Add suffixes to the root words and form new words. Use the new words in sentences of your own.

Word	Suffix	New word
sweet
truth		truthful
require	ful
high
move
Kind
clever	ment
faith
thought
doubt	ness
calm
use
pay

IV. Words with the suffix, “-ing” (present participle)

Read the following sentence from the text and notice the underlined word. I am getting two hundred lashes from him.

The underlined word in the above paragraph is a present participle. It is formed by adding the suffix “-ing”to the verb.

Look at the following and observe the changes in the spellings.

Base verb	Suffix	Present particple
get look tap become suspect go	- ing	getting looking taping becoming suspecting going

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