These words have a sense of being "smaller," "younger" or "less than." Suffixes such as <-ling> or <-let> can create diminutives, or words that indicate smallness.
Click here to see other suffixes that can indicate diminutives as well. Can you think of words to add to this list? Or perhaps other diminutive suffixes?
Diminutives
Brad Johnson
Created on August 25, 2023
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Diminutives
Some words in Column B are similar to the words in Column A with a suffix. duck/duckling pig/piglet
What do you notice? What do you wonder?
The words in Column B are the young of Column A
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Diminutives
Click here for other words with the suffixes <-ling> and <let>. What do you notice? What do you wonder?
© OneStepNow Education 𓊍
Diminutives
These words have a sense of being "smaller," "younger" or "less than." Suffixes such as <-ling> or <-let> can create diminutives, or words that indicate smallness.
© OneStepNow Education 𓊍
Diminutives
Click here to see other suffixes that can indicate diminutives as well. Can you think of words to add to this list? Or perhaps other diminutive suffixes?
© OneStepNow Education 𓊍