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Year 4

Adding the suffix -ing to verbs

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

New
New
Year 4

Adding the suffix -ing to verbs

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

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Adding the suffix -ing turns the verb into the progressive tense.
  2. When the word ends in 'e', remove the 'e' and add the suffix -ing.
  3. When the word ends in 'y', just add the suffix -ing.
  4. How to spell the curriculum words: length, strength and fruit.

Common misconception

Pupils may think 'y' is removed and replaced with an 'i', like with the suffix -ed e.g. carry

Show that we end up with two 'i's in a row if this happens: fly becoming fliing, so we keep the 'y'.

Keywords

  • Suffix - a letter or group of letters added to the end of a root word

  • Progressive tense - a tense that denotes ongoing action

  • Verb - a doing or being word

Refer to previous grammar lessons about the progressive tense if you want to go into this in more detail. The focus of this lesson is spelling words with the suffix -ing.
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6 Questions

Q1.
What rule is being used when the word 'hug' becomes 'hugged' when adding the suffix -ed?
Just add -ed.
Remove the ‘y’ and add -ied.
Remove the ‘e’ and add -ed.
Correct answer: Double the consonant and add -ed.
Q2.
What rule is being used when the word 'cry' becomes 'cried' when adding the suffix -ed?
Just add -ed.
Correct answer: Remove the ‘y’ and add -ied.
Remove the ‘e’ and add -ed.
Double the consonant and add -ed.
Q3.
Match the verbs to the rule they use when the suffix -ed is added.
Correct Answer:call - called,Just add -ed.

Just add -ed.

Correct Answer:fry - fried,Remove the ‘y’ and add -ied.

Remove the ‘y’ and add -ied.

Correct Answer:chase - chased,Remove the ‘e’ and add -ed.

Remove the ‘e’ and add -ed.

Correct Answer:skip - skipped,Double the consonant and add -ed.

Double the consonant and add -ed.

Q4.
Select all the words containing the suffix -ing.
sing
Correct answer: playing
played
Correct answer: swimming
string
Q5.
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence. She chopt the apple into small pieces.
choped
choppid
choppt
Correct answer: chopped
Q6.
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence. Jun arskt the teacher a question.
arsked
Correct answer: asked
askt
askeed

6 Questions

Q1.
Which suffix does the main verb in a progressive tense always end with?
-ed
-es
-ly
Correct answer: -ing
-less
Q2.
When do we 'remove the 'e', add -ing' when using the suffix -ing?
Correct answer: When the root word ends in 'e'.
When the root word ends in two consonant letters.
When the root word is a single syllable with a short vowel.
When the root word ends in 'ie'.
Q3.
When do we ‘keep the 'y' and add -ing' when using the suffix -ing?
When the root word ends in two consonant letters.
When the root word is a single syllable with a short vowel.
When the root word is two syllables with a stressed final syllable.
Correct answer: When the root word ends in 'y' making the /ee/ or /igh/ sound.
Correct answer: When the root word ends in a vowel digraph including a 'y'.
Q4.
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence. They were smiling at the audience.
smilling
smilin
smileing
Correct answer: smiling
Q5.
Tick the sentences where the words in bold are spelt correctly.
He couldn't believe the lenth of the crocodile.
Correct answer: He couldn't believe the length of the crocodile.
Correct answer: She showed enormous strength lifting the heavy box.
She showed enormous stregnth lifting the heavy box.
Q6.
Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence. Would you like a piece of froot?
Correct Answer: fruit

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