Inflections – ed & - ing

Inflections –ed & -ing Structural Analysis:

sail ing sailing chart ed charted • Each of these words begin with a base word. They are verbs. • The endings are added to the words to tell about an action that is ongoing-ingor to tell about the past-ed.

sail ing sailing • The base word sail is a verb. • Adding the ending (-ing) causes the word to tell about an action that is ongoing. • The ending -ing always forms its own syllable when it is attached to a base word (not in words such as sing and ring where it is part of the base word).

chart ed charted • The base word chart is a verb. • Adding the ending (-ed)causes the word to tell about a past action. • The ending (-ed) may or may not form its own syllable.

Examples: If you are unsure of whether a word ending in –ed has an added syllable or not, try pronouncing it both ways to see which one sounds correct.

Try these. Sort these into groups according to the number of syllables they have. (Go in order left to right, top row first.)

departed delayed reported cheeredrooting ordered missed coming

Look in the story, “Nellie Bly: America’s Star Reporter.” Find five more words with the –edor –ingending. List the words, pronounce them, and sort them by the number of syllables.

Inflections – ed & - ing