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GRADE 3 UNIT 6 LESSON 3. Inflectional endings – ing , - ed Comparative & Superlative Adjectives. Inflectional Endings. When we READ words with suffixes, we often refer to the words as having inflectional endings. Inflectional endings: * change the tense of a verb.
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GRADE 3UNIT 6 LESSON 3 Inflectional endings –ing, -ed Comparative & Superlative Adjectives
Inflectional Endings When we READ words with suffixes, we often refer to the words as having inflectional endings. Inflectional endings: * change the tense of a verb. * change a singular noun to a plural noun. * often change the spelling of the base word. When we SPELL these same words, we usually refer to these same endings as SUFFIXES. Inflectional Endings = Suffixes!
INFLECTIONAL ENDINGS = SUFFIXES Vowel Suffix –ing Base Word + Suffix -ing boil + ing = boiling stop + ing = stopping* serve + ing = serving** *Doubling Rule **Dropping Rule Vowel Suffix –ed Base Word + Suffix –ed learn + ed = learned transfer + ed = transferred* dry + ed = dried** *Doubling Rule **Changing Rule
COMPARATIVE & SUPERLATIVE We use suffix –erto compare two items and show which one is “more” than the other. strong stronger small smaller Irregular: bad worse We use suffix –estto compare more than two items and show which one is the “most.” • strongest • smallest • worst
SPELLING WORDS boiling finished offering dried polishing transferred remembering worse serving worst providing stronger stopping strongest forgetting smaller learned smallest enjoyed Polish (homophone/Proper Adjective)