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WORD BASE REFERENCE PAGES - with meaning, word origin & examples

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These word base reference pages can be used as cheat sheets for teachers to refer to as they explicitly teach word bases to their students, which will support students when reading and spelling less-familiar words.

Morphology is a powerful teaching tool for developing vocabulary knowledge and building spelling mastery. Many words in the English language have multiple morphemes (word parts that carry meaning) - for example, the word inflexible is comprised of a base (flex), prefix (in) and suffix (ible).

Over 48 different word bases are included, with the base meaning, origin and word examples.

Base so far included:
  • ten
  • flex
  • tain
  • fer
  • act
  • cred
  • frag
  • fract
  • vest
  • sect
  • fin
  • pel
  • flict
  • fix
  • grad
  • tend
  • vent
  • jur
  • fact
  • cept
  • fact
  • ceed
  • pend
  • log
  • sist
  • sym
  • cycl
  • poly
  • miss
  • path
  • scope
  • chron
  • auto
  • eco
  • aud
  • capt
  • spir
  • geo
  • vis
  • graph
  • tele
  • quest
  • photo
  • milli
  • aqua
  • mot
  • cult
  • arch

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Year/Grade > 2nd
Year/Grade > 3rd
Year/Grade > 4th
Content Area > Literacy > Phonics > Morphology
Content Area > Literacy > Phonics > Spelling Generalisations
Content Area > Literacy > Phonics > Word Lists