Word structure

The study of word structure is called morphology. Understanding word structure helps us:

• improve spelling
• expand vocabulary

In studying word structure, we start by looking at a few key concepts first:

• root words
• prefixes
• suffixes

Root words are words, or parts of words, that can usually stand alone. The following are all root words:

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