Rule 1:
Consonant
LLL * L simple add ‘ed’ or ing
Not ‘e’
Example: help helped help helping
Rule 2:
Consonant
LLL * L remove ‘e’ and add ‘ed’ or ing
‘e’
Example: save saved save saving
Rule 3:
Single vowel and last letter is not ‘w,x,y’
LLL * L doubled the last letter and add ‘ed’ or ‘ing’
Example: stir stirred stir stirring
sit sitting
Rule 4:
Single vowel and last letter is ‘w,x,y’
LLL * (w/x/y) don’t doubled the last letter and add ‘ed’ or ‘ing’
Example: play played play playing
Rule 5:
Two vowel
LL ** L just add ‘ed’ or ‘ing’
Example: beep beeped beep beeping
Question 1: Add -ed to each of these words.
a. Help
b. Push
c. Zip
d. Wave
e. Hop
f. land
g. read
h. bump
i. meet
Question 2: Add -ing to each of these words
a. sit i. flap
b. sweep j. tip
c. wait k. save
d. bake l. skate
e. box m. tow
f. stoop n. rub
g. tune o. behave
h. bury
Compound Words
Two or more words puts together to make a new bigger word called compound word.
Example: play+ground = playground
Question 1: Make as many compound words as you can
a. Hair – haircut, hairbrush, hairstyle
b. Bed – bedroom, bedtime, bedcover
c. Bath – bathroom, bathtub, bathrob
d. Brush – toothbrush, paintbrush, hairbrush
e. Room- bedroom, bathroom, classroom
f. Play- playground, playtime, playroom
g. Band- hairband, headband, hairband
h. Paste – toothpaste, pastebin, posterpaste
i. Time- bedtime, lunchtime, breaktime
j. Every- everyday, everybody, everyone
k. Any – anyway, anytime, anybody
l. Thing – anything, something, everything
m. One – onetime, someone, anyone
n. Same- same-as, same-day, same-time
o. No- nobody, nope, nothing
p. Where- anywhere, everywhere, somewhere
q. How-however, somehow, anyhow
r. Body- anybody, nobody, everybody