Language Arts · Grade 1 to Grade 3

Word endings, compounds and contractions

Five activities for plural endings, -ed, -ing, compound words and contractions. Read short stories, build words and sort examples.

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Ending -s and -es

Add -s or -es to name more than one. Read, sort and write the words.

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The -ed ending tells about the past. It can say t, d or id.

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Add -ing to tell what is happening now. Use the three rules.

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Two small words join to make one new word. Read, build and sort them.

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A contraction squeezes two words into one. The apostrophe shows what is missing.