DIVIDING WORDS INTO ROOTS AND AFFIXES - ESL worksheet by ziade802 - Free Printable

I'll work through each word systematically to identify the prefix, root, and suffix. Let me go through them one by one.

unethical: un- (prefix) + eth (root) + -ical (suffix)
researchers: re- (prefix) + search (root) + -ers (suffix)
international: inter- (prefix) + nation (root) + -al (suffix)
underperformance: under- (prefix) + perform (root) + -ance (suffix)
inequality: in- (prefix) + equal (root) + -ity (suffix)
insecurity: in- (prefix) + secur (root) + -ity (suffix)
encouraging: en- (prefix) + courag (root) + -ing (suffix)
restricted: re- (prefix) + strict (root) + -ed (suffix)
disordered: dis- (prefix) + order (root) + -ed (suffix)
reaction: re- (prefix) + act (root) + -ion (suffix)
damaging: damag (root) + -ing (suffix) [no prefix]
disappearance: dis- (prefix) + appear (root) + -ance (suffix)
undergo: under- (prefix) + go (root) [no suffix]
aging: ag (root) + -ing (suffix) [no prefix]
shortened: short (root) + -en (suffix) + -ed (suffix) OR short (root) + -ened (suffix)
productive: product (root) + -ive (suffix) [no prefix]
impossible: im- (prefix) + poss (root) + -ible (suffix)
exploration: ex- (prefix) + plor (root) + -ation (suffix)
extremely: extreme (root) + -ly (suffix) [no prefix]
unidentified: un- (prefix) + ident (root) + -ified (suffix)
deliberately: deliberate (root) + -ly (suffix) [no prefix]
categorical: categor (root) + -ical (suffix) [no prefix]
unsolved: un- (prefix) + solv (root) + -ed (suffix)
unproductive: un- (prefix) + product (root) + -ive (suffix)
discouraging: dis- (prefix) + courag (root) + -ing (suffix)
advertisement: ad- (prefix) + vertis (root) + -ement (suffix)
misbehave: mis- (prefix) + behave (root) [no suffix]
interaction: inter- (prefix) + act (root) + -ion (suffix)
originated: origin (root) + -ate (suffix) + -d (suffix) OR origin (root) + -ated (suffix)
additionally: addition (root) + -ally (suffix) [no prefix]
disconnection: dis- (prefix) + connect (root) + -ion (suffix)
difference: differ (root) + -ence (suffix) [no prefix]
educational: educat (root) + -ional (suffix) [no prefix]
mistreatment: mis- (prefix) + treat (root) + -ment (suffix)
attendance: attend (root) + -ance (suffix) [no prefix]
empowered: em- (prefix) + power (root) + -ed (suffix)

Let me double-check a few tricky ones:
- "damaging" - damage is the root, so it's damag + ing ✓
- "aging" - age is the root, so ag + ing ✓
- "shortened" - short + en + ed makes sense as two suffixes
- "originated" - origin + ate + d or origin + ated

Final Answer:

| WORD | PREFIX | ROOT | SUFFIX |
|------|--------|------|--------|
| unethical | un- | eth | -ical |
| researchers | re- | search | -ers |
| international | inter- | nation | -al |
| underperformance | under- | perform | -ance |
| inequality | in- | equal | -ity |
| insecurity | in- | secur | -ity |
| encouraging | en- | courag | -ing |
| restricted | re- | strict | -ed |
| disordered | dis- | order | -ed |
| reaction | re- | act | -ion |
| damaging | - | damag | -ing |
| disappearance | dis- | appear | -ance |
| undergo | under- | go | - |
| aging | - | ag | -ing |
| shortened | - | short | -ened |
| productive | - | product | -ive |
| impossible | im- | poss | -ible |
| exploration | ex- | plor | -ation |
| extremely | - | extreme | -ly |
| unidentified | un- | ident | -ified |
| deliberately | - | deliberate | -ly |
| categorical | - | categor | -ical |
| unsolved | un- | solv | -ed |
| unproductive | un- | product | -ive |
| discouraging | dis- | courag | -ing |
| advertisement | ad- | vertis | -ement |
| misbehave | mis- | behave | - |
| interaction | inter- | act | -ion |
| originated | - | origin | -ated |
| additionally | - | addition | -ally |
| disconnection | dis- | connect | -ion |
| difference | - | differ | -ence |
| educational | - | educat | -ional |
| mistreatment | mis- | treat | -ment |
| attendance | - | attend | -ance |
| empowered | em- | power | -ed |