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Grade 1 Word Formation Worksheet

A Grade 1 ELA worksheet focusing on word formation, including plurals, verb tenses, and prefixes/suffixes.

Grade 1 ELA GrammarSpellingWord Formation
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Includes

Fill in the BlanksShort AnswerTrue / FalseMatchingWord Bank

Standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1.ECCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.4.B

Topics

ELAGrade 1Word FormationGrammarSpelling
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Word Formation Fun!

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Read each question carefully and follow the directions. This worksheet will help you learn about how words change!

Write the plural form of each word. Add -s or -es.

1. cat  

2. box  

3. dog  

4. wish  

Change the verb to show it happened yesterday (past tense).

1. Today I play. Yesterday I  .

2. Today I walk. Yesterday I  .

3. Today I look. Yesterday I  .

Read each sentence. Is it True or False?

1. Adding '-ing' to a verb means it is happening now.

T

True

F

False

2. The word 'unhappy' means 'very happy'.

T

True

F

False

Draw a line to match the word part with what it means.

1. un-

 

a. again

2. re-

 

b. not

3. -ful

 

c. full of

Use the word parts in the box to make new words. Write them on the lines.

re
un
play
happy

1.   +   =  

2.   +   =