Derivational Relations

Suffixes and Prefixes

• Sort 1: -ment, -less, -ness

• Sort 2: un-, in-, dis-, mis-

• Sort 3: Adjective Suffixes -ful, -ous -ious 

• Sort 4: -ary, -ery, -ory

• Sort 5: -al, -ial, -ic 

Spelling- Meaning Patterns 1

• Sort 6: Adding -ion to Base Words, No Spelling Change 

• Sort 7: Adding -ion and -ian (With No Spelling  Change) 

• Sort 8: Adding -ion (With e- Drop and Spelling Change)

• Sort 9: Consonant Alternation: Silent and Sounded

• Sort 10: Vowel Alternation: Long to Short

• Sort 11: Vowel Alternation: Long to Short or /ǝ/
  
  

Latin and Greek Word Parts 1

• Sort 12: Latin Word Roots spect, port 

• Sort 13: Latin Word Roots dic, aud 

• Sort 14: Greek Word Parts tele-, phon-, photo-, -graph 

Spelling- Meaning Patterns 2

• Sort 15: Adding Suffix -ity: Vowel Alternation (/ǝ/ to Short) 

• Sort 16: Adding Suffixes: Vowel Alternation (With Spelling Change)

• Sort 17: Adding the Suffix -ation: Vowel Alternation (With Spelling Change) 

Latin and Greek Word Parts 2

• Sort 18: Gress, rupt, tract, mat

• Sort 19: ject, man, cred

• Sort 20: scrib/script. Fac, struct, vid/vis

• Sort 21: duc/duct, ver/vert, fer

• Sort 22: intra-, inter-, intro-, circum-

Spelling- Meaning Patterns 3

• Sort 23: Adding Suffixes -ent/-ence, -ant/-ance

• Sort 24: Adding Suffixes -able, -ible

• Sort 25: Adding -able and -ible (e-Drop, y to i)

• Sort 26: Prefix Assimilation: in-

• Sort 27: Accent and Doubling
  
  

Sorts for Advanced Derivational Relations

Latin and Greek Word Parts 3

• Sort 28: Number Prefixes mono-, uni-, bi- tri-

• Sort 29: Number Prefixes quadr-, quint-, pent-, act-, cent-

• Sort 30: Greek and Latin Elements cap, ped, corp 

• Sort 31: Greek and Latin Word Roots gen, mort, onym

• Sort 32: Latin Roots sect, junct, spir

• Sort 33: Latin Word Roots jud, leg, flu

• Sort 34: Greek and Latin Word Roots voc, ling, mem, psych

• Sort 35: Latin Roots press, pur/purg, fus, pend

• Sort 36: Latin Roots pos, loc, sist, sta/stat/stit

• Sort 37: Predictable Spelling Changes ceiv/cep, tain/ten, nounce/nunc

Prefix Assimilation

• Sort 38: Prefix Assimilation com-, col-, con-; ad-, ob-, sub-