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Root words. A root word is a word with nothing added at the beginning or the end. For example:. talk. You can make new words from a root word by adding prefixes (to the beginning) or suffixes (to the end). . smile. If you add ‘ing’ to the end, it becomes.
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A root word is a word with nothing added at the beginning or the end. For example: talk
You can make new words from a root wordby addingprefixes (to the beginning) or suffixes (to the end).
smile If you add ‘ing’ to the end, it becomes If you add ‘ed’ to the end it becomes smiling smiled
ride + ing = riding ride + er = rider
walk + ing = walking walk + ed = walked
Prefixes are added to the beginning of words. mis + behave = misbehave