Inflected Endings Worksheet

Inflected Endings Practice

Read each instruction carefully and answer all questions to the best of your ability.

Inflected endings are word parts added to the end of a word that change its meaning or grammatical function, but not its core meaning. Common inflected endings include -s, -es, -ed, and -ing.

Examples:

- Adding -s or -es to a noun makes it plural (e.g., cat → cats, box → boxes).

- Adding -s or -es to a verb shows present tense, third person singular (e.g., walk → walks, teach → teaches).

- Adding -ed to a verb shows past tense (e.g., play → played, jump → jumped).

- Adding -ing to a verb shows present participle or continuous action (e.g., run → running, sing → singing).

Complete each sentence by adding the correct inflected ending (-s, -es, -ed, or -ing) to the word in parentheses.

1. My dog often   at the mailman. (bark)

2. Yesterday, we   a fun game of soccer. (play)

3. The baby is   loudly in her crib. (cry)

4. She   three different languages. (speak)

5. The gardener   the rose bushes every spring. (prune)

6. Look! The birds are   their nests. (build)

Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence.

1. The baker   fresh bread every morning.

2. We   to the zoo last weekend.

Read each statement and determine if it is true or false regarding inflected endings.

1. Adding '-ing' to a verb always means the action happened in the past.

2. The word 'boxes' has an inflected ending because it makes the noun plural.

1. Explain how adding '-ed' to a verb changes its meaning.

2. Write a sentence using a verb with the '-ing' ending and underline the verb.