Lesson video

- Hi, everyone, it's me, Ms. Madden.

In today's lesson we're going to be investigating suffixes for the past and present tense, and specifically in today's lesson, we're going to be looking at the suffix I-N-G.

We're gonna be investigating the rules to do with this, and you'll see that there are lots of connections to the rule adding E-D, that will help you today.

Let's get going.

In today's lesson, we will start off by revising terminology for our key vocabulary, then we will investigate and generate some rules to do with adding our suffix, I-N-G, and finally, we will set spelling words using that rule to practise over the coming days.

In this lesson, you will need an exercise book or some paper, a pencil or a pen, and, as always, your thinking brain, ready to do lots of learning.

Pause the video and get those things if you need them.

Well done.

Remember, try and keep yourself as free as distractions as possible.

Turn off the television, no music playing.

Get yourself in as quiet a place as you can.

This will help you really focus and make the most of your learning opportunities.

Okay, let's start off by looking at some key vocabulary.

These are the same key terms that we used in previous lessons, so hopefully you might start to be remembering the definitions.

Suffix.

A suffix is a group of letters at the end of a word that change its meaning.

Sometimes it can change its word class, but not always.

At the moment, we're looking at verbs, and when we add the suffix, the word stays a verb.

It changes its tense, but not its word class.

The next word is: verb.

A verb is a doing or a being word.

Past tense.

So past tense is when we talk about something in the past, something that happened previously.

And then there is present tense.

Present tense means in the present, happening now.

I am sitting in front of my computer.

Okay, we also need to remember our work on vowels for this lesson, and you will remember that we have short vowel sounds, and long vowel sounds.

Our short vowel sounds are those like a, e, i, o, u, and our long vowel sounds are those such as ay, ee, igh, oa, u_e.

Remember, there are lots more; ee, u_e, a.

There are lots of long vowel sounds, but we have to particularly look out for our short vowel sounds to help us with our rules today.

Okay, let's have a quick practise.

I'm going to say some words, and I want you to point to whether it is a short vowel or a long vowel that you can hear.

The first word is mat.

M, a, t.

Point! Yes, you're right.

It was a short vowel, a.

The next word is play.

P,l,ay, Play.

Yes, that was an example of a long vowel.

I know you're probably really good at this by now because we've done it in some other lessons.

Okay, we're ready to investigate and generate rules.

And we are focusing on the suffix I-N-G.

Let's get investigating! We're going to be using our brain.

So, let's have a look at our first pattern.

Here are some present tense verbs.

Walk, visit, enjoy.

We're going to be adding our suffix, I-N-G, onto them.

They're actually going to stay present tense there, it's just a different kind of present tense.

It's a continuous present tense.

Today I walk.

Today I am walking.

So can you say out loud what you think the new form of that verb will be? I've done one, the first one for you; Today I walk.

Today I am walking.

Off you go.

Well done.

Let's see if you were correct.

Walk, walking.

I am walking.

Today I visit.

Today I am.

Visiting.

Today I enjoy.

Today I am.

Enjoying.

Enjoy, also, it sounds a bit like an i, at the beginning of the word, but it's actually en-joy.

But we often say in-joy.

Okay, so let's look carefully at what's happening with the spelling.

Walk, walking.

Visit, visiting.

Enjoy, enjoying.

Hmm.

What is the rule? I bet you've spotted this one, and I bet you can work it out.

It's similar to other rules we've had.

We're just adding the -ing suffix.

We add it to the verb, and it stays in the present tense.

We just add I-N-G.

Well done.

Okay, I want you to try now.

Here we have jump and wait.

Please can you write these verbs with the -ing suffix, the other form of the present tense verb.

Press pause and write it down now.

Okay, let's see how you did.

Jump becomes.

jumping.

You just add the I-N-G.

Check.

Did you get it right? Wait becomes.

waiting.

You just add I-N-G.

Have a look.

How did you do? Fantastic.

Now we're going to move onto pattern two.

We've done the easiest one, just add I-N-G.

Now we're going to get to some slightly tricky patterns.

Here we've got our verbs: Hop, slip, and rub.

You might notice something about these verbs.

Hmm.

Hop, H, op.

Slip, s, lip.

Rub.

R, uh, b.

Can you say out loud what you think is going to happen when we add the -ing? Today I hop.

Today I am.

Today I am.

Today I rub.

Today I am.

Hmm.

Did you get it right? Hop, hopping.

Slip, slipping.

Rub, rubbing.

Okay, let's look at that spelling a bit more closely.

Look carefully, and can you see what's happening? Hmm.

What do you notice? What is the rule? Press pause, and say it out loud.

Fantastic.

Did you notice we double the consonant and add I-N-G? Sounds familiar, doesn't it? If you did the previous lesson, spelling lessons, where we were adding the E-D suffix, you'll notice it's the same rule: we double the consonant and add I-N-G.

We often do this, we often double the consonant, when? After a.

That's it, after a short vowel.

Okay, let's see if you can do it.

Stop becomes.

Tap becomes.

Write down what these verbs become when you add our -ing suffix.

Press pause, write it down.

Okay, let's have a look.

Stop becomes stopping.

Did you remember to double the P and add I-N-G? Tap becomes.

Tapping.

Did you remember? Double the P.

Why do we double the P? Why do we double that consonant? Because there's a.

Short vowel.

Well done.

We're doing so well.

Onto pattern three.

Hmm, what do you notice about these verbs? Cry, carry, spy.

They all have.

That's it, they all have Y at the end.

Today I cry.

Right now I am.

Crying.

What will happen to the other verbs when you add -ing? Say it out loud.

Press pause.

Off you go.

Okay, let's have a look.

I cry.

Today I cry.

Right now I am.

Crying.

Today I carry.

Right now I am.

Carrying.

Today I spy.

Right now I am.

Spying.

Okay, let's have a look at the spelling a bit more carefully.

Hmm.

What happens this time? It's a bit different from what you might expect.

Did we lose the Y? No, we didn't.

The Y stays there, and then you add the I-N-G.

So what is the rule? Press pause, and say it out loud.

When the word ends in a Y, we keep the Y and add I-N-G.

Now that's a bit different from what we've done in the past, because when we added E-D, we took away the Y and replaced it with an I.

But this time, when we're adding -ing, we keep that Y, and then add I-N-G.

Now you try.

Study.

Right now I am.

What will it become? Spy.

Right now I am.

Can you write them down? Press pause.

Okay, let's see how you did.

Study becomes.

Studying.

We keep that Y.

Spy becomes.

Spying.

We keep that Y.

Did you remember? Well done.

You're gonna have lots more opportunities to practise, so don't worry if it's a bit tricky.

Okay, we're onto our fourth pattern of this objective.

Hope, bake, slice.

Are you noticing anything? Have a think.

Yes, you're right.

All these verbs end in an E.

Hmm, maybe you have some predictions about what the rule might be.

First of all, like before, I want you to say the verb with the -ing suffix on the end.

Today I hope.

Right now I am.

Bake.

Slice.

Off you go.

Okay.

Hope, hoping.

Bake, baking.

Slice, slicing.

Hmm.

I can see the -ing at the end of the word, but it doesn't look exactly the same.

Let's look at the spelling more closely.

Hope, bake, slice.

Hoping, baking, slicing.

Did you notice what happened? What is the rule? Press pause, and say it now.

This time we removed the E, and then added I-N-G.

So we took off that final E, which is often making our long vowel sound, and then we added our I-N-G.

It still says hoping, it doesn't say hopping.

It still says hoping and it still say baking.

It's almost as if that final E is hiding behind.

We remove it from our spelling, and add our I-N-G.

It's quite tricky, this one, so let's have a go.

Here are two words; two verbs, they end in an E.

Close and type.

I want you to write the new form of this verb with the -ing suffix.

Off you go.

Press pause.

Okay, let's see how you did.

Close and type.

Take off the E, and add I-N-G.

Closing and typing.

We took off the E and added I-N-G.

Did you get it right? It's a tricky one.

Well done.

Okay, so there we had four new rules that we just discovered and investigated.

Three of them were really similar to other rules we know when we add the E-D suffix, but one of them was different.

Which one was different? Yes, when a word ends in a Y, because this time we keep the Y, and add I-N-G.

So let's now do some practise.

This is our practise section, and we can see if we can choose the right rule for a particular word.

So these are the rules that we might use.

I'm gonna show you a word, and then I want you to point to the screen to say which rule we would use.

Smile.

Point.

Yes, we would remove the E, wouldn't we? Smile would become smiling.

Got rid of the E.

Let's try another.

Cry.

Which rule would we use? You can even write the word down, if you think you can.

Press pause.

Okay.

Yes, it ends in a Y, so we keep the Y and then add I-N-G.

How've you done so far? Let's keep going.

Skip.

S, k, ip.

I gave you a clue there.

Point.

That's it! It's double the consonant, and then add I-N-G.

Why do we double the consonant? Because it has a.

Short vowel, that's it.

Skip becomes.

Skipping.

We double the P.

Peer, remember that verb, to peer.

Peer around the corner.

Peer.

What's going to happen now? Point.

Yes, you're right.

It's just add I-N-G.

Peering.

She is peering around the corner.

Well done.

So what have we learnt? We've learnt that -ing is a type of.

And we add -ing to the end of a.

Let's do it together.

- Ing is a type of.

Suffix.

We add -ing to the end of a.

Verb.

I have one final word written down here; present tense.

In fact, when we have a word like peer, I peer, that's in a present tense.

And then we add the -ing suffix, I am peering, that's also in the present tense, so it's just a different form of the verb in the present tense.

But -ing is our suffix.

Right, can you remember what are the rules? There are four rules that we've looked at today.

One of them was different from those that we've looked at before.

Have a little think, press pause.

See if you can say them aloud.

Okay, let's have a look.

Just add -ing.

That's probably going to be our simplest.

Double the consonant, and add I-N-G, add -ing.

When do we do that? If there's a.

Short vowel.

Remove the E, and add I-N-G.

Did you have that one? When do we do that? If the word ends in.

E.

What was our final rule? Keep the Y, and add -ing, add I-N-G.

When do we do that? If the root verb ends in a.

Y.

I think that that one, keep the Y and add I-N-G, I think that's actually the trickiest, because that's different from other suffixes that we have looked at, or you may have looked at in the past.

You have done so well.

Now we're going to set the spelling words for you to learn.

Here are this week's spellings: Number 1 to Number 10.

Number 9 and 10 are the trickiest spellings.

You could learn all of these spellings, or you could learn five of these spellings if they're quite tricky, and you want to do a smaller number.

Let's look at each one in detail.

Remember, press pause, so that when you write down these spellings, you really check carefully and make sure that you have written them down accurately.

You don't want to copy these incorrectly, and then spend lots of time practising to discover you copied them wrong.

So you need your paper, you need number 1 to 10, and look carefully, and use your pause whenever you need to.

Number one: blowing.

I am blowing a bubble.

And your letters O, O-W.

That's our O spelling there.

Blowing.

Number two: reaching.

I am reaching the end of my book.

And it's the E-A spelling of the e sound.

R, each, ing, reaching.

E-A.

Number three: hiding.

I am hiding from my brother.

Hiding.

Now this one's tricky.

And it's because hiding comes from that root word, hide, and it's one where we've got rid of the E, and added I-N-G, so this is a tricky one.

Make sure you copy it down right.

Staring.

Number four is staring, and again this is another example where stare ends in an E, and we lose our E and add I-N-G.

It still says staring.

I am staring at the screen.

Spotting.

I am spotting a word within a word.

I can see spot in the word spotting.

And don't miss out, that double T, because of course, it's got a short vowel.

Running.

I am running away.

Look, it's got a double N.

Why does it have a double N? Because of the.

Short vowel.

Flying.

I would love to go flying in the sky like a bird.

Flying.

Trying.

I am trying my best.

You're keeping the Y and adding the I-N-G.

Okay, number nine: trembling.

She was trembling.

She is trembling.

This is a tricky one, and it comes from the word tremble.

And what's tricky is we've got that L-E at the end.

Tremble.

B-L-E at the end, so then when we add the -ing, trembling.

Trem, bling.

Might help you to remember it.

Number 10: whispering.

This one's tricky because it's got that silent H at the beginning.

It comes from the word whisper.

I am whispering to my friend.

I was whispering.

So it's got that silent H, whispering.

Pause, go back if you need to, copy any of those words down.

So these are the words adding the -ing suffix that I want you to practise over the next coming days.

Congratulations, you have done so much in today's lesson.

We've revised key vocabulary, we've investigated and generated rules for adding the -ing suffix, and remember that -ing suffix can keep the verb in the present tense.

Sing, I am singing.

Sometimes we could use that in the past tense; I was singing.

So these are verbs in the present and past tense.

We've come up with four different rules, and then we've set the spelling words that you are going to practise, and you have to practise them.

That's how you'll embed them in your memory.

You have done so well.

You should feel really proud of yourself.