Find the WORDS worksheet for kids featuring a story about Kate and Sam, with exercises on prefixes and suffixes.

Let’s go step by step to find all the words with prefixes and suffixes in the story.

The story is:

> Here are two children, Kate and Sam. Kate is filled with kindness and wants to be a painter. She makes beautiful pictures. Sam is helpful and never unkind. He loves to work with his dad, the farmer. They replace the old barn with a colorful one!

We need to look for words that have these affixes:
- -ness (suffix)
- -er (suffix)
- -ful (suffix)
- un- (prefix)
- re- (prefix)

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Step 1: Find words with “-ness”

Look through the text:

→ “kindness” — yes! That’s one word with -ness.

Any others? Let’s check:
“filled”, “painter”, “beautiful”, “pictures”, “helpful”, “unkind”, “farmer”, “replace”, “colorful” — none of those end in -ness except “kindness”.

✔ So, only 1 word with -ness: kindness

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Step 2: Find words with “-er”

Look again:

→ “painter” — yes! Ends in -er.
→ “farmer” — yes! Also ends in -er.

Any others?
“children” — no, that’s not from adding -er to a root verb/noun here.
“Here”, “are”, “two”, “Kate”, “Sam”, “is”, “filled”, “with”, “wants”, “to”, “be”, “She”, “makes”, “beautiful”, “pictures”, “helpful”, “never”, “unkind”, “He”, “loves”, “work”, “his”, “dad”, “They”, “replace”, “old”, “barn”, “colorful”, “one” — nothing else ends in -er as a suffix meaning “someone who does something”.

Wait — what about “replace”? It has “re-” prefix, but doesn’t end in -er as a suffix. The “-er” at the end of “replace” is part of the base verb, not a suffix like in “teacher” or “runner”. We’re looking for suffixes added to make new meanings — so “painter” = paint + er (person who paints), “farmer” = farm + er (person who farms). “Replace” is re + place — the “-er” isn’t a suffix there.

So only 2 words with -er: painter, farmer

But wait — let’s double-check if we missed any.

What about “children”? No — that’s irregular plural. Not formed by adding -er.

“Here”? No.

“Never”? No.

Okay — confirmed: 2 words with -er.

BUT — hold on! What about “worker”? Wait — the text says: “He loves to work with his dad...” — it says “work”, not “worker”. So no “worker” in the text.

So still only 2: painter, farmer.

Wait — actually, let me read the sentence again:

“He loves to work with his dad, the farmer.”

Yes — “farmer” is there.

And earlier: “wants to be a painter.” → “painter”

No other -er words.

✔ So, 2 words with -er.

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Step 3: Find words with “-ful”

Look:

→ “beautiful” — yes! beau + tiful → but note: “-ful” is the suffix. “Beautiful” comes from “beauty” + “-ful”. Yes, counts.

→ “helpful” — yes! help + ful

→ “colorful” — yes! color + ful

Are there any others?

“filled” — that’s fill + ed, not -ful.

“pictures” — no.

“kindness” — no.

“unkind” — no.

“replace” — no.

So three words: beautiful, helpful, colorful

✔ So, 3 words with -ful.

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Step 4: Find words with “un-”

Prefix “un-” means “not”.

Look:

→ “unkind” — yes! un + kind

Any others?

“never unkind” — that’s the only one.

“unhappy”? Not in text.

“undo”? No.

“under”? No — that’s a different word.

So only 1 word with “un-”: unkind

✔ So, 1 word with un-

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Step 5: Find words with “re-”

Prefix “re-” means “again” or “back”.

Look:

→ “replace” — yes! re + place

Any others?

“redo”? No.

“rewrite”? No.

“return”? Not in text.

“really”? No — that’s not “re-” as a prefix meaning again; it’s an adverb.

In the text: “They replace the old barn...” — only “replace” has “re-” prefix.

✔ So, 1 word with re-: replace

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Now let’s summarize:

| Affix | Words Found | Count |
|---------|--------------------------|-------|
| -ness | kindness | 1 |
| -er | painter, farmer | 2 |
| -ful | beautiful, helpful, colorful | 3 |
| un- | unkind | 1 |
| re- | replace | 1 |

Wait — the worksheet has boxes for up to 3 for each. But we don’t have 3 for every category — that’s okay. We just fill in how many we found.

But let me triple-check because sometimes kids miss subtle ones.

Re-read the whole story carefully:

> Here are two children, Kate and Sam. Kate is filled with kindness and wants to be a painter. She makes beautiful pictures. Sam is helpful and never unkind. He loves to work with his dad, the farmer. They replace the old barn with a colorful one!

Words:

- kindness → -ness ✔
- painter → -er ✔
- beautiful → -ful ✔
- helpful → -ful ✔
- unkind → un- ✔
- farmer → -er ✔
- replace → re- ✔
- colorful → -ful ✔

That’s all.

Is “filled” considered? Fill + ed — that’s past tense, not a suffix we’re tracking. We’re only tracking: -ness, -er, -ful, un-, re-

“Pictures” — picture + s — plural, not relevant.

“Children” — irregular, not from child + ren as a standard suffix we’re counting.

“Wants” — want + s — third person singular, not our target.

“Makes” — same.

“Loves” — same.

“Work” — base form.

“Dad” — no.

“Old” — no.

“Barn” — no.

“One” — no.

So totals are correct.

Final counts:

- -ness: 1
- -er: 2
- -ful: 3
- un-: 1
- re-: 1

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Final Answer:
-ness: 1
-er: 2
-ful: 3
un-: 1
re-: 1