Adding ‘ing’Adding ‘ing’Some simple rules and examples

What do we do?What do we do?

Look at and read the word.Listen to the vowel sound – is it long or short? Is there a simple

or complex vowel sound?See what happens to the short vowel words here…

Short (simple) vowel sounds

0 lap0 beg0 hit0 nod0 put

0 lapping0 begging0 hitting0 nodding0 putting

Rule

0 If the vowel is a short sound with only one consonant after it, then you must double the consonant.

How many consonants after the short (simple) vowel sound here?0 back0 stick0 stand0 hunt0 bank0 turn0 jump0 lift

0 backing0 sticking0 standing0 hunting0 banking0 turning0 jumping0 lifting

If the vowel is a If the vowel is a short (simple) short (simple) sound, but has sound, but has more than one more than one consonant after it

consonant after it then –then –

just add ‘ing’just add ‘ing’Can you think of any more words like these?

Look at the next list of words Look at the next list of words

What is the same about each word?

Each word ends in the ‘magic e’.

Look…

0 come0 hope0 joke0 fake0 slide0 hide0 take0 tune

0 coming0 hoping0 joking0 faking0 sliding0 hiding0 taking0 tuning

Rule

0 If it ends in ‘e’ – drop the ‘e’ when adding ‘ing’

Now you think Now you think what the next rule

what the next rule might be …might be …

Look at this new list of words.

What is the same about each word?

0 break0 leap0 look0 sleep0 cheat0 float0 boil0 sail

0 breaking0 leaping0 looking0 sleeping0 cheating0 floating0 boiling0 sailing

What is the rule?What is the rule?

If there is a complex or long vowel sound before the consonant, just add ing.

Rules for adding ‘ing’0 Short vowel sound, with one consonant = Double the consonant and add ‘ing’

0 Short vowel sound, with two consonants= Just add ‘ing’

0Ending in ‘e’ = Drop the ‘e’ then add ‘ing’

0Long vowel sound = Just add ‘ing’

Sort these words into the grid below:

name drink snow hitfan skip paint drive

melt wash dive swimLook for more examples in your reading books

Just add ‘ing’Just add ‘ing’ Double the Double the consonantconsonant

Drop the ‘e’ and Drop the ‘e’ and add ‘ing’add ‘ing’