What is a word family? A WORD FAMILY is a group of words that share the same ROOT/BASE to which different PREFIXES and SUFFIXES are added.

Here is a word family – in its nuclear form :-)

verb: TO DECIDE

noun: DECISION

adjective: DECISIVE opposite: INDECISIVE

adverb: DECISIVELY

 

Can you fill in the gap in the following sentence with the appropriate ‘family member’:

What is the most important ____________ you have ever had to make?