Affix Analogies

This worksheet is designed for students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 to strengthen vocabulary development, morphological awareness, and critical thinking through analogy-based word formation. By completing analogies built around prefixes and suffixes, learners analyze how word parts change meaning and grammatical function, deepening understanding of how English words are constructed and expanded.

Learning Goals

• Word Structure & Morphology (Grades 4-6) – Analyze how prefixes and suffixes modify base words.
• Understanding Affixes – Complete analogies such as happy → happiness and apply the same pattern to new words.
• Vocabulary Expansion – Build new words by recognizing consistent structural relationships.
• Structural Pattern Recognition – Identify and apply morphological patterns through analogy reasoning.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed by educators to align with upper-elementary ELA vocabulary and morphology standards.
• Analogy-Based Thinking – Encourages students to reason about word structure rather than memorize forms.
• Grammar Awareness Support – Reinforces how affixes affect part of speech and meaning.
• Flexible Use – Ideal for independent practice, literacy centers, enrichment, or assessment review.
• Low-Prep Design – Easy to print and implement in classroom or homeschool settings.

This printable worksheet helps students see how prefixes and suffixes systematically shape meaning in English. By working through affix-based analogies, learners strengthen decoding strategies, vocabulary precision, and confidence with word formation. Whether used in a classroom or homeschool environment, this activity provides meaningful practice that connects linguistic structure with deeper understanding of language patterns.

This worksheet is part of our Analogy collection.