Inflectional Endings

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What are inflectional endings?

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Inflectional endings are suffixes added to the base form of a word to indicate grammatical features such as tense, mood, voice, aspect, person, number, gender, and case.

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What is the inflectional ending for the past tense of regular verbs?

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The inflectional ending for the past tense of regular verbs is 'ed'.

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How do you form the present participle of a verb?

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The present participle of a verb is formed by adding the inflectional ending 'ing' to the base form of the verb.

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What inflectional ending is used for third person singular present tense verbs?

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The inflectional ending used for third person singular present tense verbs is 's'.

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Provide an example of a verb in the past tense using the inflectional ending 'ed'.

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An example is 'hopped', which is the past tense of 'hop'.

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What is the present participle of the verb 'shine'?

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The present participle of 'shine' is 'shining'.

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What is the purpose of inflectional endings in verbs?

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Inflectional endings in verbs indicate tense, aspect, mood, and agreement with the subject.

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How do you identify the base form of a verb?

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The base form of a verb is its simplest form, without any inflectional endings.

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What is the difference between inflectional endings and derivational endings?

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Inflectional endings modify a word to express different grammatical categories, while derivational endings create a new word with a new meaning.

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What is the inflectional ending for the present participle of the verb 'jump'?

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The inflectional ending for the present participle of 'jump' is 'ing', making it 'jumping'.