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Kindergarten · English Language Arts · Unit 11 of 14

Word Parts & Meanings

-s, -ing, un- and groups of words.

What your child practises

Practises how a small word part changes a word (-s for more than one, -ing for happening now, un- for not), grouping words by topic, opposites and same-meaning words, and naming picture parts with labels.

Nunavut Curriculum approved guide: NWT English Language Arts (2011), Production · word parts that change meaning, a growing vocabulary and topic words

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Add -ing to “play”. What word do you get?

    • playing
    • plays
    • played

  2. Question 2

    Which word means only one?

    • tree
    • trees
    • treed

  3. Question 3

    What is the small part at the start of “undo”?

    • -ing
    • -s
    • un-

  4. Question 4

    Which word names a day of the week?

    • April
    • winter
    • Monday

  5. Question 5

    A word for a very big dog is…

    • quiet
    • huge
    • tiny

  6. Question 6

    Which word is a body part?

    • pillow
    • elbow
    • carrot

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