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Hello and welcome to today's spelling lesson.

I'm Mr. Morris, I love spelling, and I'm really looking forward to teaching you.

For you today, you need to bring your looking eyes, your listening ears, and your thinking brains, as well as something to write with and write on and someone or something to talk to would be great as well.

Well, let's get on with today's spelling lesson then.

In today's spelling lesson, we're going to be adding the suffix -ing to verbs.

The outcome is I can spell a word in the progressive tense using the suffix -ing.

Here are the key words for today's learning.

My turn, your turn, and make sure I can hear you saying them back to me.

And please keep an eye and ear out for them as they're going to be very important.

First word is, my turn your turn, suffix.

Next word is progressive tense, or next words I should say.

And verb.

So one more time, suffix, progressive tense, verb.

So let's have a think about what these words mean then.

A suffix is a letter or group of letters added to the end of a root word.

And the suffix that we are going to be adding today is the -ing suffix.

The progressive tense denotes an ongoing action, so something that is occurring in an ongoing manner.

And a verb is a doing or a being word.

So, today we are going to be taking verbs and we're going to be adding the -ing suffix to them to create progressive tense verbs.

Here's the outline for today's lesson.

We're adding the suffix -ing to verbs.

We're, first of all, going to look at some rules for using that suffix and then we're going to practise and apply some spellings that use the -ing suffix.

Let's get on with generating some rules for adding the suffix -ing then.

A suffix, remember, is a letter or group of letters that we can add to the end of a word to create another word.

Here I have my root word cheer and I've added the full suffix to create cheerful, a new word, meaning full of cheer.

Here I have my root word quick.

I've added the -ly suffix here to create the adverb quickly.

Interestingly, suffixes when added can also change the word class of the original root word as well.

Here I have like, and I've added the -ed suffix to make the word liked.

Notice as well, with the example of like and adding my -ed suffix, the spelling of my root word here has also changed.

I've removed an E before adding -ed.

There are lots of different types of suffixes and -ly, -ful, -ed are just three examples.

Remember that today, we are looking at the -ing suffix.

There are different rules for how the root word will change dependent on the suffix that we are adding.

So let's have a read of some words that use our -ing suffix.

My turn, your turn.

Walking.

Helping.

Writing.

Baking.

Running.

Sitting.

Playing.

Enjoying.

Hmm, I think I've noticed something here.

I can consistently see my -ing suffix, but I've also noticed that I think all of these words might be a certain word class.

Have a read of these words again and think about whether they're gonna be verbs, nouns, adjectives, or adverbs.

What kind of words are they? Pause the video and have a think.

Great thinking there.

So, I've noticed that they all end in our -ing suffix and the -ing suffix here shows that verbs are in that progressive tense, that they are ongoing action.

All of these words are verbs.

Remember, verbs are words that if you do it or you are it, then the word is a verb.

They're being words.

This shows that our action is ongoing, that they're progressive tense verbs.

These sentences are written in the progressive present tense, so as in ongoing and happening now.

He is running to the park.

They are playing.

The being verb here indicates that the actions are continuing to happen now.

Is running.

Are playing.

So he is running to the park.

They are playing.

Present progressive tense.

And our -ing suffix being added to the ends of our verbs there run and play shows that that is the progressive tense there.

Is and are show that it's the present progressive, 'cause our being verbs are showing that it's happening now.

Look at the same verbs again, but in some different sentences.

They're now going to be written in the progressive past tense, as opposed to the progressive present tense.

He was running to the park.

They were playing.

The being verb here indicates that the actions occurred in the past.

Our being verbs here are was and were, which indicate past tense action.

Our -ing suffix being added to run and play still shows that they are in the progressive tense, but this time, because the being verbs are was and were, we have, he was running to the park, they were playing.

We have the progressive past tense now.

So, the -ing suffix can be added to both present and past tense progressive verbs dependent on the being verbs that are used before them.

Fill in the gaps for me to complete these sentences.

We have six words down below, but only three gaps, so you need to think carefully.

I-N-G or ing is a type of mm that is added to the mm of a word.

When -ing is added to the end of a word, it shows the mm tense.

Pause the video, have a go at filling in these gaps now.

Off you go.

Well done team, let's see how you've done then.

I-N-G is a type of suffix that is added to the end of a word.

When -ing is added to the end of a word, it shows the progressive tense.

But do remember, dependent on the being verb that's used before it can show both the past progressive and the present progressive as we've looked at.

So there are four key rules when adding the suffix -ing.

And these may be very similar to some rules that you already know for adding other suffixes.

Here are the rules.

In some instances we just have to add -ing.

In other instances we keep the Y and add -ing.

This is unlike adding many other suffixes where we've removed the Y before adding -ing.

And this is because -ing already has an I within it.

In other instances where the root word ends in an E, we remove the E and add -ing.

And finally where there is a short vowel sound, as in hop or clap, we would double the final consonant letter and then add -ing.

In this lesson, we are going to just focus on two of these rules.

We're going to focus on keeping the Y and adding -ing and removing the E and then adding -ing.

Look at what happens to the suffix -ing.

Sorry, when the suffix -ing is added to these verbs ending in Y.

Worry becomes worrying.

Carry becomes carrying.

Needless to say that our Y is making E sound at the end of the word each time, worry, carry.

Cry.

This time our Y is making an I sound, becomes crying.

What do you notice here? Is anything occurring to that root word? Are we keeping a letter? Pause the video and have a think.

Good job, team.

So, worry becomes worrying, carry becomes carrying, and cry becomes crying.

Here the root word has not changed at all.

Unlike many other suffixes where we remove the Y and add -ing, we don't have to do that here because -ing already contains an I.

So, remember that this can be when our Y spelling at the end of the word is making both an E or an I sound, worry, carry, or cry.

The rule here is keep the Y, add -ing.

So, like many other verbs, we can just add the suffix -ing to the root word ending in Y without changing it.

So study becomes studying, try becomes trying, play becomes playing, stay becomes staying.

So this can also happen when there is a long vowel sound and the digraph including the letter Y is at the end, as in play and stay.

When we add the suffix -ed, we are used to sometimes removing the Y and adding -ed.

Let's compare adding -ed and adding -ing to some verbs.

I have the root words carry and try.

Remember that Y spelling at the end can make both an E or an I sound.

And when adding my -ed suffix here to these verbs, you can see that I've removed the Y before adding -ied.

But I don't need to do that when adding -ing.

I don't need to remove the Y and I don't need to add an I.

I already have an I.

So you can see the root word doesn't change when adding our -ing suffix to create progressive tense verbs.

Becomes carrying and trying.

How will these words change then when the suffix -ing is added? Consider the rule that we have just looked at.

Cry, stay, carry.

How would I spell the words crying, staying, carrying? Remember the spelling of the root word will help us to spell these new progressive tense verbs.

Pause the video and have a think about how they will be spelled.

Will the root word change? Off you go.

Great job, team.

So, absolutely not, these words don't need to change.

We know when adding our -ing and our root word ends in a Y, we keep the Y and we add -ing.

So cry becomes crying, stay becomes staying, and carry becomes carrying.

So our rule here is just add -ing, but we can more specifically say to help us remember, because it's unlike adding -ed, we keep the Y and then add -ing to create our progressive tense verbs.

Now look at what happens when the suffix -ing is added to these verbs.

A slightly different rule we're looking at now.

Smile becomes smiling.

Bake becomes baking.

Dance or dance becomes dancing or dancing.

What do you notice is happening this time to our root words? I think it looks like something's being taken, being removed.

Pause the video and have a think now.

See what you notice.

Great.

Absolutely, we can see here that our root word has changed from smile, bake, and dance or dance.

We've removed the E before adding our -ing suffix.

Otherwise smile will be smileing, which wouldn't look right would it? Or bake will be bakeing with that E, but you don't want that E-I next to each other there at the end.

So we remove the E before adding our -ing suffix to create our progressive tense verbs.

How will these words then that end in E change when we add our -ing suffix? We have dance or dance, hope, and like.

How am I going to spell the words dancing or dancing, hoping, and liking.

Remember to look carefully at the spelling of the root word.

What each of these root words end in? What's going to change? Pause the video.

How am I going to spell dancing, hoping, and liking.

Off you go.

Great job, team.

Absolutely, each of these root words ends in an E.

Our rule here that we've been looking at is remove the E before adding your -ing suffix.

Our rule is remove the E, then add -ing.

This is quite similar to adding many other suffixes.

So, have a look here.

I've got some word pairs below.

I've got the root word and then my progressive tense verb.

Smile has become smiling, try has become trying, study has become studying.

Which rule has been used? Is it keep the Y and add -ing? Or is it remove the E and add -ing? Match those web pairs now to the rule that they've used.

Off you go.

Good job, team.

So smile and smiling.

My root word is smile.

I can see I've removed the E and then added -ing.

Try and trying.

I need to keep the Y and add -ing.

And study, although that Y is making a different sound, it's still the same.

You keep the Y and add -ing.

So here's our practise task, our first practise task for today.

You can see I've got some root words down at the bottom.

I'd like you to put these root words into the correct columns and show what will happen when we add -ing, the -ing suffix to them to create our new verb, our progressive tense verb.

So, are you gonna keep the Y and add -ing or do you remove the E and add -ing? And our root words are bake, enjoy, carry, smile, dance, worry, like, and study.

So put them in the correct column, have a go at adding -ing, make any changes to the root word if you need to.

Pause the video, off you go.

Brilliant job, team.

Excellent.

Let's see how you've done then.

So here enjoy has become enjoying, it ended in a Y, I've just had to add -ing.

Carry has become carrying, ended in a Y, I've just had to add -ing.

And it's the same for worry and studying.

They both ended in a Y, so I just had to add -ing.

The words bake, smile, dance or dance, and like all ended in an E, so we had to remove the E before adding -ing.

'cause we don't want E-I-N-G at the end there.

Brilliant.

Pause the video, make any corrections, I'm hoping you managed to get these all into the correct columns.

Off you go.

Onto our next learning cycle then, which is to practise and apply the spellings.

Try and remember the rules that we've looked at so far today, keep the Y add -ing, remove the E and add -ing.

And remember, we're looking at progressive tense verbs that shows that an action is ongoing either in the past or the present.

So, let's read the following words.

Length.

Length.

Strength.

Strength.

Fruit.

Fruit.

Brilliant.

Thank you for saying those back to me.

Have a go at saying these words again.

What do you notice about these spellings? What might be a bit tricky about the way they're spelled compared to how they sound when you say them? Pause the video now and have a think.

Good job.

In length, I can see it's got that N-G-T-H here.

And it's the same in strength.

They rhyme, don't they? Length and strength.

It can be hard to hear all of the sounds in length and strength.

So really think carefully, length, N-G-T-H, strength, N-G-T-H.

S t r e ng th Strength.

Fruit as well is an interesting one, 'cause it's that oo sound isn't it? It isn't often spelt with a U-I, but in this instance it is.

So the oo sound here is represented by U-I like in the words bruise and juice.

It's a far rarer representation of that oo sound.

These words, length, strength, and fruits are all curriculum words and they're really helpful to remember because they're gonna appear a lot in our reading and writing.

So remember, length and strength, have a little snapshot of them now in your mind, think about all the letters that are in there.

It can be a bit hard to hear all those letters sometimes.

I remember in fruit, it's that U-I representation of that oo sound.

Take a snapshot of those curriculum words now.

(imitates camera shutter) Brilliant.

With that in mind then, and with that mental snapshot that you've got, I'd like you to select the correct spellings of the words that we've just looked at.

Which is the correct spelling of the word length.

I had to measure the length of the swimming pool.

Length.

Pause the video and point to it now.

Brilliant.

Absolutely, it's that length, th, th, th.

We know it's that T-H at the end, length, and it's that ng.

It can be tricky to hear all of those sounds, but it's this one here, L-E-N-G-T-H.

Now, if you know the spelling of length, you should know the spelling of strength, shouldn't you? Think about this one? I showed my strength.

Pause the video and point to the correct spelling of strength now.

Brilliant.

I'm hoping you've used your knowledge of the spelling of length there to help you.

Again, it's s t r e ng th, strength.

This one here.

And finally, fruit.

Which letters that are representing our oo sound? Fruit.

Fruit.

Pause the video and point to that spelling now.

Off you go.

Great.

Now three of these here definitely make phonetic sense.

I don't think the second one works, because that's friut, isn't it? My U and my I are the wrong way around to make an oo sound.

And it's that less common, that rarer oo representation, it's the UI representation here.

I do really enjoy eating fruit, very healthy for you.

Good job, team.

So, now let's practise spelling words using the two rules that we've been looking at for adding our -ing suffix today, which is keeping the Y and adding -ing and removing the E and adding -ing.

Remember, when we are keeping the Y and adding -ing, the root words end in Y making either an E or an I sound or that Y is part of a vowel digraph like pray and delay.

And when we're removing the E and adding -ing, our root words end in E.

So, a bit of a check, see if you've been paying attention.

We've got our two rules here, keeping the Y and adding -ing, removing the E and adding -ing.

And we've got three word pairs.

I'd like you to have a go at reading those word pairs and then match them to the rule that's being used when adding that -ing suffix to create progressive tense verbs.

Pause the video and match 'em now to the rule that's being used.

Off you go.

Great job, team.

So give, my root word there ends in E.

I've had to remove the E before adding my -ing to make the word giving.

Write, again, with that naughty, silent W at the beginning, also ends in an E, I remove the E in add -ing.

And pray, I have there the Y at the end as part of a vowel digraph ay, I just have to add -ing.

So have a look here at these sentences.

I'm gonna read them to you and I want you to have a go at selecting the correct spellings for each sentence.

Think about the root words.

Think about the rules for when we add -ing.

They were dancing on the stage at the disco.

We are playing football in our PE lesson.

The teacher was delaying blowing the whistle.

I cut my finger while slicing onions.

Brilliant.

Pause the video, select the correct spellings of each of those progressive tense verbs now.

Off you go.

Good job, team.

So they were dancing.

Our root word there is dance or dance, depending on how you pronounce it.

And it ends in a -ce at the end, not an -s.

So, I'm gonna remove the E and add -ing to create dancing or dancing.

We are playing, that's that ay, ay, A-Y spelling for that ay sound, part of a vowel digraph.

We keep the Y and add -ing.

It's the same for delay.

Be careful, delay is D-E-L-A-Y.

It has that prefix de- at the beginning, delay.

L-A-Y, again, vowel digraph, ay, A-Y, we just have to add -ing.

And slice, the root word there is slice.

Slice ends in an E.

Okay, it's a split digraph, I split E separated by a C, slice.

So, what we have to do there is remove the E and add -ing for slicing.

Brilliant.

So, spelling rules can help us to know how to spell words, but we also really have to do lots of spelling practise as well to really embed those spellings into our long-term memory.

When we practise, we remember the words more easily, we get more used to seeing them, we become more familiar with the tricky parts of them, and we become more confident using them, particularly in our writing.

There are loads of different spelling strategies that we can use.

And we're gonna focus today on the big letters strategy.

Can you say it for me, big letters? For practising some of our -ing verbs.

So, here we have try, which has become trying.

And the way that this strategy works is, is I look first of all at trying.

I study it, I think about it, I think about what's interesting about it.

I then have a look at it, cover it up, and then write it small.

And there I've written trying, and then check, oh, I managed to get that right.

I then cover it up again and write it bigger and check against my original one, then cover that one up and write it bigger again.

And then finally, write it biggest.

So you notice each time I'm getting bigger and bigger and bigger.

So, you are gonna choose four words to practise using the big letter strategy we have from today's lesson.

I'd like you to have some responsibility here to choose the four words that you found most difficult from the lesson so far.

Perhaps it's one of those curriculum words that we've looked at, length, strength, and fruit.

Perhaps it's one of those words where you've had to remove the E before adding your -ing suffix.

Your responsibility now is to pick four words from today's lesson.

Pause the video and select those four words now.

Great.

Now you've got those four words.

I'd like you to have a go at using the big letters spelling strategy to practise writing out those four words.

Pause the video, off you go.

Fantastic job, team.

So, I chose the words writing, delaying, worrying, and strength, one of those curriculum words.

And you can see here I've practised writing small, bigger, and biggest.

Brilliant.

Did you manage to spell the words correctly? Do you have any corrections to make? Have you got a favourite string of biggest letters that you'd like to share and show? Did you have fun? Pause the video, share your learning, and make any corrections now.

Off you go.

Great spelling today, team.

Today, we've been adding the -ing suffix.

This turns verbs into the progressive tense.

And remember, dependent on the being verb that comes before them, that can be both past or present progressive.

When adding the suffix -ing, different spelling rules are used depending on the spelling of the root word.

In today's lesson, we focused on two rules in particular, keeping the Y an adding -ing and removing the E from the root word and adding -ing.

Keep up the great spelling and particularly keep up that great practise.

And remember to use some strategies like big letters to help you.

See you again soon.