Inflectional Endings -ing & -ed Flashcard

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What is an inflectional ending?

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An inflectional ending is a suffix added to a word to change its form, such as tense or number.

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What does the ending -ing indicate?

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The ending -ing indicates that an action is happening right now.

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What does the ending -ed indicate?

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The ending -ed indicates that an action has already happened.

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Fill in the blank: Aunt Emma ______ the lights on the porch. (dimmed)

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The correct answer is 'dimmed'.

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Choose the correct spelling: triees, tries, tryes

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The correct answer is 'tries'.

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Choose the correct spelling: cityes, citties, cities

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The correct answer is 'cities'.

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Choose the correct spelling: racer, raccer, racur

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The correct answer is 'racer'.

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Choose the correct spelling: happily, hapily, happely

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The correct answer is 'happily'.

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What is the rule for adding -ing to a verb?

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For most verbs, just add -ing. For verbs ending in 'e', drop the 'e' before adding -ing.

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What is the rule for adding -ed to a verb?

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For most verbs, just add -ed. For verbs ending in 'y', change 'y' to 'i' before adding -ed.