Word Formation / Word-building Exercises
Words are amazing because they contain smaller words inside them. This activity is called “Word Within a Word” or “Word Formation.” It helps us find hidden words inside big words. It is a fun way to improve vocabulary and learn new words. These word-building exercises are useful for students, teachers, and anyone who loves words. By practicing this, we can improve our spelling skills and become better at finding patterns in words. Let’s explore many small words that we can make from bigger words!
ACHIEVEMENT
• Three-letter words: hem, net, mat, ace, men
• Four-letter words: meet, cave, team, hate, heat
AFFECTIONATE
• Three-letter words: ton, ion, con, fit, fan ,can
• Four-letter words: neat, note, coif ,coin
ADVENTURE
• Three-letter words: den, net, van, red, due
• Four-letter words: vent, dune, tune, dare, true
BEAUTIFUL
• Three-letter words: bat, eat, flu, but, tab
• Four-letter words: blue, bait, flat, lute, fuel
CANDLE
• Three-letter words: can, lad, den, ale, and
• Four-letter words: clan, lend, land, lace, dace
CAMPING
• Three-letter words: cam, pin, pig, gap, man
• Four-letter words: camp, ping, pang, pimp, gimp
CIRCLE
• Three-letter words: ice, ire, rec, lie
• Four-letter words: rice, relic, lire
CLOTHES
• Three-letter words: lot, let, hot, set
• Four-letter words: host, close, shot, colt, lest
COMPLETE
• Three-letter words: met, let, cop, pot, top
• Four-letter words: pole, poem, plot, temp, mole
CONFIDENCE
• Three-letter words: fin, den, ice, cod, con
• Four-letter words: nice, once, fine, dice, fend
CULTURE
• Three-letter words: cut, let, cur, rue
• Four-letter words: clue, cure, lute, rule, truce
DESTINY
• Three-letter words: den, sit, net, yet, tin
• Four-letter words: tide, sent, tiny, diet, nest
DIRECTION
• Three-letter words: die, net, ton, ion, tic
• Four-letter words: note, code, tend, riot, into
ELEGANT
• Three-letter words: leg, ant, tan, let, gel
• Four-letter words: lane, neat, late, gale, lean
ENERGY
• Three-letter words: yen, eye, rye, erg, gen
• Four-letter words: gene, grey, gyre
EQUALITY
• Three-letter words: eat, lit, let, lie, yet
• Four-letter words: quit, late, tail, tile, teal
EXCITEMENT
• Three-letter words: met, ten, men, net, tic
• Four-letter words: mint, cent, time, meet, nice
EXPLAIN
• Three-letter words: pin, nap, pan, lip, ail
• Four-letter words: plan, pain, nail, axil, lain
FANTASY
• Three-letter words: fat, fan, sat, say, any
• Four-letter words: fast, tans, stay, nasty, ants
FESTIVAL
• Three-letter words: set, let, fat, sit, vet
• Four-letter words: east, vest, fast, vale, lest
FINGER
• Three-letter words: fin, fir, rig, gin, fig
• Four-letter words: fine, fire, grin, ring, rife
FOOTPRINT
• Three-letter words: top, rip, pin, fin, pot
• Four-letter words: port, into, fort, trip, noir
FREEDOM
• Three-letter words: red, rod, doe, mod, fed
• Four-letter words: more, ford, demo, mode
FRIENDLY
• Three-letter words: fin, red, end, den, fly
• Four-letter words: rend, fend, lied, fine, fern
FRIENDSHIP
• Three-letter words: fin, red, sip, hip, den
• Four-letter words: herd, find, dish, ripe, hind
GARDEN
• Three-letter words: rag, red, den, nag, and
• Four-letter words: dare, read, nerd, grad, rend
GOLDEN
• Three-letter words: god, led, old, den, don
• Four-letter words: gone, lend, node, dole, geld
GRATEFUL
• Three-letter words: tag, rat, gel, fat, elf
• Four-letter words: fate, true, furl, gate, tear
HAPPENING
• Three-letter words: pan, hen, peg, pin, nap
• Four-letter words: pine, heap, hang, gape, ping
HAPPINESS
• Three-letter words: pin, nap, hen, sap, his
• Four-letter words: pain, snap, ship, heap, sine
HARMONY
• Three-letter words: ham, any, nor, ran, man
• Four-letter words: harm, many, horn, norm, yarn
HEALTHY
• Three-letter words: hat, tea, let, lay, thy
• Four-letter words: heat, halt, tale, hate, they
HOLIDAY
• Three-letter words: lid, lay, oil, aid, old
• Four-letter words: hold, daily, dial, halo, idol
IMAGINE
• Three-letter words: mag, gin, gem, men, nag
• Four-letter words: game, mane, mean, mine, gain
INNOVATE
• Three-letter words: inn, vat, not, ton, net
• Four-letter words: note, vote, vane, into, vain
INSPIRATION
• Three-letter words: pin, tin, rat, not, sin
• Four-letter words: spin, part, iron, paint, into
JOURNEY
• Three-letter words: joy, our, nor, yen, run
• Four-letter words: rune, your, euro, jury, yore
LANTERN
• Three-letter words: tan, net, ran, let, ten
• Four-letter words: lean, later, rant, tern, ante
LEARNING
• Three-letter words: leg, ran, nil, nag, gin
• Four-letter words: lean, ring, gale, gain, lane
LIBRARY
• Three-letter words: lib, bar, ray, rib, lay
• Four-letter words: liar, baby, rail, bray, aryl
MIRACLE
• Three-letter words: ram, arc, ale, car, ice
• Four-letter words: lice, realm, mire, clam, care
MOUNTAIN
• Three-letter words: tan, ton, man, nut
• Four-letter words: tuna, atom, mina, moat, unit
MOTIVATE
• Three-letter words: vat, mot, tie, oat, aim
• Four-letter words: time, moat, vote, team, mate
NATURE
• Three-letter words: nut, rat, net, run, ten
• Four-letter words: tune, neat, rate, true, ante
OPTIMISM
• Three-letter words: opt, top, pit, sit
• Four-letter words: mist, stop, post, most, omit
PENCIL
• Three-letter words: pin, lip, nil, pen, pie
• Four-letter words: lice, clip, cine, epic, lien
PLANET
• Three-letter words: pan, net, tan, let, lap
• Four-letter words: lane, neat, plea, pelt, lean
RAINBOW
• Three-letter words: ran, bow, win, now, rib
• Four-letter words: barn, rain, warn, wain
STUDENT
• Three-letter words: set, sun, net, den, due
• Four-letter words: dune, send, tune, tend, sued
SUNRISE
• Three-letter words: sun, sir, sin, sue, see
• Four-letter words: rise, sure, user, sine, runs
SUNSHINE
• Three-letter words: sun, sin, his, she, hen
• Four-letter words: shin, hues, sine, hues, hens
TOMORROW
• Three-letter words: tom, row, tor, rot
• Four-letter words: worm, moot, room
TREATMENT
• Three-letter words: ant, art, tea, ten, men
• Four-letter words: earn, mean, meet, term, tree
VICTORY
• Three-letter words: toy, tor, try, cot
• Four-letter words: city, riot, tiny, trio
VILLAGE
• Three-letter words: lag, ill, gal, leg
• Four-letter words: veil, live, vile, gale, lave
WONDERFUL
• Three-letter words: won, one, due, fun, fur
• Four-letter words: word, four, fund, fold, fuel
SUCCESS
• Three-letter words: sue, sec, use, cue, sun.
• Four-letter words: uses, cues, sues.
FRIEND
• Three-letter words: red, rid, fir, end, fin.
• Four-letter words: find, fired, fern, dire, ride.
PATIENCE
• Three-letter words: pat, net, pan, pie, ten.
• Four-letter words: pace, neat, nice, pain, pent.
KNOWLEDGE
• Three-letter words: new, wed, now, led, nod.
• Four-letter words: know, gone, done, lend, edge.
HARDWORK
• Three-letter words: had, war, rod, raw, who.
• Four-letter words: word, hard, work, dark, ward.
BEAUTY
• Three-letter words: bat, eat, tea, buy, bay.
• Four-letter words: beat, bate, tube.
RESPECT
• Three-letter words: pet, set, see, per, rec.
• Four-letter words: pest, rest, sect, step, spec.
STRENGTH
• Three-letter words: ten, get, net, hen, set.
• Four-letter words: rest, gent, sent, tent, then.
DISCIPLINE
• Three-letter words: pin, dip, sin, pie, lid.
• Four-letter words: line, spin, dice, pine, nice.
COURAGE
• Three-letter words: cur, rug, age, rag, ego.
• Four-letter words: cage, race, urge, acre, core.
EDUCATION
• Three-letter words: cat, ton, due, net, can.
• Four-letter words: code, tide, note, cute, date.
EXCELLENCE
• Three-letter words: eel, lee, nee.
• Four-letter words: cell, exec.
DISCOVERY
• Three-letter words: cod, dry, icy, cry, rid.
• Four-letter words: dive, code, very, dice, rosy.
DETERMINATION
• Three-letter words: ten, net, met, rat, man.
• Four-letter words: time, date, near, main, note.
ENTHUSIASM
• Three-letter words: sun, hat, hit, sat, nut.
• Four-letter words: tune, satin, mash, stun, sane.
FLEXIBILITY
• Three-letter words: lit, bit, let, fix, fit.
• Four-letter words: flex, tile, bile, lift, exit.
GENEROSITY
• Three-letter words: net, sit, get, ten, soy.
• Four-letter words: gene, tiny, site, rose, tire.
HONOUR
• Three-letter words: nor, our, run, hun.
• Four-letter words: hour, horn.
INITIATIVE
• Three-letter words: tan, van, vat, tie, tin.
• Four-letter words: vine, tent, neat, vain, anti.
LEADERSHIP
• Three-letter words: lap, dip, lid, sip, her.
• Four-letter words: lead, ship, hear, heal, ripe.
OPTIMISM
• Three-letter words: top, sip, sit, opt, mop.
• Four-letter words: mist, post, stop, omit, pits.
PERSEVERANCE
• Three-letter words: per, see, ran, ace, pen.
• Four-letter words: peer, race, earn, verse, pane.
POSITIVITY
• Three-letter words: sit, top, pit, opt, sip.
• Four-letter words: post, stop, opts.
RELIABILITY
• Three-letter words: rib, bit, lab, let, lay.
• Four-letter words: rail, able, bile, late, rite.
RESPONSIBILITY
• Three-letter words: rip, not, set, son, sip.
• Four-letter words: spot, bone, lost, role, spin.
SELF-DISCIPLINE
• Three-letter words: sip, pen, fin, lip, dip.
• Four-letter words: clip, life, fine, slip, send.
SINCERITY
• Three-letter words: sin, cry, tie, yet, sir.
• Four-letter words: sire, nice, tiny, rice, cent.
TOLERANCE
• Three-letter words: ton, net, eat, ran, arc.
• Four-letter words: lone, tear, race, once, role.
TRUSTWORTHY
• Three-letter words: try, rot, hut, tow, why.
• Four-letter words: rush, hurt, shot, tour, word.
