Word Study: -ing, -ed

Word Study: -ing, -ed

-ing

• means "currently in the action or process"

• puts a verb in present tense

• means it is happening right now

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What does -ing mean?

• happening now

• happened before

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What does -ing do to a verb?

• puts it in the past tense

• puts it in the present tense

planning

• currently in the process of making a plan

• synonym: scheduling

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What is a synonym for planning?

• scheduling

• aging

proving

• currently in the process of trying to prove something

• synonym: verifying

• antonym: disproving

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What is a synonym for proving?

• disproving

• verifying

speculating

• currently in the process of thinking very deeply about something

• synonym: wondering

• antonym: ignoring 

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What is an antonym for speculating

• ignoring

• lying

editing

•  currently in the process of making edits or revisions

• synonym: correcting

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What is a synonym for editing?

• aching

• correcting

-ed

• means "happened in the past"

• puts the verb in the past tense

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What does -ed mean?

• happening right now

• happened in the past

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What does -ed do to a verb?

• puts it in the present tense

• puts it in the past tense

calculated

• carefully thought out a plan or did a mathmatical calculation in the past

• synonym: solved

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What is a synonym for calculated?

• solved

• abandoned

accomplished

• effectively completed in the past

• synonym: succeeded

• antonym: failed

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What is an antonym for accomplished?

• failed

• encompassed

abolished

• put an end to in the past

• synonym: canceled

• antonym: created

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What is a synonym for abolished?

• created

• canceled

liberated

• set free in the past

• synonym: freed

• antonym: imprisoned 

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What is an antonym for liberated?

• freed

• imprisoned