Inflectional Endings -ed and -ing

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What are inflectional endings?

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Inflectional endings are suffixes added to the base form of a word to indicate grammatical features such as tense, mood, voice, aspect, person, number, gender, and case.

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What is the purpose of the -ed ending in verbs?

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The -ed ending is used to form the past tense of regular verbs.

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What is the purpose of the -ing ending in verbs?

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The -ing ending is used to form the present participle of verbs, indicating ongoing action.

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Provide an example of a verb with the -ed ending.

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Liked (from the verb 'like').

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Provide an example of a verb with the -ing ending.

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Taking (from the verb 'take').

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How do you form the past tense of regular verbs?

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By adding the -ed ending to the base form of the verb.

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What is the present participle form of the verb 'make'?

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Making.

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What is the past tense of the verb 'smile'?

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Smiled.

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What is the present participle form of the verb 'run'?

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Running.

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What is the difference between the past tense and present participle?

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The past tense indicates a completed action, while the present participle indicates an ongoing action.