Know Roots and Inflections - 1st Grade Writing

1. Identify the root word in the word "walking."

   walk. Remove the -ing ending to find the base form.

2. Choose the word that is an inflectional form of the root word "help": helps, helmet, hello.

   helps. Only this word shares the root 'help' with an ending.

3. What is the root word in the word "fixes"?

   fix. Remove -es to find the base word.

4. What is the root word in the word "reading"?

   read. Drop -ing to find the root word.

5. Choose the word that shows the action is happening now: "runs" or "running"?

   running. Present continuous uses -ing to show ongoing action.

6. Choose the word that has the same root word as "looked": look, lock, lucky.

   look. Both words share the root 'look' with different endings.

7. Identify the root word in the word "walks."

   walk. Remove the -s ending to find the base form.

8. Choose the word that matches "he or she" in the present: "look" or "looks"?

   looks. Third person singular adds -s in present tense.

9. What inflectional ending is added to the root word "look" to make "looked"?

   -ed. This ending shows past tense action.

10. What does the ending -ing usually mean when added to a root word (for example, "looking")?

    It often means it is happening now or continuing. The -ing ending shows continuous or ongoing action.

11. Identify the inflectional ending in the word "sits".

    -s. The ending comes after the root word "sit".

12. Identify the root word in the word "walked."

    walk. Remove the -ed ending to find the base form.

13. Which word has the same root word as "jump": "jumping" or "jumpy"?

    jumping. "Jumping" adds -ing to "jump"; "jumpy" changes meaning.

14. Identify the root word in the word "looked".

    look. Remove the -ed ending to find the root word.

15. Which word is the root word shared by "plays," "played," and "playing"?

    play. All three words share this base form.

16. Identify the root word in the word "looking".

    look. Remove the -ing ending to find the root word.

17. Identify the root word in the word "played."

    play. Remove the -ed ending to find the base form.

18. What inflectional ending is added to the root word "look" to make "looking"?

    -ing. This ending shows ongoing or continuous action.

19. Identify the root word in the word "looked."

    look. Remove the -ed ending to find the base form.

20. What does the ending -ed usually mean when added to a root word (for example, "looked")?

    It often means it already happened in the past. The -ed ending indicates past tense for regular verbs.

21. Choose the word that shows the action happened in the past: "talks" or "talked"?

    talked. Past tense uses -ed for regular verbs.

22. What inflectional ending is added to "fix" to make "fixes"?

    -es. Added to words ending in x to form third person singular.

23. Which inflectional ending is added to a verb to show past time, as in "looked"?

    -ed. Shows the action already happened.

24. What does the ending -s usually mean when added to a root word (for example, "looks")?

    It often means one person or thing does it now (he or she). The -s ending shows third person singular present tense.

25. Identify the inflectional ending in the word "looks."

    -s. The ending added after the root "look."

26. Identify the inflectional form of the root word "play" that shows past time.

    played. The -ed ending indicates past tense.

27. Which word is an inflectional form of the root word "walk": walking, walker, walkway?

    walking. The -ing ending creates an inflectional form.

28. Identify the root word in the word "played".

    play. Remove the -ed ending to find the root word.

29. Which inflectional ending is used in "reads" to show it happens now with one subject?

    -s. Shows third person singular present tense.

30. Which word is an inflectional form of the root word "jump": jump, jumps, jumper?

    jumps. Inflectional forms add -s, -ed, or -ing to the root.

31. Which word has the same root word as "looked": "looking" or "locker"?

    looking. Both share the root "look" with different endings.

32. Which word is the root word shared by "jump," "jumps," "jumped," and "jumping"?

    jump. All forms share this base word with different endings.

33. Which inflectional ending is added to a verb to mean "happening now," as in "looking"?

    -ing. Shows continuous action in the present.

34. What is the root word in the word "walked"?

    walk. Remove -ed to find the base word.

35. Identify the root word in the word "playing."

    play. Remove the -ing ending to find the base form.

36. Which word is the root word shared by "jumps," "jumped," and "jumping"?

    jump. Remove the endings to find the base word.

37. Identify the root word in the word "looks."

    look. Remove the -s ending to find the base form.

38. Identify the root word in the word "running".

    run. Drop the doubled n and -ing to find the root.

39. Identify the root word in the word "looking."

    look. Remove the -ing ending to find the base form.

40. Which word is an inflectional form of the root word "play": played, player, playground?

    played. Inflectional endings change tense, not word meaning.

41. Identify the root word in the word "looks".

    look. Remove the -s ending to find the root word.

42. Identify the inflectional ending in the word "looking."

    -ing. The ending added after the root "look."

43. What inflectional ending is added to the root word "look" to make "looks"?

    -s. This ending shows present tense with he/she/it.

44. What is a root word in a word such as "looked" or "looking"?

    The base word with the main meaning, before endings are added. It carries the core meaning before any grammatical changes.

45. What is an inflectional ending (suffix) in a word such as "looked" or "looking"?

    A word ending added to show tense or number, such as -s, -ed, or -ing. These endings change a word's tense or number without changing its core meaning.

46. Identify the root word in the word "plays."

    play. Remove the -s ending to find the base form.

47. Identify the inflectional ending in the word "looked."

    -ed. The ending added after the root "look."

48. What is the root word in the word "wishes"?

    wish. Drop -es to find the root word.

49. What inflectional ending is added to "wish" to make "wishes"?

    -es. Used after words ending in sh, ch, s, x, or z.

50. What is the root word in the word "looks"?

    look. The base word without any endings added.

51. Identify the inflectional ending in the word "reading".

    -ing. The ending comes after the root word "read".

52. What is the root word in the word "helping"?

    help. Remove -ing to reveal the base word.

53. Identify the inflectional ending in the word "played".

    -ed. The ending comes after the root word "play".

54. Identify the inflectional form of the root word "jump" that shows happening now.

    jumping. The -ing form shows continuous present action.

55. Choose the inflectional form of "look" that matches: "Yesterday, I ____ at the bird."

    looked. "Yesterday" signals past tense, requiring -ed.

56. What are inflectional endings in words such as "looks," "looked," and "looking"?

    Endings that change tense or number without changing the root meaning. They modify grammar (time/quantity) but keep the word's basic meaning.

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