Starter quiz

  • Select the suffixes.
    • -ed  ✓
    • un-
    • -ly  ✓
    • de-
    • -ful  ✓
  • Select all the words containing the suffix -ed.
    • stayed  ✓
    • slept
    • jogged  ✓
    • edible
    • worried  ✓
  • Match the words ending with the suffix -ed to their root words.
    • stop
      ⇔
      stopped ✓
    • hurry
      ⇔
      hurried ✓
    • appreciate
      ⇔
      appreciated ✓
    • laugh
      ⇔
      laughed ✓
  • Which sentences are in the past tense?
    • He went home.  ✓
    • I love apples and berries.
    • They ran across the field.  ✓
    • You do not have a pen.
    • She walked to the shop.  ✓
  • Match the present tense verbs with their past tense verbs.
    • stay
      ⇔
      stayed ✓
    • share
      ⇔
      shared ✓
    • go
      ⇔
      went ✓
    • sleep
      ⇔
      slept ✓
  • What rule is being used when the word 'slice' becomes 'sliced' when adding the suffix -ed?
    • Just add -ed.
    • Remove the ‘y’ and add -ied.
    • Remove the ‘e’ and add -ed.  ✓
    • Double the consonant and add -ed.
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