Definitions and facts
Adding -ed
Adding -ing
Adding -er
Past tense exceptions
100

What tense does -ing make a word?

present

100

Add -ed to the following word: shop

shopped

100

Add -ing to the following word: shop

shopping

100

Add -er to the following word: shop

shopper

100

What is the past tense of swim?

swam

200

What tense does -ed make a word?

past

200

Add -ed to the following word: skip

skipped

200

Add -ing to the following word: skip

skipping

200

Add -er to the following word: skip

skipper

200

What is the past tense of forget?

forgot

300

What does the suffix -er mean?

someone/something who

300

Add -ed to the following word:plan

planned

300

Add -ing to the following word: plan

planning

300

Add -er to the following word: plan

planner

300

What is the past tense of begin?

began
400

What is the doubling/1-1-1 rule?

double the final consonant for words that 1) have one syllable, 2) have a short vowel, and 2) end in a consonant

400

Add -ed to the following word: rip

ripped

400

Add -ing to the following word: sit

sitting

400

Add -er to the following word: run

runner

400

What is the past tense of write?

wrote

500

Which of these words can have the doubling/1-1-1 rule applied to it?

- sneak

- bag

- try

bag --> bagged, bagging, bagger

500

Add -ed to the following word: jog

jogged

500

Add -ing to the following word: spin 

spinning

500

Add -er to the following word: dim

dimmer

500

What is the past tense of choose?

chose
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