Na m e : _______________________________________ Date: _____________________
Directions: A base word is a word from which other words are made. Write the base
of each word on the line.
Always remember to ask yourself: What is the
base word? If you do that you will not have any
problems with the activity below.
- teacher
- helpful
- clues
- artist
- arrived
- laughed
- building
- longest
- asks
- farmer
- flowers
- branches
- braver
- numbers
- unkind
- missed
- trees
- smaller
- voices
- churches
- friendly
- foolish
- repay
- owner
- lowest
- replace
- tables
- started
- shorter
- sleepy
Example:
shortest____________short
