Any Unfamiliar Word is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on using roots and affixes to read a word you have never met, aligned to Common Core standard RF.5.3. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
3."Dict" means "speak". What does "contradict" therefore mean?
A.To speak quietly
B.To speak first
C.To speak against
4.What does "aqua" mean?
A.earth
B.water
C.air
5.What does the root "struct" mean?
A.carry
B.break
C.build
6.You meet "circumnavigate". What do the parts tell you?
A.To sail quickly
B.To sail around
C.To sail alone
7."Incomprehensible" splits into which parts?
A.incom + prehen + sible
B.in + com + prehens + ible
C.in + comprehensi + ble
8.Which pair share a root?
A.audible and audience
B.beauty and beacon
C.portable and portrait
LessonPrint · RF.5.3 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Any Unfamiliar Word
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.struct
2.contra + dict
3.To speak against
4.water
5.build
6.To sail around
7.in + com + prehens + ible
8.audible and audience
Questions about Any Unfamiliar Word
What does the Any Unfamiliar Word worksheet cover?
It practises using roots and affixes to read a word you have never met — 8 questions for Grade 5, all on Common Core RF.5.3: Use all you know about roots and affixes to read any unfamiliar word. The instruction to pupils is “Tick the right answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Any Unfamiliar Word practise?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.5.3 — RF.5.3, in the Reading: Foundational Skills domain for Grade 5. The published standard reads: “Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Any Unfamiliar Word is written for Grade 5, typically ages 10-11. It is one of the sheets on RF.5.3, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Any Unfamiliar Word come with an answer key?
Yes. All 8 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Any Unfamiliar Word can I print?
25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Any Unfamiliar Word free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Any Unfamiliar Word, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Is there a lesson plan to teach RF.5.3?
Yes — “Decoding Any Word in Context” is a 40-minute Grade 5 plan for RF.5.3, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Any Unfamiliar Word is the practice that follows it.
More practice for RF.5.3
Use all you know about roots and affixes to read any unfamiliar word.
Teaching this next? Decoding Any Word in Context is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.