1. Lesson 16
Adding –ed and -ing

2. lifted
v. raised into the air; picked up

3. cooling
v. making something less warm

4. pointed
adj. clearly directed or aimed at

5. returned
v. taken, brought, or sent back

6. speaking
v. using words to express one’s thoughts

7. spelling
n. the act of putting letters together to form words

8. wondered
v. wanted to know about

9. bragged
v. boasted about oneself

10. healed
v. made well or became well

11. scrubbed
v. rubbed hard or roughly, as in cleaning something

12. answered
v. to speak or write in reply

13. threatened
v. put in danger; menaced

14. admitted
v. said against one’s will that something is true

15. committed
v. pledged; to make known one’s view

16. referring
v. directing attention to

17. preferred
v. liked one thing or person better than another