Base Words

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Base Words

• Vocabulary Skill
• Cliff Hanger
• Theme 1 Off to Adventure!
• Houghton-Mifflin Reading Grade 3

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Many words have endings or beginnings added to
smaller words. Base words are the smaller words
that can stand on their own. In the word
climbing, the base word is climb.When you come
across a word you dont know while youre
reading, you can find the base word to help
uncover its meaning.
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• He was climbing very carefully.
• The base word in climbing is climb.

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Axel washed his tin cup at the hand pump.
Circle the base word. Write other words with
the base word wash. ___________ ___________
___________
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Circle the base word in each word.
lucky steamed
closed turned
slowly disappeared
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Circle the base word in each sentence.
Lightning flashed. Dag counted slowly. Axel
picked up the shivering dog.