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' indicate when added to a noun?

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The ending 's' indicates that there is more than one of something (plural).

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What does the ending 'es' indicate when added to a noun?

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The ending 'es' is used to make nouns plural when they end in certain letters, like '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' indicates that the 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' indicates that the action is happening right now or is ongoing.

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Add 'ing' to the verb 'run'. What is the new word?

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running

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Add 'ed' to the verb 'jump'. What is the new word?

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jumped

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Add 's' to the noun 'cat'. What is the new word?

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cats

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Add 'es' to the noun 'box'. What is the new word?

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boxes

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What is the rule for adding 's' or 'es' to nouns?

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Add 's' for most nouns, but add 'es' for nouns ending in 's', 'x', 'z', 'ch', or 'sh'.