Reading Words with Endings

English · Phonics & Word Reading · ages 5-7

Name ______________________ Date ____________

Boxes means just one box.
Circle one: True False
Which ending makes hat mean more than one hat?
- -ing
- -ed
- -s
What is the root word in planted?
- planted
- plante
- plant
What is the root word in jumping?
- jump
- jumping
- jumps
Which word gains an extra spoken beat from its -ed ending?
- jumped
- wanted
- helped
Three girls jumped. Anna's jump went above both others. Complete: 'Anna's jump was the ___ of all three.'
- high
- higher
- highest
Yesterday Ben ___ his bike. Which word fits?
- washing
- washed
- wash
King is the root word k plus the ending -ing.
Circle one: True False
Removing -ing from stopping leaves stopp. How do you recover its root?
- Keep both p letters
- Add one more p now
- Remove the extra p
The story says 'The bird was landing on the branch.' Leo reads 'The bird is landing on the branch.' What time change does he make?
- He changes past action to now
- He changes now to past action
- He changes one bird to many

Answer key

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False · Boxes is box plus the plural ending -es. It means more than one box.
-s · Add the plural ending -s to make hats.
plant · Remove the whole ending -ed. The root plant remains.
jump · Removing the ending -ing leaves the root jump.
wanted · Want ends with a t sound, so -ed adds a beat in wanted.
highest · Highest identifies the top jump in the whole group.
washed · Washed is the regular past-action form needed in this sentence.
False · King is a whole word here. Its letters ing are not an ending added to a root k.
Remove the extra p · Stop gained an extra p before -ing. Remove that added copy to recover stop.
He changes past action to now · Was landing describes an earlier ongoing action. Is landing describes it happening now.