It's Easy to Spell -ed Words!.

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1 It's Easy to Spell -ed Words!

2 We often use verbs that end in –ed.
Words ending in -ed We often use verbs that end in –ed. He studied hard. She smiled at me. I have worked all day.

3 The Rules It’s easy to spell words ending in
-ed correctly. You can learn to do it in just a few minutes! There are only 4 simple rules: 1. + ed 2. + d 3. y  i + ed 4. x2 + ed

4 For most verbs, just add –ed.
work  worked brush  brushed ask  asked

5 If the base form of the verb ends in a single -e, just add –d.
smile  smiled live  lived dance  danced

6 y  i + ed If the base form of the verb ends with a consonant + y, change the y to i and add -ed. study  studied try  tried reply  replied

7 x2 + ed If 1) the last 3 letters of the base form of the verb are consonant-vowel-consonant and 2) the stress is on the final (or only) syllable, double the final consonant and add –ed. stop  stopped plan  planned

8 x2 + ed (continued) admit  admitted prefer  preferred
Compare when the stress is NOT on the final syllable: listen  listened The final –l is always doubled in British English, but not in American English: travel  travelled (British) travel  traveled (American)

9 x2 + ed (continued) -x, -w, or –y. fix  fixed snow  snowed
Do not double the final consonants -x, -w, or –y. fix  fixed snow  snowed stay  stayed

10 Which rule? walk + ed + d yi+ed x2+ed

11 Which rule? walk + ed + d yi+ed x2+ed walked

12 Which rule? love + ed + d yi+ed x2+ed

13 Which rule? love + ed + d yi+ed x2+ed loved

14 Which rule? cry + ed + d yi+ed x2+ed

15 Which rule? cry + ed + d yi+ed x2+ed cried

16 Which rule? hop + ed + d yi+ed x2+ed

17 Which rule? hop + ed + d yi+ed x2+ed hopped

18 Which rule? hope + ed + d yi+ed x2+ed

19 Which rule? hope + ed + d yi+ed x2+ed hoped

20 Which rule? play + ed + d yi+ed x2+ed

21 Which rule? play + ed + d yi+ed x2+ed played

22 Which rule? end + ed + d yi+ed x2+ed

23 Which rule? end + ed + d yi+ed x2+ed ended

24 Which rule? carry + ed + d yi+ed x2+ed

25 Which rule? carry + ed + d yi+ed x2+ed carried

26 Which rule? look + ed + d yi+ed x2+ed

27 Which rule? look + ed + d yi+ed x2+ed looked

28 Which rule? repeat + ed + d yi+ed x2+ed

29 Which rule? repeat + ed + d yi+ed x2+ed repeated

30 Which rule? copy + ed + d yi+ed x2+ed

31 Which rule? copy + ed + d yi+ed x2+ed copied

32 Which rule? control + ed + d yi+ed x2+ed

33 Which rule? control + ed + d yi+ed x2+ed controlled

34 What are the 4 rules? 1. + ed 2. + d 3. y  i + ed 4. x2 + ed