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1st grade · English Language Arts · Unit 17 of 17

Word Endings & Short Forms

Compound words, contractions, and the endings -s, -es, -ed and -ing.

What your child practices

Your child puts words together (rainbow), reads contractions (can't, I'm) and works out what -s, -ed and -ing add to a word.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: 1.2(B); 1.3(C) · compound words, contractions, and the endings -s, -es, -ed and -ing

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. -ing means it is happening now: singing.
  2. -ed tells about the past. -s or -es means more than one.
  3. Two words can join: foot + ball = football.

Example: Which two words make “sunset”? Split it: sun + set. Both are real words. Answer: sun and set

Word Endings & Short Forms in Texas

In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 17 of 17 in 1st grade English Language Arts, after Long Vowels & Vowel Teams.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Texas Education Agency (TEA)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    “don't” is a short way to say…

    • done
    • doing
    • did not
    • do not

  2. Question 2

    Which word is a compound word?

    • bedding
    • bedtime
    • tiny
    • timer

  3. Question 3

    What is the base word in “painted”?

    • paint
    • ted
    • pain
    • pant

  4. Question 4

    Put “sun” and “flower” together. What word is it?

    • sunflower
    • flowers
    • flowersun
    • sunny

  5. Question 5

    “can't” is a short way to say…

    • can it
    • can not
    • can too
    • cat not

  6. Question 6

    Which word means more than one bus?

    • buss
    • bused
    • buses
    • busy

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