Inflectional Ending -ed and -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, often to indicate tense, mood, or aspect.

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What does the suffix '-ed' indicate?

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The suffix '-ed' is used to form the past tense of regular verbs.

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What does the suffix '-ing' indicate?

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The suffix '-ing' is used to form the present participle of verbs, indicating an ongoing action.

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

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Baked (from the verb 'bake').

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

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Helping (from the verb 'help').

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How do you form the past tense of 'land'?

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You add '-ed' to make 'landed'.

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How do you form the present participle of 'cry'?

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You add '-ing' to make 'crying'.

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What is the past tense of 'help'?

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Helped.

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What is the present participle of 'bake'?

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Baking.

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Fill in the blank: My sister is ________ me with my homework. (help)

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helping.