Inflectional Endings (s, es, ed, ing)

Front

What is an inflectional ending?

Back

An inflectional ending is a suffix added to a word to indicate grammatical features such as tense, mood, voice, aspect, person, number, gender, and case.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4B

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

CCSS.L.K.4B

CCSS.RF.1.3F

Front

What inflectional ending is used to indicate the third person singular present tense?

Back

The inflectional ending 's' is used to indicate the third person singular present tense.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4B

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

CCSS.L.K.4B

CCSS.RF.1.3F

Front

What inflectional ending is used to indicate the past tense of regular verbs?

Back

The inflectional ending 'ed' is used to indicate the past tense of regular verbs.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4B

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

CCSS.L.K.4B

CCSS.RF.1.3F

Front

What inflectional ending is used to indicate the present participle?

Back

The inflectional ending 'ing' is used to indicate the present participle.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4B

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

CCSS.L.K.4B

CCSS.RF.1.3F

Front

How does the inflectional ending 'es' change the verb 'do'?

Back

The inflectional ending 'es' changes the verb 'do' to 'does' in the third person singular present tense.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4B

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

CCSS.L.K.4B

CCSS.RF.1.3F

Front

What is the effect of adding 'ed' to a verb?

Back

Adding 'ed' to a verb changes it to its past tense form.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

Front

Provide an example of a verb that takes the 'ing' inflectional ending.

Back

An example of a verb that takes the 'ing' inflectional ending is 'run,' which becomes 'running.'

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4B

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

CCSS.L.K.4B

CCSS.RF.1.3F

Front

What is the rule for adding 's' or 'es' to nouns?

Back

Generally, 's' is added to form the plural of most nouns, while 'es' is added to nouns ending in s, x, z, ch, or sh.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4B

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

CCSS.L.K.4B

CCSS.RF.1.3F

Front

What is the difference between 'walks' and 'walked'?

Back

'Walks' is the third person singular present tense form of the verb 'walk,' while 'walked' is the past tense form.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4B

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

CCSS.L.K.4B

CCSS.RF.1.3F

Front

When do you use 'es' instead of 's'?

Back

You use 'es' instead of 's' when the base word ends in s, x, z, ch, or sh.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4B

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

CCSS.L.K.4B

CCSS.RF.1.3F