Grade 5 English Quiz: Inflectional Ending

Question 1: Add the inflectional ending -ed to the base word 'jump'. What is the new word?

• jumped

• jumping

• jumps

• jumper

Question 2: Add the inflectional ending -ing to the base word 'swim'. What is the new word?

• swimly

• swimful

• swimmed

• swimming

Question 3: Add the inflectional ending -s to the base word 'dog'. What is the new word?

• doggies

• dogged

• dogs

• doges

Question 4: Identify the inflectional ending in the word 'happily'.

• ed

• ing

• ful

• -ly

Question 5: Identify the inflectional ending in the word 'running'.

• er

• ly

• ed

• -ing

Question 6: Identify the inflectional ending in the word 'cats'.

• c

• s

• a

• t

Question 7: Apply the inflectional ending -en to the irregular word 'shrink'. What is the new word?

• shrunken

• shrinkedn

• shrinken

• shrinked

Question 8: Apply the inflectional ending -en to the irregular word 'swell'. What is the new word?

• swellate

• swellish

• swellify

• swellen

Question 9: What is the root word of the word 'happiness'?

• happening

• happiest

• happily

• happy

Question 10: What is the root word of the word 'careless'?

• less

• car

• full

• care