Most of these are expressions of 'PAST TENSE'.
These expressions can also be used as 'PAST PARTICIPLE' i.e. verbal adjectives..
Here is a small quiz based on these 'ONGED' words. Some of the sentences used by me are popular proverbs and quotes. Others are my own.
CHOICE BOX, with meanings for difficult words
belonged
bonged (An imitative verb. Imitates the deep sound of a ringing bell).
dingdonged
gonged
longed
multi-pronged
ponged (emitted foul smell, reeked stank)
prolonged
pronged
sponged
thonged
thronged
tonged
wronged
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SENTENCE BOX
1. The safety alarm installed in the Bank __ onged when the burglar tried to open the safe.
2. The last bell of the school ___ onged loudly. It sounded sweet to my years.
3. If you are poor, no one will inquire about you though you may be living in a ___onged market.
4. The Congress approved the Health Reforms Bill after ___onged discussions and talks.
5. If you have not made your children happy, you have ___onged them.
6. No man's hatred has ever ____onged her.
7. A moistened ___onge can blot out any person if he has adverse fortune.
8. The nanny ____onged the kitchen tables regularly.
9. Trains are ___onged with holiday travelers during December .
10. Sophia regularly ____onged her curly hair.
11. The slave merchants of Medieval Europe __onged endlessly.
12. Big hair and ___onged curls alone do not make beauty.
13. We have to launch a ______onged attack on Malaria.`
14. We can find ___onged forks in kitchen.`
15. Children __onged for Merry Christmas and craved for ice-creams.
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