Word part · Anglo-Saxon suffix
The Anglo-Saxon suffix -ed
Means: it already happened.
At a glance
- Part
- -ed
- Meaning
- it already happened
- Layer
- Anglo-Saxon: Short everyday words, compounds and the most common prefixes and suffixes.
One spelling with three sounds: /t/ in jumped, /d/ in played and /ĭd/ in rested. The extra beat comes after a base that ends in t or d.
Example words
Read each word, then its sum: the parts that build it, and what they mean together.
Colors:prefixroot or basesuffix
- jump (root or base)+ed (suffix)→jumped
made a jump in the past
- help (root or base)+ed (suffix)→helped
gave help in the past
- ask (root or base)+ed (suffix)→asked
put a question to someone in the past
- kick (root or base)+ed (suffix)→kicked
hit with a foot in the past
- play (root or base)+ed (suffix)→played
had fun with a game in the past
- fill (root or base)+ed (suffix)→filled
made full in the past
- rain (root or base)+ed (suffix)→rained
had rain falling in the past
- call (root or base)+ed (suffix)→called
spoke out to someone or phoned them in the past
- rest (root or base)+ed (suffix)→rested
took a rest in the past
- land (root or base)+ed (suffix)→landed
came down to the ground in the past
- paint (root or base)+ed (suffix)→painted
put paint on something in the past
- want (root or base)+ed (suffix)→wanted
wished to have something in the past
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Parts that share a lesson with -ed.
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