Inflectional Endings (-s, -es, -ed)

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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 indicate?

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The ending -s is used to show that a noun is plural, meaning more than one.

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What does the ending -es indicate?

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The ending -es is used to make some nouns plural, especially those that end in s, x, z, ch, or sh.

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What does the ending -ed indicate?

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The ending -ed is used to show that a verb is in the past tense.

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What does the ending -ing indicate?

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The ending -ing is used to show that an action is happening right now.

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Give an example of a verb with the -ed ending.

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Jumped is an example of a verb with the -ed ending.

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Give an example of a verb with the -ing ending.

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Jumping is an example of a verb with the -ing ending.

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How do you change 'watch' to show it happens every day?

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You add -es to make it 'watches'.

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How do you change 'talk' to show it happened yesterday?

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You add -ed to make it 'talked'.

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What is the correct spelling of the past tense of 'judge'?

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The correct spelling is 'judged'.