Ed Inflectional Ending

Johnny _______ my teacher when he shared his excuse for not turning in his homework.

• convinced

• convincing

The entire audience rose to their feet and _______ when the play ended.

• clap

• clapped

• clapping

I ________ over and over again until I could finally ride my bike without training wheels.

• try

• tried

• trying

hop + ed

• hoped

• hopped

The ending -ed makes a verb past tense. Past tense means the action already happened.

The -ed might sound like /d/ as in blamed.

Sometimes the -ed might sound like a /t/ as in packed.

Sometimes the -ed might sound like /ed/ as in added.

Pick the correct spelling of each word.

• camped

• campt

Pick the correct spelling of each word.

• added

• addted

Pick the correct spelling of each word.

• fixd

• fixed

Add -ed and -ing.

Pick the correct spelling of each word.

shop

• shopped

  shopping

• shopt

  shoping

Add -ed and -ing.

Pick the correct spelling of each word.

bake

• baked

  baking

• bakt

  bakeing

Which of the following sentences correctly uses an -ed inflectional ending?

• She walk to the store yesterday.

• He played the guitar beautifully.

• They are talk about the movie.

• We will finish the project soon.