Spelling words with the suffix "-ed" | English | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Select the suffixes.
- -ed ✓
- un-
- -ful ✓
- in-
- -ly ✓
Select all the words containing the suffix -ed.
- played ✓
- head
- stopped ✓
- seed
- cried ✓
Match the words ending with the suffix -ed to their root words.
- play
  
  ⇔
  
  played ✓
- stop
  
  ⇔
  
  stopped ✓
- cry
  
  ⇔
  
  cried ✓
- smile
  
  ⇔
  
  smiled ✓
Which sentences are in the past tense?
- I went home. ✓
- I like football.
- I played football. ✓
- I do not eat meat.
- I smiled at my mum. ✓
Match the present tense verbs with their past tense verbs.
- play
  
  ⇔
  
  played ✓
- smile
  
  ⇔
  
  smiled ✓
- go
  
  ⇔
  
  went ✓
- hop
  
  ⇔
  
  hopped ✓
Where is a suffix found in a word?
- at the start
- in the middle
- at the end ✓
- nowhere

Which tense is the following sentence in? 'She walked to the park.'
- past ✓
- present
- future
When do we 'just add -ed' when using the suffix -ed?
- when the root word ends in 'y' after a consonant
- when the root word ends in 'e'
- when the root word ends in two consonant letters ✓
- when the root word is a single syllable with a short vowel
When do we 'remove the 'e', then add -ed' when using the suffix -ed?
- when the root word ends in 'y' after a consonant
- when the root word ends in 'e' ✓
- when the root word ends in two consonant letters
- when the root word is a single syllable with a short vowel
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'He clozd the door behind him.'
- closd
- clozed
- closed ✓
- closeed
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'I helpt to clear the table.'
- helpet
- helpt
- helped ✓
- helpd
Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'The sun is the shape of a surcel.'
- 'circle' ✓

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A suffix is a letter or group of letters at the end of a word which creates another word.
-ed is a suffix that can be used to create the past tense.
Some root words just add -ed to create the past tense.
Some root words lose the final e and add the suffix -ed to create the past tense.
How to spell the curriculum word: circle.

Children can spell past tense verbs how they sound, ending them with 't', 'd' or 'id'.

Explicitly discuss the examples of words where the ending sounds different and remind pupils that the spelling is still -ed.

Suffix - a letter or group of letters added to the end of a root word
Past tense - shows that the action happened before now
Verb - a doing or being word
Root word - the base word from which other words are formed often by adding prefixes or suffixes