Word part · Anglo-Saxon suffix
The Anglo-Saxon suffix -ing
Means: going on, or happening now.
At a glance
- Part
- -ing
- Meaning
- going on, or happening now
- Layer
- Anglo-Saxon: Short everyday words, compounds and the most common prefixes and suffixes.
Find the base first, then add the ending. Some bases drop an e or double a letter before -ing.
Example words
Read each word, then its sum: the parts that build it, and what they mean together.
Colors:prefixroot or basesuffix
- read (root or base)+ing (suffix)→reading
looking at words and understanding them, now
- sing (root or base)+ing (suffix)→singing
making music with your voice, now
- play (root or base)+ing (suffix)→playing
having fun with a game, now
- think (root or base)+ing (suffix)→thinking
using your mind, now
- fish (root or base)+ing (suffix)→fishing
trying to catch fish, now
- help (root or base)+ing (suffix)→helping
giving help, now
- rest (root or base)+ing (suffix)→resting
taking a rest, now
- paint (root or base)+ing (suffix)→painting
putting on paint, now
- sleep (root or base)+ing (suffix)→sleeping
being asleep, now
- rain (root or base)+ing (suffix)→raining
having rain fall, now
- jump (root or base)+ing (suffix)→jumping
making jumps, now
- ask (root or base)+ing (suffix)→asking
putting a question to someone, now
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