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Adding Ing': Some Simple Rules and Examples

This document outlines rules for adding "-ing" to verbs in English. It provides examples of verbs that follow each rule: 1) For short vowel sounds with one consonant, double the consonant before adding "-ing" (e.g. hit -> hitting). 2) For short vowel sounds with more than one consonant, just add "-ing" (e.g. stick -> sticking). 3) For verbs ending in "e", drop the "e" before adding "-ing" (e.g. come -> coming). 4) For long vowel sounds or diphthongs, just add "-ing" (e.g. look -> looking). The document provides

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Adding Ing': Some Simple Rules and Examples

This document outlines rules for adding "-ing" to verbs in English. It provides examples of verbs that follow each rule: 1) For short vowel sounds with one consonant, double the consonant before adding "-ing" (e.g. hit -> hitting). 2) For short vowel sounds with more than one consonant, just add "-ing" (e.g. stick -> sticking). 3) For verbs ending in "e", drop the "e" before adding "-ing" (e.g. come -> coming). 4) For long vowel sounds or diphthongs, just add "-ing" (e.g. look -> looking). The document provides

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Adding ‘ing’

Some simple rules and examples


What do we do?
Look at and read the word.
Listen to the vowel sound – is it long
or short?
See what happens to the short vowel
words here…
Short vowel sounds
 lap  lapping
 beg  begging
 hit  hitting
 nod  nodding
 put  putting
Rule
 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 vowel sound here?
 back  backing
 stick  sticking
 stand  standing
 hunt  hunting
 bank  banking
 turn  turning
 jump  jumping
 lift  lifting
If the vowel is a short sound,
but has more than one
consonant after it then –
just add ‘ing’
Can you think of any more words like
these?
Look at the next list of
words
Tell your neighbour what you notice
– there is something the same about
each one…
Look…
 come  coming
 hope  hoping
 joke  joking
 fake  faking
 slide  sliding
 hide  hiding
 take  taking
 tune  tuning
Rule
 If it ends in ‘e’ – drop the ‘e’ when adding
‘ing’
Now you think what the
next rule might be …
Look at this new list of words.
What is the same?
 break  breaking
 leap  leaping
 look  looking
 sleep  sleeping
 cheat  cheating
 float  floating
 boil  boiling
 sail  sailing
What is the rule?

Talk with your partner and then tell


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

 Short vowel sound,


with two consonants= Just add ‘ing’

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

 Long vowel sound = Just add ‘ing’


Sort these words into the grid
below:
name drink snow hit
fan skip paint drive
melt wash dive swim
Look for more examples in your reading books
Just add ‘ing’ Double the Drop the ‘e’ and
consonant add ‘ing’

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