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Ines Helps Papa Make Omelets

Grade 1 root words practice: read a short kitchen story and find root words like crack and mix in words with -s, -ed and -ing.

Grade 1ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.1.4.c

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 1
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students identify the root word in words that end with -s, -es, -ed and -ing.
  • Students add -s, -ed and -ing to root words to make new words.

How to use

Read the story aloud together and point to the words with endings. Have students cover the ending with a finger to find the root word before they answer.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.1.4.c

Identify frequently occurring root words, such as look, and their inflected forms, such as looks, looked, and looking.

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Ines Helps Papa Make Omelets

Find root words and their endings -s, -ed and -ing.

Read the story

Read the story. Look for words that end with -s, -ed or -ing.

Omelet Morning

1On Sunday morning, Ines helped Papa in the kitchen. "Let's make omelets," Papa said.

2Papa cracked two eggs into a bowl. Then Ines cracked one all by herself! She mixed the eggs with a fork until they looked yellow and foamy.

3Papa melted butter in the pan and poured in the eggs. Ines was standing back from the hot stove to watch. "Look! The eggs are cooking," she said.

4Papa added cheese and folded the omelet in half. "Ines helps me a lot," said Papa. "She mixes the best eggs."

5Then they sat down and ate together. Yum!

Find the root word

A root word is the word left when you take away the ending.

1.
Circle the three words that come from the root word help.

hellohelpedhelpsshelfheelhelping

2.
These words are in the story. Write the root word for each one.

cracked →  
mixes →  
standing →  
looked →  

3.
Read paragraph 4. Which word has the root word fold?
  • A. food
  • B. folded
  • C. fork
  • D. cold
4.
Sort the words by their ending.
pouredcooksmixingfoldedmeltinglooks
ends with -sends with -edends with -ing

Root words and endings

Use root words and endings to finish each question.

5.
Match each root word to a word that comes from it.
  1. melt
  2. pour
  3. cook
  4. crack
  1. A. cooks
  2. B. cracking
  3. C. melted
  4. D. pouring
6.
Which word tells about something that already happened?
  • A. mixes
  • B. mixing
  • C. mixed
  • D. mix
7.
Use the word bank. Write the word that fits each sentence.
Word bank: looking · washes · cleaned

Yesterday, Papa   the pan.
Now Ines is   at her plate.
Papa   the dishes every night.

8.
Add the ending to the root word. Write the new word.

help + ing =  
pour + ed =  
fold + s =  

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