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NCERT Solutions for Class 4th English Chapter 9 E. Fill in the blanks using -ed. — Let us Learn

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Q1.
E. Fill in the blanks using -ed.
Last week, we ……................... (visit) the park for a while.
Answer

Last week, we visited the park for a while.

How it is made: visit + ed = visited. The verb ends in t, so we simply add the whole -ed.

Why the past is needed here: The sentence begins with Last week. That already tells us the visit is over. When the time words point to the past, the verb must be in the past too.
Say it aloud: after a t or a d, the ending -ed is said as an extra beat, “id” — vi-si-tid.

My own sentence: We visited our grandparents during the holidays.

Q2.
E. Fill in the blanks using -ed.
My mother ……................... (point) at the children playing kabbadi.
Answer

My mother pointed at the children playing kabbadi.

How it is made: point + ed = pointed. Nothing is doubled and no letter is dropped.

Why pointed and not points: The whole paragraph is about last week. Once a story starts in the past, every verb in it stays in the past.
A book error to notice: The book prints the game’s name as kabbadi here and again later on the same page. The usual English spelling is kabaddi — with one b and two ds. Write kabaddi in your own work, but copy the sentence as your book prints it.

My own sentence: The guide pointed at the big fort on the hill.

Q3.
E. Fill in the blanks using -ed.
On our way home, my sister ……................... (jump) in a puddle and muddied everyone’s clothes.
Answer

On our way home, my sister jumped in a puddle and muddied everyone’s clothes.

How it is made: jump + ed = jumped.

Why we do not double the p: We double the last letter only when a short word ends in one vowel and one consonant, like spot. Jump ends in two consonants, m and p, so nothing is doubled.
Say it aloud: after a sound like p, k or sh, the -ed is said like a soft t — jumpt. It is still written -ed.

My own sentence: The frog jumped into the pond with a splash.

Q4.
E. Fill in the blanks using -ed.
I ……................... (enjoy) my visit to the park.
Answer

I enjoyed my visit to the park.

How it is made: enjoy + ed = enjoyed. The y stays as it is.

Why the y does not change: In enjoy the letter before the y is a vowel, o. When a vowel comes before the y, the y stays — enjoy → enjoyed, play → played. Only when a consonant comes before the y does it change to i — cry → cried, carry → carried.

My own sentence: We enjoyed the school picnic very much.

Q5.
E. Fill in the blanks using -ed.
My sister ……................... (want) to go to the pond but I ……................... (decide) to stay and watch the game of kabbadi. (first blank)
Answer

My sister wanted to go to the pond…

How it is made: want + ed = wanted.

Why the ending sounds like an extra beat: Want ends in t. After a t or a d we cannot say the ending quickly, so it becomes a whole new beat — wan-tid. The same happened in visited and pointed.

My own sentence: Anu wanted one more slice of watermelon.

Q6.
E. Fill in the blanks using -ed.
My sister ……................... (want) to go to the pond but I ……................... (decide) to stay and watch the game of kabbadi. (second blank)
Answer

…but I decided to stay and watch the game of kabbadi.

How it is made: decide already ends in e, so we add only a d — decide + d = decided. We do not write “decideed”.

The rule in one line: If a verb ends in e, drop the extra e from -ed and add just d. You saw this in exercise D too — live → lived, declare → declared, challenge → challenged.
Tip from the Note to the Teacher (page 93): The word decide is close to the word decision. When you decide, you make a decision. In Hekko, the toss makes the decision about which team is Aami.

My own sentence: We decided to plant a sapling near the gate.

Q7.
E. Fill in the blanks using -ed.
I ……................... (watch) the game for a while and then ……................... (join) my mother and sister. (first blank)
Answer

I watched the game for a while…

How it is made: watch + ed = watched. Nothing is dropped and nothing is doubled.

Why it is spelt with -ed even though we say a t: We say wocht, but English keeps one spelling for the past ending so that you can always see it. Spelling shows the rule; the tongue shortens it.

My own sentence: I watched the kabaddi match from the school wall.

Q8.
E. Fill in the blanks using -ed.
I ……................... (watch) the game for a while and then ……................... (join) my mother and sister. (second blank)
Answer

…and then joined my mother and sister.

How it is made: join + ed = joined.

Why the two actions are both in the past: The word then shows that one thing happened after the other. Both are over now, so both take -ed — first watched, then joined.

My own sentence: Rahul joined our team just before the match.

Q9.
E. Fill in the blanks using -ed.
I ……................... (spot) a goldfish and my sister ……................... (notice) two tadpoles in the pond. (first blank)
Answer

I spotted a goldfish…

How it is made: spot + t + ed = spotted. The last letter is doubled.

Why the t is doubled: Spot is a short word with one vowel sound, and it ends in one vowel + one consonant (o + t). In such words we double the last letter before -ed. That is why we write spotted, stopped, clapped and hugged — but jumped and pointed, which end in two consonants, are not doubled.
Check it yourself: Say the word without doubling — “spoted”. It would be read as “spo-ted”, with a long o. The double t keeps the o short.

My own sentence: Meera spotted a squirrel on the branch.

Q10.
E. Fill in the blanks using -ed.
I ……................... (spot) a goldfish and my sister ……................... (notice) two tadpoles in the pond. (second blank)
Answer

…and my sister noticed two tadpoles in the pond.

How it is made: notice ends in e, so add only d — notice + d = noticed.

Why noticed and spotted look so different: They follow two different spelling rules. Spot is short and ends in a vowel + a consonant, so the t is doubled. Notice already ends in e, so only a d is added.

All ten blanks of Exercise E together:

Verb givenPast simpleSpelling rule used
visitvisitedjust add -ed
pointpointedjust add -ed
jumpjumpedjust add -ed
enjoyenjoyedvowel before y, so y stays
wantwantedjust add -ed
decidedecidedends in e, so add only -d
watchwatchedjust add -ed
joinjoinedjust add -ed
spotspottedshort word, so double the last letter
noticenoticedends in e, so add only -d
Remember: Not all verbs take -ed. Verbs like came, drank, drove and saw change their whole shape. The book calls them irregular verbs.

My own sentence: I noticed a new bird nest in our neem tree.

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