English word construction seems like anarchy, but there really are rules—they’re just rules for all the different languages that english draws from, respective

English word construction seems like anarchy, but there really are rules—they’re just rules for all the different languages that english draws from, respective to each word. I learned to recognize the origin of words (from Greek, Latin, German, French, etc.) pretty early on, and it drastically cleared up the seeming chaos of how a word was spelled. Is your son getting any context behind the words? Otherwise I could see these exercises being as frustrating as trying to learn a modern symphony by ear with no knowledge of music.