Identify root words and map word relationships in word families
Exercise
Difficulty 3
~3 min
eng.g2.s.ex_39
Word Family Four Leaf
Prompt
Build a four-leaf word family for the root HELP: top = un-+help, right = re-+help, bottom = help+-ful, left = help+-less. Mark each leaf REAL or NOT REAL.
M-2-S-EX-39
Interactive
Physical / non-image
Reference image of the four-leaf word-family template M-2-S-VOC-17-B with HELP filled in the center.
How it's presented
mode
structured form
Answer criteria
type
structured
correct
- leaf
- un-+help
- real
- False
- leaf
- re-+help
- real
- False
- leaf
- help+-ful
- real
- True
- word
- helpful
- leaf
- help+-less
- real
- True
- word
- helpless
Hints
- Some leaves are empty — that's fine.
- Test: is it a real word in real speech?
Misconceptions to watch
- Forces a non-word ('unhelp').
- Skips marking REAL/NOT REAL.
Used in lessons