rewrite” = “re-” (prefix meaning “again”) + “write” → has an affix ✔
Others: use, view, cost — no affixes.

5) drive, bakery, load, fun, accept
→ “bakery” = “bake” + “-ery” (suffix meaning “place where”) → has an affix ✔
Others: drive, load, fun, accept — no affixes.

So for Part A, circled words are:
- Row 1: insecure
- Row 2: subtitle
- Row 3: uncut, brightness
- Row 4: punishment, rewrite
- Row 5: bakery

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Part B: Underline the words with affixes.

Look at each sentence and find the word that has a prefix or suffix.

1) *I had to untie my shoes.*
→ “untie” = “un-” + “tie” → has affix ✔

2) *Tom hid his candy inside the jar.*
→ “inside” = “in-” + “side” → technically has a prefix, but in modern usage, it’s often treated as one word. However, since “in-” is a prefix, we can consider it ✔
But let’s check: Is “inside” considered to have an affix? Yes — “in-” is a prefix. So underline “inside”.

Wait — actually, “inside” is a compound word or preposition now, but historically it has “in-”. For school level, they might expect “inside” to be underlined. Let’s keep it.

Alternatively, maybe they want only clear affixes like “un-”, “re-”, “-ment”, etc. But “inside” does have “in-” as a prefix.

Actually, looking again — perhaps “inside” is not typically taught as having an affix at this level. Let’s compare with others.

3) *The match was canceled.*
→ “canceled” = “cancel” + “-ed” (past tense suffix) → has affix ✔

4) *Helen is traveling.*
→ “traveling” = “travel” + “-ing” (suffix) → has affix ✔

5) *Team Chicago finally won the match.*
→ All words: Team, Chicago, finally, won, the, match — none have affixes. “Finally” has “-ly”! Wait — “finally” = “final” + “-ly” → yes, suffix ✔

Oh! I missed that.

So let’s redo Part B carefully:

1) untie → un- + tie → ✔
2) inside → in- + side → ✔ (though debatable, but many curricula accept it)
But wait — let’s think: In elementary grammar, “inside” is often not broken down. Maybe they don’t want it. Let’s see what’s clearly affixed.

Actually, “inside” is tricky. To be safe, let’s look for obvious affixes.

Better approach: Only underline words that clearly have common prefixes/suffixes taught at this level.

Re-evaluate:

1) untie → un- → ✔
2) inside → probably NOT expected here — skip? Or include? Let’s check standard answers.

Actually, in most worksheets like this, “inside” is not considered to have an affix for this exercise. They want words like “untie”, “canceled”, “traveling”, “finally”.

“Finally” has “-ly” — that’s a suffix.

“Canceled” has “-ed” — suffix.

“Traveling” has “-ing” — suffix.

“Inside” — if we break it, “in-” is a prefix, but it’s fused. Many teachers would not count it.

To match typical worksheet expectations:

Underline:
1) untie
3) canceled
4) traveling
5) finally

What about 2)? “inside” — let’s leave it out to be safe. Most likely, the worksheet expects only clear affixes.

Actually, let’s double-check “finally”: “final” + “-ly” → yes, adverb suffix. Definitely should be underlined.

And “canceled” — “cancel” + “-ed” → past tense suffix.

“Traveling” — “travel” + “-ing” → present participle.

“Untie” — “un-” + “tie”.

“Inside” — if included, it’s “in-” + “side”, but “side” is not a standalone root in this context? Actually, “in” is a prefix meaning “within”, so it’s valid. But to avoid overcomplicating, and since the worksheet is for young students, they probably expect only the obvious ones.

Looking at similar worksheets online, “inside” is often not marked as having an affix in such exercises. So I’ll exclude it.

Thus, for Part B, underline:
1) untie
3) canceled
4) traveling
5) finally

Wait — sentence 2: “Tom hid his candy inside the jar.” — “inside” is the only candidate. If we don’t underline it, then only four sentences have affixed words? But sentence 5 has “finally”, which is affixed.

Actually, all five sentences should have one word with an affix? Let’s see:

Sentence 2: “inside” — if we accept it, then yes. Otherwise, maybe “hid” has no affix, “candy” no, “jar” no. So “inside” must be intended.

I think for accuracy, we should include “inside” because “in-” is a prefix.

Final decision for Part B:

Underline:
1) untie
2) inside
3) canceled
4) traveling
5) finally

Yes, that makes sense.

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Now, compiling the final answer.

For Part A, the words to circle are:
- insecure
- subtitle
- uncut, brightness
- punishment, rewrite
- bakery

For Part B, the words to underline are:
- untie
- inside
- canceled
- traveling
- finally

But since the user didn’t specify how to format the answer, and the instruction says “provide only the final correct answer”, I’ll list them clearly.

However, note: the original task says “Circle” and “Underline”, so in text, we can list the words.

Also, for Part A, some rows have two words — we list all.

Final Answer:

Part A: insecure, subtitle, uncut, brightness, punishment, rewrite, bakery
Part B: untie, inside, canceled, traveling, finally