Base Words and Endings

Base Words and Endings

Base Words

• A base word is a word without any endings added to it.

Short Vowel Sounds

• If a base word has a short vowel sound and ends in a consonant, double the consonant before adding -ed or -ing

• rub - rubbed - rubbing

Ending with e

• If a base word ends with an e, drop the e before adding -ed or -ing.

• taste - tasted - tasting

Ending with y

• If a base word ends with y, change the y to i before adding -ed.

• Do not change y to i before adding -ing.

• cry - cried - crying

Base Word and Ending Practice

Read the base word. Choose TWO of the answers that show how to correctly add an -ed and -ing ending to the word.

Multiple Select

chop

• chopped

• choped

• chopping

• choping

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hike

• hiked

• hiking

• hikeed

• hikeing

Multiple Select

plan

• planed

• planned

• planing

• planning

Multiple Select

carry

• carryed

• carrying

• carried

• carrieing

Multiple Select

hug

• hugging

• huging

• huged

• hugged

Review

• If a base word has a short vowel sound and ends in a consonant, double the consonant before adding -ed or -ing.

• If a base word ends with an e, drop the e before adding -ed or -ing.

• If a base word ends with y, change the y to i before adding -ed.

• Do not change y to i before adding -ing.

Multiple Select

clap

• claped

• clapping

• clapped

• claping

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like

• likeed

• liking

• likeing

• liked

Multiple Select

try

• trying

• tried

• tryed

• treing

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hope

• hoping

• hopping

• hopped

• hoped

Multiple Select

act

• actted

• acted

• acting

• actting

Review

• A base word is a word without any endings added to it.

• There are different rules to follow when adding the -ed or -ing ending to words.