Spelling Practice: Spot the Base Word

Work with inflectional endings and base words in this spelling worksheet! Students will read each of 18 words with inflectional endings such as -ing, -ies, and -ed. For each one, they will need to determine what the base word is and write it on the blank line. 

This worksheet was designed with first and second graders in mind. Learners can practice analyzing words with suffixes and finding base words. They’ll get more comfortable with common spelling rules for inflectional endings, which can expand their vocabulary and improve their reading and spelling skills. 

Keep learning about inflectional endings in Verb Endings -ed and -ing.