1.1. Adding -ed to the end of a word makes it past tense
1.2. Example: I walked to school today. (That informs someone that you already took the walk to school (walked). Most often you will add -ed to talk about something that happened in the past.)
1.3. I play house with my dolls. How would you make this sentence past tense?
2. -es
2.1. Adding -es to the end of a word makes in plural
2.2. If the word ends in s, ss, x, z, ch, or sh, the plural is formed by adding 'es.'
2.3. Example: More than 1 box becomes boxes
2.4. If I was talking about more than 1 wish, how would you make it plural?
3. What is an inflectional suffix?
3.1. Group of letters place at the end of a word
3.2. Changes singular to plural
3.3. Changes present tense to past tense
3.4. This is an introduction is suffixes. There are many more endings that can be added to the end of a word. We are going to learn the common endings first.
4. -s
4.1. Adding -s to the end of a word makes it plural
4.2. Example: More than 1 dog becomes dogs (Most common way to form a plural word)
4.3. If I was talking about more than crayon, how would you make it plural?
