Final -ed: Avoiding Incorrect -ed Endings

Application 10

Instructions On the space provided after each sentence, complete a new sentence which contains a two-word verb string using one of the auxiliaries listed below and the base form of the italicized verb. The Auxiliaries: will, shall can, could would, should may, might, must do, does, did Example: She arrived in plenty of time. Your answer could be: She should arrive in plenty of time. 1. My children saved their outgrown baseball cleats.      2. They collected several years' worth.      3. Then they lined them up on a table.      4. They talked about them with their friends.      5. Those old shoes helped them to recall their glorious games.

CONTENTS MAIN PAGE 10.1 Pretest 10.2 Your Writing 10.3 Recognizing Final -ed 10.4 Simple Past Tense 10.5 Perfect Tenses 10.6 Passive Voices 10.7 Past Participles that Act as Modifiers 10.8 Avoiding Incorrect -ed Endings 10.9 Review & Practice Part 1 10.9 Review & Practice Part 2 10.10 Fun With Grammar 10.11 Return to Your Writing 10.12 Mastery Test