Word Families — Interactive Vocabulary

Vocabulary Notes: Word Families

Skim the notes below, then try the sentence activity, quiz, and matching game.

Study First

About word families

A word family is a set of related words that share a core meaning but change shape for different jobs in a sentence—often as a noun, verb, adjective, or adverb. Noticing prefixes, suffixes, and small spelling shifts helps you recognize them in reading. When you learn a new item, listing a few related forms next to it makes review faster. If a form looks strange, comparing it with a word you already know can narrow down the meaning.

What to do next: Use the Words in context activity to type the right word form in each sentence. Then check your understanding with the quiz and matching tasks.

Activity 2: Words in Context

Type one word in each gap. The items use the same word families as your unit list (for example abandonment, abuse, analysis, communication, connect, damage, protection, survive)—in short sentences, not in a table. Press Check answers when you are ready.

1. The sudden of the plan surprised the whole group. (abandon → noun)

2. Online comments should not be or threatening. (abuse → adjective)

3. Researchers will the samples next week. (analysis → verb)

4. Clear helps teams avoid mistakes. (communicate → noun)

5. We found a strong between diet and sleep. (connect → noun)

6. The hailstorm many cars in the parking lot. (damage → verb, past)

7. The club offers for rare species. (protect → noun)

8. Only a few people the harsh winter. (survival / survivor → verb, past)

Activity 4: Matching Game

Match each base word with a line showing other forms in its word family. Tap one item in each column.

Word Families — Interactive Vocabulary

Vocabulary Notes: Word Families

Activity 2: Words in Context

Activity 3: Multiple Choice — Word Forms

1. Which word is the noun in this family: analyze, analysis, analytical?

2. Which word is the adjective related to environment?

3. Which word is the adverb related to communicative?

4. Which word is the noun related to the verb lose?

5. Which word names a person who lives through a dangerous event?

Activity 4: Matching Game

Base word

Other forms (examples)