Lesson video

Hi there, my name is Mr. Byrne-Smith.

And today I'm going to be teaching you some spelling, which I'm really looking forward to.

It's going to be lots of fun.

In today's lesson, we're looking in particular at the -ing suffix, which is a present tense suffix.

So come along and join me.

I can't wait.

I'm looking forward to seeing you.

This is the agenda for today's lesson.

Firstly, we'll be looking at some key vocabulary.

Then we'll be investigating and generating rules.

Then we're going to set this week spelling words.

In this lesson, you'll need an exercise book or paper, pencil and then of course, your brain, which you must not forget.

These are the key pieces of vocabulary that we're going to be using today's lesson.

My turn your turn.

Suffix.

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

Verb.

A verb is doing or being word.

Past tense.

Past tense mean in the past, something that happened previously.

Present tense.

In the present, something happening now.

Today we're also going to think about vowels.

You might know your vowel letters already.

These are a e i o u.

Today we're going to think about our vowel sounds.

When we think about our vowel sounds, we can split them into two categories.

We have our short vowels and our long vowels.

Our short vowels sound like this a e i o u.

You can hear that they each make a very short clipped sound.

Our long vowels on the other hand sound long ay ee igh oa u_e.

There are various spellings for long our vowels, and there are a few extras as well.

These are the most common long vowels.

It's important that we remember our short and long vowels and think about them carefully, especially when identifying certain spelling rules.

Let's have a practise.

I'm going to give you a word and I'd like you to see if you can identify whether it has a short vowel or a long vowel.

The first word is, cup.

Have a careful think and maybe you can point for me the answer.

Okay.

Cup has a short vowel, u, u,.

Next word is, light.

Okay.

Light has a long vowel, igh.

The next word is, stop.

Point for me short or long? Okay, stop has has a short vowel, o, o.

Finally we have feast, feast.

Point for a short or long? Okay, feast contains the long vowel ee.

Here's three verbs.

I'd like you to pause the video and have a think about what they might have in common.

Pause the video now and have a go.

Okay.

You might have spotted that they all have -ing at the end.

These verbs all make use of the -ing suffix.

But what does the -ing suffix actually do? I'll put version to these verbs, into two sentences.

Let's see if we can identify exactly what -ing is doing.

First we have, I visit my friends.

And I am visiting my friends.

These are both present tense versions of the verb visit.

In the first instance, we're describing something you do in general.

In the second instance we're describing something that's happened Now I am visiting my friends, is still happening.

I jump up and down.

I am jumping up and down.

I jump up and down, suggest that that's something you just generally do.

To say I am jumping up and down suggest it's happening right now, is still going on.

Finally we have, I walked to the park and I'm walking to the park.

Once again, I am walking to the park suggest it's happening now.

Today we're going to be looking at this type of present tense, which makes use of the -ing suffix.

We call it present progressive or present continuous because it's still happening.

When it comes to adding the -ing suffix to make a present tense, continuous verb there are four rules.

These are the main rules we come across or the main rules that we use.

As with lots of spellings there are exceptions.

And there are other rules.

These are the most common and that's why we're looking at them.

Firstly, we have the just add -ing rule.

Then we have the double consonant and add -ing rule.

Then we have the remove the 'e' and add -ing rule.

And finally we have, if it ends in 'y', just add -ing.

Let's look at each of these rules in a bit more detail.

Here I have three present tense verbs, all of which are put into present continuous, present progressive.

We have rain, treat, and kneel.

Rain has become raining.

Treat has become treating and kneel has become kneeling.

If you look very carefully the spelling of the originals verb hasn't had to change before I've added -ing.

That's because the originals verb contains a long vowel sound before the consonant at the end.

In rain we have that ay sound before the end.

In treat, we have the ee sound before the t.

And in the kneel we have the ee sound, the different spelling before the l.

If the vowel sound before the consonant is long, just add -ing.

So for this rule, you have to listen very carefully for those long vowel sounds.

Okay, it's time for you to have a go.

I've given you three present tense verbs, you all need to put into the present continuous.

We have meet, light, train.

Now remember, if the vowel sound before the consonant is long, just add -ing.

To this challenge, I'd like you to pause the video, write out the present tense version and the present continuous version.

Pause the video now and have a go.

Okay, let's see what happens.

Meet becomes meeting.

Light becomes lightning.

Train becomes training.

Our second rule.

With this rule, we're looking for short vowel sounds.

The three examples in this instance are: hit, pat and trap.

You can see, that when I've added -ing, I've had to double that consonant at the end.

I have an extra t in hitting an extra t in patting an extra p in trapping.

This is because they contain a short vowel sound before the consonant at the end.

If the verb ends in a single consonant, and has a short vowel sound before that consonant, double consonant and add -ing.

Hit becomes hitting.

Pat becomes patting and trap becomes trapping.

This one sounds complicated, but it's actually quite easy.

You need to listen out for those short vowel sounds which we're very used to hearing.

Then double the consonant and add -ing.

Time for you to have ago.

We have stop, get and plan.

I'd like you to pause the video now and have a go.

Okay, stop becomes stopping with a double p.

Get becomes getting with double t.

Plan becomes planning with double n.

Okay, rule number three.

We have three new verbs close, prove and make.

You can see that I've added the -ing to create present continuous.

If you look very carefully, you'll notice that I've had to remove the -e if the verb and in -e, remove the -e, and add -ing.

Time for you to have a go.

Pause the video now.

Okay.

Close becomes closing.

prove becomes proving.

And make becomes making.

Well done.

Time for you to have a go.

We have three new verbs move, use and dance.

Pause the video now and have a go.

Okay great.

Move becomes moving and I've removed e.

Use becomes using, and dance becomes, dancing.

This is our last rule.

If the verb ends in -y just add -ing.

My three present tense verbs are: try, worry and pray and they all end in -y.

When adding the -ing you can see I haven't had to do anything.

Try becomes trying.

Worry becomes worrying and pray becomes praying.

This is a really nice rule.

It's quite straightforward.

Time for you to have ago.

We have three new verbs fly, say and bully.

Pause the video now and have a go.

Okay, fly becomes flying, say becomes saying, bully becomes bullying.

Let's have a practise challenge number two.

So, here are our four rules, and you'll notice that we have a present tense verb.

What I'd like you to do is put this present tense verb into present continuous by adding -ing.

In order to do this, I'd like you to first identify the rule that we should apply and then add -ing.

Our first word is moan.

Listen carefully moan.

Pause the video now and have a go.

Okay.

The rule that applies to this verb is just add -ing.

That's because moan contains a long vowel sound before the -n, -oan.

Therefore moan becomes moaning.

Next word, escape.

Pause the video now and have a go.

Okay, the rule that applies to this verb is this one.

Since escape ends in -e, we have to remove the -e before adding -ing.

So escape becomes escaping.

Number three, we have a new verb it's snap.

Listen carefully snap.

Pause the video now and have a go.

Okay.

The rule that applies to this verb is this one.

We have to double the consonant at the end before adding -ing because snap contains a short vowel sound a, a, a.

Therefore snap becomes snapping with an extra -p.

Lastly, we have spray.

Pause the video now and have a go.

Okay, the rule that applies to this verb is this one.

Spray ends in -y.

Therefore, we don't have to do anything we can just add -ing straight away.

spray becomes spraying.

These are the words for this week.

They will make use of the -ing suffix.

Let's go through them one by one.

To each verb, I'm going to explain what it means if necessary, and put it into context.

The first word is eating.

The vicious fish is eating its prey.

The second word is floating.

The predator is floating menacingly in the depths.

The third word is fighting.

The animals are fighting to the death.

The fourth word is chatting.

The kids are chatting to each other.

The fifth word is swimming.

I'm swimming in the sea.

The sixth word is grinning.

He is grinning from ear to ear.

The seventh word is glaring.

They're glaring at each other.

If you glare at someone or something, you stare at them for a long period of time.

You often glare at people or things when you're not very happy with them.

Word number eight is a tricky one protruding.

The word protruding means to stick out from.

If something protrudes from something else, it sticks out from it.

You might say, an elephant has a trunk protruding from its face.

The strange fish has an antenna protruding from its head.

Number nine is hurrying.

I am hurrying to finish my breakfast in time.

Number 10.

Destroying.

They are destroying the abandoned building.

Okay.

Well done.

That's the end of the lesson.

This is what we've covered today.

Quite a lot.

Key vocabulary.

We've investigated and generated rules.

We've set spelling words.

So well done.

You've worked really hard, and I'm very, very impressed.

And there's a little sunshine just to say an extra special congratulations.

So that's the end of the lesson.

Bye.