Inflectional Endings (s, es, ed, ing)

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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 's' do to a verb?

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The ending 's' is added to a verb to show that someone does something regularly or in the present.

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What does the ending 'es' do to a verb?

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The ending 'es' is added to a verb when the subject is a singular noun that ends in 's', 'x', 'z', 'ch', or 'sh'.

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What does the ending 'ed' indicate when added to a verb?

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The ending 'ed' shows that an action happened in the past.

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What does the ending 'ing' indicate when added to a verb?

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The ending 'ing' shows that an action is happening right now or is ongoing.

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Complete the sentence: My friend __________ me smile every day when I see her! (verb: make)

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makes

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Complete the sentence: Lucy __________ really hard not to fall off her tricycle yesterday. (verb: try)

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tried

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Complete the sentence: Chip __________ to his friend Mike on the phone each week. (verb: talk)

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talks

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Complete the sentence: This morning, the bus __________ me off at school. (verb: drop)

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dropped

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Complete the sentence: I was so happy for the warmer weather, I went __________ across the field of flowers. (verb: skip)

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skipping