Worker: In our daily job, we come across a lot of root words which help us to spell.
Protective, protect being the root word of protective.
Female in dusky pink top: A root word is the, is the smallest part of a word which is what the word starts off as.
Like, there's a word up there that says training, the root word is train, so you can have training, trainer.
If you learn the root word then it's easier to add bits on, rather than try and-- try and learn the whole word together.
Female in black and white top: Deployment.
Deploy is the root of the word, you've got deployment, redeployment, which we're going through a lot at the moment in the council.
So we all know what redeployment means.
Root words are used to form other words. For instance 'view' is used in both 'viewing' and 'interview'.
Quick tips for tutors
Root words includes:
- Explanation of root words
- Use of prefixes
- Use of suffixes
- How to build longer words from root words
- Using combinations of prefixes, suffixes and root words to 'grow' words
Downloadable Factsheets
Entry 1 & 2 - About root words
An introduction to root words.
Entry 3 - What are root words?
Summary of root words and their word families.
Level 1- Root words
Summary of what root words are and why they are helpful.
Downloadable Worksheets
Entry 3 - Using root words to make new words
How to use root words to make new words
Entry 3 - Adding to root words
Build your own words, adding prefixes and suffixes to the root words.
Level 1 - Growing from root words
How to find a root word and 'growing' new words from root words
